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September 27, 2024

EAC: Tech adoption crucial for streamlining cross-border payments

Dar es Salaam. The East African Community (EAC) member states have been challenged to embrace technology to facilitate cross-border payments within the regional common market. The regional body says technological innovation in the area would enable cross-border traders and investors to pay and receive payments for goods and services through a cost-effective payment system, therefore […]

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June 7, 2024

Embracing Resilience: A Call to Action on World Food Safety Day

This World Food Safety Day, under the theme “Prepare for the Unexpected,” we spotlight the critical challenges and innovative strides in combating aflatoxin contamination—a persistent threat to food security and public health in East Africa. At TradeMark Africa, our commitment to safeguarding our food systems is demonstrated through our extensive efforts to enhance food safety […]

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August 24, 2020

Technology reduces lurking danger for truck drivers and goods

“Armed men broke his windscreen and started hitting him with an iron bar. They stole the goods he was carrying and left him for dead. By the time help came, it was too late. He had died from excessive bleeding,”-Patrick Mutinda, former Truck driver. East Africa’s Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking system (RECTS) has many benefits […]

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May 8, 2023

Lola Aworanti-Ekugo

Lola is a Digital and Innovation expert with over 17 years’ experience focused on offering innovative solutions to real world challenges within the private sector and strengthening the start-up ecosystem through partnerships and impact programs. She is currently the Chief Digital Officer at FBNQuest (an arm of FBN Holdings Plc). Prior she worked in similar […]

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September 1, 2023

Dominic Mcvey

Professor Dominic McVey MBE is an exceptional business leader and board director with extensive experience in building businesses and not for profits across the African continent. Professor McVey has a portfolio of multi-national business interests, spanning manufacturing, technology, cosmetics and management consultancy. He is an outspoken and committed advocate for increasing equitable trade with developing […]

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August 30, 2024

Northern Corridor mulls upgrade to ward off the rival Tanzania onslaught

Increasing infrastructure development along the main transport routes in the East African Community bloc could threaten business along the Northern Corridor, even though it could be a good thing for the region. Officials charged with managing the Northern Corridor have been assessing this bittersweet revelation with hope, seeing threats on the one hand and an […]

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July 7, 2020

COVID-19 accelerates greater trade coordination in East Africa

It took a traffic jam of a couple thousand trucks at the Malaba border between Kenya and Uganda to fully visualize both the health and trade issues at stake when borders operate at optimum. The COVID-19 crisis has revealed both hairline fractures along borders in East Africa and the potential to solve them through better […]

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August 23, 2024

Nigeria’s roadmap to digital transformation under the AfCTA

Nigeria is positioning itself to lead the continent in digital commerce within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework. Already, the country’s digital economy has transformed the way millions of citizens shop, bank, and communicate, reshaping the nation’s trade landscape and unlocking new pathways for economic growth. The AfCFTA aims to harmonize digital trade […]

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August 23, 2024

Digital trade to take centre stage as Rwanda hosts continental forum

The Government of Rwanda, in partnership with TradeMark Africa (TMA), will host the Trade Development Forum, bringing together senior government officials, development partners, academics, multilateral organisations, and private sector leaders from 14 TMA countries and beyond. Set to take place in Kigali from December 2 to 3, this two-day forum, themed “Digital Trade,” will explore […]

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February 6, 2020

Brewing Tea Trade In One Click

Like many Kenyans, George Adulu an Information Technology (IT) professional from Nairobi, religiously takes a hot cup of tea with his breakfast, paying homage to an age-old Kenyan tradition. Tea is a breakfast staple, a ten o’clock break beverage and a night cap. Many households brew it with milk and water until it acquires a […]

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