September 06, 2022 -

Aware of the premium on value-added exports, the government of Burkina Faso between 2014 and 2018 partnered with the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) to improve the drying and certification process of dried mangos for export. The project has been key to slowly but firmly pushing the country towards modernizing its agro-processing businesses – and juicing up its exports.

August 16, 2022 -

The tea makers eagerly await a specific aroma or, as they say, “for the teas to speak.” The machines are switched off as soon as the leaves emit that particular aroma. The rolled hunks of darker, chunkier leaves are then hauled to the drying machine. There, another dexterous worker awaits the leaves.

May 17, 2022 -

Public-private dialogues are reducing trade barriers – and saving poultry traders costly journeys to renew import permits.

March 29, 2022 -

Isolated, Tuvalu turned to improving its internal trade. In October 2020 the Department of Business, with support from the Enhanced Integrated Framework, (EIF) launched the Tau Maketi (your market) initiative to help vulnerable small businesses play a more active role in Tuvalu’s domestic market and make up for diminished foreign demand.

March 15, 2022 -

LDCs have traditionally relied on high-cost, low-impact means of showing off their goods by, for example, hiring booths at trade shows and expos. Ecommerce platforms allow them to exponentially grow the number of products they can show off to potential customers, simplify the selling process, reduce transactional costs, increase trade revenues, and boost economic growth.

November 02, 2021 -

The saying one man's trash is another man's treasure has never been more apt for Tuvalu's first export. In June 2021, two shipping containers of crushed aluminium cans from Tuvalu headed towards South Korea. This marked a first in the country's commitment to the circular economy.

September 14, 2021 -

New project focusing on selected value chains from seaweed to honey in Tanzania.

July 06, 2021 -

Resilience is necessary in the rice trade, developing it requires many About 80% of Cambodians are rural farmers, and rice is the country’s main crop. But, until the last decade or so, the sector had not been living up to its potential.

February 11, 2021 -

Originally published by International Trade Centre on 3rd February 2021

January 05, 2021 -

Trainings in beekeeping and the provision of hives aims to create additional income sources for agriculturalistsBeekeeping doesn’t come naturally, really. 

September 30, 2020 -

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

August 17, 2020 -

Partnerships with development agencies and government efforts to boost the digital economy are helping soften the economic blow of the pandemic.

August 03, 2020 -

As LDCs grapple with ongoing economic fallout from COVID-19, EIF activities have yielded valuable insights for recovery.

July 22, 2020 -

Country’s online trading system off to a timely start, as COVID’s physical distancing requirements disrupt manual systems

July 06, 2020 -

Government and private sector worked together to create jobs in new ‘industry’

April 20, 2020 -

Taking traditional African prints and making them modern, a female entrepreneur is aiming to go global – armed with the right business tools

February 25, 2020 -

To get international buyers, Malawi businesses tackling marketing and certifications

December 03, 2019 -

Carefully calibrating its trade support and compliance to international standards, country is targeting more exports

November 11, 2019 -

In Zambia, a sweet idea spurs entrepreneurship

September 25, 2019 -

The tiny West African country The Gambia is striving to export its crops globally.

August 19, 2019 -

Government plus grassroots combo laying foundations for MSME success

July 30, 2019 -

In Masaka, mobilizing and educating the small enterprises that need it most

June 06, 2019 -

Skills strategies can provide a bridging mechanism to enable disadvantaged groups such as youth and women to gain from international trade.

April 09, 2019 -

Bhutan’s potato ‘stock market’ goes online

March 29, 2019 -

Country is diversifying into soy, and farmers are seeing profits

February 13, 2019 -

Solomon Islands putting itself on the tourism map

November 06, 2018 -

Funding for traders, for government trade support and for infrastructure means resources at work in critical spaces in Rwanda

October 29, 2018 -

After help finding new markets, one man’s chili sauce empire is taking off

August 31, 2018 -

In The Gambia, family-owned cashew processors are primed for expansion

August 27, 2018 -

Malawians are forging new markets for their agricultural exports, within and without Africa

August 14, 2018 -

With cashew prices surging and armed with solid trade policy, the country is looking to boost its farmers and processors

July 31, 2018 -

Flock maintaining, brand strengthening, and market expanding: Nepal's pashmina producers are aiming high

March 20, 2018 -

Women entrepreneurs are helping to restore island nation’s economy after the ravages of Cyclone Pam

January 25, 2018 -

You may not expect a graduate of an arts degree to say that a trade policy course was their favourite subject, but if you ask Zondwayo Duma from Zambia, that’s exactly what he’ll tell you

November 26, 2017 -

Aminata Dominique Diouf was seven years old when her father bought a small farm 15 minutes from the Senegal-Gambia border.

April 27, 2016 -

The Maldives has unique challenges due to its recent graduation from least developed country (LDC) status in 2011, and the resulting loss of trade preferences that it had been accorded as an LDC.