Stories from the Corridor

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Safe Trade Zones provide respite for small scale cross border women traders – Ethiopia

TradeMark Africa with project implementing partner Horn of Africa Voluntary Youth Committee (HAVOYOCO), project donors European Union, IGAD …

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The road that will change everything

The route is simply called Route 200. It’s part of the greater Berbera Corridor starting from Berbera Port all the way to Ethiopia at Tog Wa…

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The Secrets of Women of Tog Wajaale

At the onset of COVID-19, the Government of Somaliland issued directives to manage the spread of the virus. On top of complete lockdowns, cu…

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A ‘blossoming partnership’: digital corridor drives Kenyan flower exports to UK

International trade, however, has a huge part to play in keeping the UK’s florists stocked with fresh cut flowers. The second top import mar…

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Automation of Tanzania’s Mercantile Exchange trading system eases Commodity Trading in Tanzania

Tanzania has one of the biggest agricultural sectors in Africa, with multiple commodities produced and exported to multiple markets in the w…

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Unclogging supply chain bottlenecks: So, truckers connect us to our favourite things

The goods arrive at the port of Mombasa in big, lumbering mysterious ships. They come with impossible names like Kota Gadang, Si Hang Yun, F…

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East African and international political leaders and financial experts highlight sustainable investment best practice

The Secretary General of East African Community today joined more than 150 African business leaders, financial experts and diplomats in the …

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Collective trading transforms a widow’s fortune

Modesta Nekesa, 31, has been a farmer for most of her adult life. However, it was not until two years ago that she started making money from…

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Kirabira George: from reluctant farmer to maize standards champion

Before the Kagera War in 1979, Kirabira George Kamya, now 61, had qualified to be a primary school teacher in his village in South Eastern U…