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he two-year multi-country trade portal enhancement project, funded by the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance, was launched during the EAC Donor Round Table held in Arusha, Tanzania on October 6, 2023.

East Africa Enhances Trade with African Development Bank’s Support

By African Development Bank Published October 27, 2023 East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a capacity development project to enhance trade in East Africa. The US$1.56M EAC Trade Portal Enhancement Project will support digitized trade solutions…

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Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's President, receives Jack Ma at StateMukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD's Secretary-General, looks on. House, Nairobi, as

Kenya Joins Global Capacity-Building Programme for Entrepreneurs

By Khalifa Hemed Published July 21, 2017 Though Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are said to contribute some 33.8% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 81.1% of employment opportunities in Kenya, 98% of them not only exist outside the formal economy but are run by women and youth without…

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