Stories from the Corridor

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Clare Kabakyenga’s journey to prosperity

More than 25,000 women across Africa have benefited from a TradeMark Africa (TMA) Women and Trade programme since 2015. This was revealed du…

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Kenya, Uganda deepen trade ties with the Busia One Stop Border Post

Edna Mudibo, a Kenyan smallscale trader in the border town of Busia who frequents Uganda, has found a renewed drive to carry on with her bus…

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Raising the benchmark on environmental management: Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) seeks water harvesting solutions

The coastal city of Mombasa experiences heavy rains and flooding several times a year. Whenever the rains pound this historic destination, t…

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Local small businesses reap from infrastructure development at Mutukula

Situated 1,441 kilometres from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam lies a border post called Mutukula between Tanzania and Uganda, near the…

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Achieving gender equality at the port- Kenya’s first female marine pilot

Elizabeth Marami did not really know what she was getting into, when she applied to become a marine captain through the Kenya Ports Authorit…

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Nucafé – turning coffee farmers to exporters

TMA partnered with Uganda’s NUCAFE to invest in a coffee roasting machine. This enabled farmers to process coffee beans, ultimately increasi…

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Meeting standards means access to markets for Kenya’s horticultural farmers

Kenya’s horticultural farmers are being trained in good agricultural practices.

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Annie’s Metal Works, Interior and Ex Designs – a budding business that has crossed Ugandan borders

30-year-old Annie Nakizibu Mirembe has crossed borders in trade to market and expand her steel welding business. “I started doing it as a ho…

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The power of one

Driving south from Kigali to the Burundi border, you might think that Nemba is one of the luckier border towns in Rwanda. A good road connec…