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Before the Kagera War in 1979, Kirabira George Kamya, now 61, had qualified to be a primary school teacher in his village in South Eastern Uganda. His dream of becoming a headmaster at his childhood school was one of the casualties of the war. He worked as a teacher for two years before the ensuing […]
In addition to reducing poverty and inequality, Finland supports the long term goal of freeing developing countries from their dependency on aid, through strengthening their own resources.
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 […]
Intra-regional trade in Africa serves as the backbone of economic transformation. East African Community (EAC) member states are increasingly trading with one another and with other African countries. At the same time, they reduced their trade with other continents like Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world, shaping the intra-regional trade in Africa’s dream […]
Africa’s share of global trade remains disproportionately small, hovering around 2%-3%. Countries on the continent trade more with the rest of the world than they do among themselves. Africa needs to improve its share of trade to boost growth and reduce poverty. Aid for Trade is a development initiative that seeks to remove barriers to trade facing developing countries. International […]
1. Background TradeMark Africa’s (TMA) mission is to promote regional trade, economic integration and competitiveness in East Africa. The region faces significant long-term risks from climate change (CC) because the economies are highly dependent on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture. This proposed Climate Change Strategy complements TMA’s Corporate Strategy 2018-2023 by building climate resilient […]
In support of America’s foreign policy, the U.S. Agency for International Development leads the U.S. Government’s international development and disaster assistance through partnerships and investments that save lives, reduce poverty, strengthen democratic governance, and help people emerge from humanitarian crises and progress beyond assistance.
In Rwanda from the capital city of Kigali to the borders with Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda, cooperatives are building socially and economically resilient communities. TMA has interest in supporting women economic empowerment and this is being shown by its recent financial commitment to increase funding to women programmes. As well as its partnership [...]
What would you do with an extra Ushs200,000 (US$53) in your pocket? Would you load up on groceries, top up on that pending payment for school fees, or pay back that small loan you obtained last month? For many women in low-income countries, including Uganda, that extra cash potentially allows them to go beyond simply […]
The landscape of international trade has evolved significantly in recent years, characterised by growing complexity and the emergence of new opportunities and challenges. Trade policies play a pivotal role in shaping the economic trajectory of nations, and well-crafted trade agreements have the potential to lift countries out of poverty while promoting sustainable development. New trade […]
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