Women Cross-Border Traders Learn How to Trade Without Challenges Across Borders (more…)
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From ‘Panya Roads’ to Formal Regional Trade
Women Cross Border Trader Cooperatives Empowered to Transform the Lives of Women
The IIDEA Project “Cooperatives Accelerator” has developed an EAC women cross border traders’ cooperatives accelerator model for nascent EAC women traders’ cooperatives. DMT has previously sensitized over 4,800 women traders in Uganda on the EAC trade rules and regulations in a 3 months period. The majority of the women were unaware of their rights under…
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Stop Harassment! Woman Traders Crossing EAC Borders Safely
The Technical Meeting with the Border Officials in the beginning of May aimed to identify these information gaps on cross border trade. At the same time the training workshop for cross border women traders at Busia and Malaba borders took place. In engaging different stakeholders and representatives of the groups involved with cross border trade,…
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A Glance at Namanga Cross-Border Trade
Informal Cross-Border Trade Informal cross-border trade, which is trade that occurs outside of formal, legal mechanisms, plays an important role in the economies of East Africa. It not only acts as an accelerator of economic development, but also regional development. Generally speaking, informal cross-border trade can encourage entrepreneurial activity, regional trade, contribute to greater food…
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