Over 90% of 🇪🇹 trade flows through the Ethio-Djibouti Corridor. This two-day engagement – the first of a series- is part of €32M programme funded by UE à Djibouti & EU in Ethiopia / የአውሮፓ ህብረት በኢትዮጵያ contributing towards making trade on this route faster and cheaper. Together with 🇪🇹 &

The East African Community today officially unveiled the Single Customs Territory (SCT) Centralised Platform to enable real-time exchange of customs and trade data among Partner States’ Customs and Port Authorities. The launch, held at the EAC Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania, coincided with

This Thursday 6th March, in the framework of the "Ugushora-Export Development project" supported by Ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas au Burundi, we TradeMark Africa 🇧🇮 & TRAIDE held a wide consultation of major key stakeholders involved in the export processes, in collaboration with MinCommerce,Transport,Industrie&Tourisme. Objective: To

Join Us for a Live Public Lecture with H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe The AfCFTA Secretariat invites you to a thought-provoking public lecture on: "AfCFTA as a Catalyst for Agenda 2063: Seizing Opportunities in a Changing World" 🗓 Date: 18th March 2025 Time: 3PM GMT 🎥

Join us & listen to Hailemariam Dessalegn public lecture at AfCFTA Secretariat Official in Accra… AFCFTA as a catalyst for Agenda 2063 Allen Asiimwe Uganda Revenue Authority Dave Beer Anataria Uwamariya Anthe Trade Catalyst Africa Trade and Logistics Information Pipeline

Africa’s $3.4 trillion economy under AfCFTA needs strong private sector leadership—a rallying call made by TradeMark Africa’s Board Chair, H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, during his address at the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce & Industry dinner in Accra on 18 March 2025. He urged the private sector to drive AfCFTA Secretariat Official's

Seven years ago today, 44 countries signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area. Today, 54 have signed, 48 have ratified, and AfCFTA is shaping Africa’s trade reality. With the legal foundation in place, AfCFTA is expanding market access,

H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of #Ghana, hosted H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, TradeMark Africa (TMA) Board Chair and former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, at the Flagstaff House in Accra Ghana Presidency. The two statesmen discussed how TMA’s work on trade facilitation and

Tomorrow in #AbuDhabi, Trade and Logistics Information Pipeline will take the stage at #TradeTechForum2025 featured as a working example of the #TWIN Consortium. #DrLillianNyawanda of Dr. Lilian Nyawanda will share how the Kenya-UK Pilot cut clearance delays and simplified cross border trade of goods between the two

In just two days, the AfCFTA Regional Conference on Special Economic Zones opens in Djibouti, 21–22 April. At its core is Ministerial Regulation 1/2023, which allows goods produced in SEZs to trade preferentially across Africa if they meet the Rules of Origin. Read more:

ICYMI: We officially launched the TWIN Foundation yesterday in Lusaka at the AfCFTA Secretariat Official #DigitalTradeProtocol event. We couldn't be more proud to have initiated and pioneered the development and roll out of TWIN technology with IOTA back in 2016 through the Trade and Logistics Information Pipeline . And yes, it

At the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire today, I emphasised that this is Africa’s moment. It is the most significant opportunity we have had to accelerate trade and investment across the continent. With global supply chains disrupted and multilateral systems weakening,

#ICYMI: The East African Community (EAC) has taken a major step towards enhancing digital cross-border payments and deepening regional economic integration following the adoption of a Cross-Border Payment System Masterplan on 9th May 2025 at the 28th Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Monetary

Yesterday, our CEO Dave Beer addressed the 9th #ICC Africa Conference a gathering of legal, business, and development actors focused on advancing cross-border trade in Africa. Dave called attention to the growing importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in creating a

Thank you RTNB for having me this Friday, as we discussed on national television 📺 , Trade Facilitation in #Burundi and in the #EAC region. An opportunity to assess the impact of TradeMark Africa 'Business Competitiveness' program that was implemented across East African Community.

As developing countries strive to implement WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the question of funding, how to mobilise it, how to target it & how to sustain it remains at the heart of national & international discourse. This issue took centre stage during a WTO training

Yesterday, in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, in partnership with Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs ,we launched a 4-year, $9.3 million Swedish Initiative for Facilitating Trade in Africa (SWIFT), an initiative to unlock trade potential by leveraging bilateral and regional funding from Sweden. #SWIFT will

At the Africa Debate 2025, TMA’s Board Chair (and former Ethiopian Prime Minister) H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe and CEO Dave Beer ,joined a heavy weight lineup that included the President of Kenya H.E William Ruto, the AfCFTA Secretariat Official Secretary-General Wamkele Mene ,and UK Minister

Breaking Ground – August 13. Climate-Resilient. Gender-Responsive. Stay Tuned! #EleguMarket #Uganda #KeepAfricaTrading Allen Asiimwe Anna Nambooze mark priestley nakimuli joanita Ad Esh Emily Kamunde Nalwanga Brenda Shiro Ann Mbiruru

The Curse Of The Kitenge, Beauty Creams, And Baskets At The African Trade Show Just done a column in .Daily Nation on African expos/exhibitions. They are by and large an endless, soul-crushing loop of the same few things, no matter the African country. Yes, the