Four women-led Kenyan information technology companies recently completed a rigorous coaching and training course and are now implementing Export Marketing Plans as they work to expand internationally

It may have been dark outside, but Slush was a bright event for 10 tech start-ups that used the two-day event in Helsinki to meet innovative entrepreneurs and to connect with potential partners.

(Geneva/Kampala/Nairobi) – Online businesses in Kenya and Uganda have a new tool to connect to international clients and boost their exports following the launch of e-directories for the two countries. The Ugandan Exporter Directory and the Exporter...

Any barrier that serves to curtail the involvement of women in the workplace is not only an injustice to half of the world’s population, but it’s simply bad business, says Arancha González, executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC). Yet...

A business matchmaking session in London has paid off nicely for a Bangladeshi tech company, enabling it to gain a foothold in the UK market. The November event, organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC), resulted in three new contracts for GraphicPeople,...

Watch results of the first-ever WVEF Tech Challenge, which attracted teams from around the world to create an app to bring more women into markets.

Web developers from Brazil, Costa Rica, Kenya and Thailand selected as finalists for the joint ITC, Google and CI&T WVEF Tech Challenge

Even mobile application companies need to undergo a health check from time to time – a communications health check, that is.Dhaka-based Reverie Corporation Limited, a mobile applications company with a focus on games and entertainment, used to have difficulties...

ITC-backed plan part of US$1 million project to enhance trade competitiveness in the country’s avocado sector

Most people start at the beginning, but Elizabeth Ntege likes to start at the end. Before undertaking any project, the Ugandan telecom engineer, one of three owners of NFT Consult Limited, knows where she wants to end up even before she figures out exactly...

Daniel Ruggiero shares his experiences as a volunteer on the ITC Myanmar inclusive tourism project, for which he helped to carry out a baseline study, plan a garbage-control campaign and build business models.

With more than 200 exhibitors and over 400,000 visitors from more than 30 countries, this year's Digital World 2015, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was bigger and better than ever before. From 9 to 12 February, Bangladesh showcased its achievements in ICT,...

ITC to facilitate value chain for Kenyan avocado to reach the global marketplace

The Netherlands Trust Fund III (NTF III) Export Sector Competitiveness Programme, a three-year, multi-phase Dutch-backed project with the International Trade Centre (ITC), has completed the company selection process for the projects in Kenya and Uganda....

Users can click on a map to see country-specific outcomes of trade-related technical assistance projects, featuring information about budgets, donors and project performance

CBI’s deputy managing director praises ITC know-how and efforts to help create sustainable export opportunities.

The Kenyan Competitive Tree Fruit project, supported by the Netherlands Trust Fund, bids to improve the profits of Kenya’s fruit sector.

Based on the work plan for the commodity working groups (CWG), FPEAK organised this second meeting to take stock of progress and agree on the way forward.  Participants from each CWG (avocado, mango and passion fruit) reviewed and discussed the analysis...

The expected outcome of the NTF II Kenya Fruit Project is for the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK), to sustainably develop and execute commodity export business plans and to ensure that the plans achieve targets.  One of the first...