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Trade Forum talked with Adrian Njau of the East Africa Business Council (EABC) about the importance of value chain integration in the region, trade barriers that prevent exports, as well as solutions to overcome these barriers. As the Executive Director explains, investment in value...
How collaboration is shaping textile traditions in Africa
Trade Forum talked with social business owner Siny Samba about the challenges of running her baby food company Le Lionceau in Senegal and the opportunities that she sees in this investment. The 33-year-old entrepreneur is convinced that locally and sustainably sourced food products will gain...
Trade Forum talked with Kanayo Awani of the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) about the vast potential of small businesses in driving intra-African trade and the many solutions that the Bank is bringing to seize that potential under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
“Ten years ago, Africa needed the world. Now the world needs Africa.” Mohammed Kassem is a firm believer in the potential of Africa’s cotton-to-clothing industry to industrialize the continent. The Chairman of the Egyptian Exporters Association EXPOLINK and Commissioner of...
With global Arabica prices soaring, diversifying into Fine Robusta presents a timely opportunity for African producers to secure market access and increase farmer incomes. The Robusta Coffee Agency of Africa and Madagascar (ACRAM) is leading the charge to position African Robusta as a...
Trade Forum talked with Stefano Savi of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) based in Singapore, about how the European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free products can offer a unique opportunity to companies and small-scale farmers in Malaysia to improve their lives.
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum asked 2024 Small Business Champion Winner Carlos Zuastegui of CLAC, how small scale producers in Latin America, often living in remote, areas, are coping with the effects of climate change, and what it means to be truly inclusive in their market-access approach –...
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum spoke with Mmakwena Moesi, co-founder and CEO of Viva Organica based in Gaborone, Botswana. Viva Organica provides sustainable agriculture services, leveraging vermicomposting technology to transform organic waste into high performance biofertilizers. With...
As the second largest producer of cocoa in the world, this crop is very important for livelihoods in Ghana. With climate change increasingly influencing the yields and poor soil management depleting the nutrition needed for the crops to resist disease, the Cocoa Board urgently wants to find ways to...
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum asked 25-year-old Justin Langan, Small Business Champion Winner of 2024 and founder of Canadian-based platform O’KANATA, what motivates him to support Indigenous Youth in their economic endeavours, about his upcoming projects, and why trade matters.
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum talked with 2023 Small Business Champion winner Tolulope Adeola Adebayo of tech start-up Divasity.com, about the challenges of being an entrepreneur in Nigeria, what it means to create a thriving business environment, and plans to address the challenges small businesses...
