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Digital Shops Replacing Brick & Mortal for Women Traders and Entrepreneurs

Digital Shops Replacing Brick & Mortal for Women Traders and Entrepreneurs
WITU developed www.amaduka.com, an online marketplace for women-owned micro and small businesses across East Africa, starting with Uganda and Kenya. With this innovative online market place, WITU has taken up the challenge of making the Fourth Industrial Revolution work for women in business. Many of them are left behind by this fundamental change, in which…
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East African Citizens Doing the Extraordinary – IIDEA Phase Two Has Started

East African Citizens Doing the Extraordinary – IIDEA Phase Two Has Started
The IIDEA program continues to grow from strength to strength, with the announcement of the next round of funded projects across the EAC. Building on the 25 small scale projects already actively fostering integration around the region, the 16 new projects cover (more…)
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Are we Powering Profitable Trade? Inclusive and Sustainable Participation and Empowerment of Women in Trade

Are we Powering Profitable Trade? Inclusive and Sustainable Participation and Empowerment of Women in Trade
IIDEA Partner DMT tested solutions to overcome unprofitable trade targeting women trader cooperatives as well as the women traders’ transactions through the Women Cross Border Traders’ Cooperatives Accelerator Project. Now we can take a closer look at the lessons learnt and best practices. Great strides have been made in facilitating trade in the East African…
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Standing Strong for Women in the EAC Integration: IIDEA Puts Focus on Women Empowerment

Standing Strong for Women in the EAC Integration: IIDEA Puts Focus on Women Empowerment
One of the major guiding principles in achieving the EAC integration is a people-centred and private sector led development as provided for in the Treaty for the establishment of the EAC. The GIZ-EAC Programme “Support to the East African Community Integration Process” is committed to supporting equal participation and representation of the interests of women…
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Women Cross Border Trader Cooperatives Empowered to Transform the Lives of Women

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

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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Yes, She can: Support for Women Engaged in Cross-Border Trade

Yes, She can: Support for Women Engaged in Cross-Border Trade
At a two-day summit on women in intra-regional trade in Nairobi, Kenya that took place from 22 – 23 March 2018 to celebrate 20 years since the founding of the  East African Business Council (EABC), the EABC Chairman called on governments in the region to design policies that will facilitate and attract more women to…
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Enhancing business opportunities and livelihoods for Women Cross Border Traders at Namanga Border

Enhancing business opportunities and livelihoods for Women Cross Border Traders at Namanga Border
The Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) is women-focused, non-governmental organization and women’s movement of over 5,000 pastoralist women living in northern Tanzania. PWC has been working to positively transform the lives of pastoralist children, women and communities in northern Tanzania since 1997. PWC goal is to address women’s marginalization in patriarchal Maasai culture and to enhance…
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A Glance at Namanga Cross-Border Trade

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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