Among the International Trade Centre’s largest programmes, PACT II is also a highly successful initiative.

ITC holds sessions on business law and regulations for small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in the Central African Republic. 

In July and October 2011, through a programme organized by ITC and COMESA, a group of Ethiopian leather tanners travelled to India and Italy to meet with prospective buyers. The business owners, all members of the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association...

During a visit to the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce on 30 January, Pascal Lamy, WTO Director-General, recognised ITC's work in improving the country's export competitiveness, whilst noting that 'International trade must in the future be measured by how much value is added to a country’...

Brazil, the world's fourth-largest mango exporter, is serving as an example for African countries that grow the fruit to learn how to improve efficiency and tackle problems that hinder production. To this end, the ITC and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) organized a field visit to Brazil's Petrolina region in November so that African entrepreneurs could benefit from Brazilian producers' experiences and knowledge...

Womenexporters.com is a new ITC website offering trade information and regional networking opportunities to businesswomen in Africa under ITC’s Programme for building African Capacity for Trade (PACT II). The site, launched as part of the ACCESS! programme for African Businesswomen in International Trade earlier this month, also serves as a platform for importers who seek to source from women entrepreneurs and reliable suppliers in the continent...

Businesses in Africa need to concentrate on developing regional markets and find ways to link up in specific sectors to tackle global competition and survive the current economic downturn...