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COVID-19 travel bans have brought tourism to a halt. As a result, the tourism-reliant economies of Least Developed Countries have suffered.

Share The investment will fund an innovative six-month incubation and training initiative and small-grants programme to help SMEs shift online. SMART AXIATA Joint $500,000 fund to ‘fuel SME incubation’ Tue, 29 December 2020 The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia on December 28 announced a new joint $500,000 investment in grants and e-commerce training for 125 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The funds are backed by UNDP Cambodia, the Ministry of Commerce and the World Tra...

Adjust font size: JERUSALEM -- Israel and Morocco have begun discussions on cooperation in several key economy fields, said a statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry on Monday. This follows the normalization agreement signed between the two countries on Dec. 22. (Israel-Morocco-Economic collaborations) - - - - ADDIS ABABA -- Nearly 3.6 million cars have used two Chinese built expressways in the first five months of the current Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY) 2020/2021, an ...

2020-12-28 15:05:52 GMT2020-12-28 23:05:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English PHNOM PENH, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodias Ministry of Commerce (MoC), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) have joined hands to boost online commerce as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced more businesses to move online, said a joint press statement on Monday. Some 125 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are set to gain grants and training in online commerce th...

Source: Xinhua| Editor: huaxia Video PlayerClose PHNOM PENH, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodias Ministry of Commerce (MoC), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) have joined hands to boost online commerce as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced more businesses to move online, said a joint press statement on Monday. Some 125 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are set to gain grants and training in online commerce through a joint investment of 50...

Application Deadline: January 21st 2021 The SheTrades Rwanda project aims to increase the competitiveness of women-owned businesses in Rwanda and connect them to markets. The project is implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) under the framework of the SheTrades Initiative from September 2020 – February 2022. The project contributes to two outputs of the “Project to Enhance the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Export Growth Initiatives”, funded by the Enhanced Integrated Framew...

Academy training youth for a global trade While the kitchens in Phnom Penh now are a bit quiet because of the pandemic, last year they would have been bustling with students basting, broiling and baking. Those students were laying the foundations for careers in food, and they are readying to get back to school. This is the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia, the first chef’s school in the country to offer an internationally recognized diploma. Started in 2016, the Academy trains recent graduat...

Togo’s shea industry, though on an upward growth trajectory, could still use a boost. A 2017 study by LMC International for the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) ranks Togo as the 7 th largest shea producing country, with 5% of the West African shea export market. Annually, the Togolese shea sector produces between 20,000 to 25,000 tons of kernels per year. However, stakeholders believe this could be scaled up considerably. One of those stakeholders is the Lomé-based Nouvelle Industrie des Oleagine...

By: Thoboloko Ntšonyane MASERU – In its attempt to clear the hurdles and promote the domestic and international trade as well as enhancing export performance, the Ministry of Trade and Industry had recently embarked on an exercise of launching the National Trade Policy (NTP) Framework and National Export Strategy (NES) also referred to as the National Trade Strategy. The two policies are said to be in synch with the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) II. “The National Trade Policy ...