USAID-ERRA Partners with Kenya’s State Department for East Africa Community to Empower Scall-Scale Cross-Border Traders
The State Department for East Africa Community (SDEAC), in collaboration with USAID-ERRA, has rolled out a National Outreach Program to empower women, youth, and persons living with disabilities. This program will encourage participants to formalize their trade and to improve their understanding of the Simplified Trade Regime (STR) in order to gain greater access to […]
Green Freight Logistics – Decoupling trade and growth from CO2 Emissions
Logistics is a key focus sector for the USAID-ERRA award since it is a vital enabler in facilitating trade and prosperity for export and import value chains. The main theme of this workstream is to support the greening of logistics by reducing CO2 emissions without jeopardizing trade and growth. On September 7th, the ERRA Chief […]
Food Safety and Codex Standards in Focus at Regional Conference
With funding from USAID-ERRA, the EAC Codex Forum developed and submitted to the EAC Secretariat policy briefs on food safety risks and approaches to curb harmful practices while aligning with international food safety standards. This is an important step towards strengthening regional food safety and trade. Subsequently, the EAC Secretariat called for a high-level regional […]