International Trade Centre (ITC)

October 18, 2022 - Floriana Borino, Sarah Mohan, Barbara Ramos, and Valentina Rollo

Small is beautiful for services exports

As LDCs currently face multiple crises, a services-led approach to development can help countries leapfrog and transform their economies. It is time to step up our efforts to help small firms both provide and access connected services. By working with actors at enterprise, business support ecosystem and government levels, we can weave a tapestry of support to take small businesses online and into the global trading system.

October 05, 2020 - Deanna Ramsay

For women in business in The Gambia and Zambia, making all the right moves

Breaking ground with new ideas and new partnerships in two African countries

September 30, 2020 - Deanna Ramsay

Investing in The Gambia’s small businesses

Artisan handbag maker taking her enterprise forward, and receiving new financing

November 11, 2019 - Michelle Kovacevic

From kitchen to boardroom: One woman’s story of business success

In Zambia, a sweet idea spurs entrepreneurship

September 18, 2019 - Amelia Kyambadde, Ratnakar Adhikari

Unleashing the power of women to transform the world’s poorest countries

Originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation News on 11 September 2019

April 30, 2019 - Cécile de Gardelle

H.E. Dr. François Xavier Ngarambe: Aiming for ecommerce success in Rwanda

Following UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week in April 2019 and on the cusp of a new partnership with EIF to boost ecommerce, Rwanda’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva discusses the state of play for online trade in the country

March 29, 2019 - Deanna Ramsay, Michelle Kovacevic, Cécile de Gardelle