2020-12-28 15:05:52 GMT2020-12-28 23:05:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) Cambodia s 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 500,000 U.S. dollars, the statement said.
The funds will fuel an innovative six-month incubation and training initiative and small grants program to help SMEs move online, sell online, and, for some, sell to overseas customers through a new online marketplace being developed by the MoC, it said.
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PHNOM PENH, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) Cambodia s 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 500,000 U.S. dollars, the statement said.
The funds will fuel an innovative six-month incubation and training initiative and small grants program to help SMEs move online, sell online, and, for some, sell to overseas customers through a new online marketplace being developed by the MoC, it said.
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 Framework (EIF) and managed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Rwanda (MINICOM).
The SheTrades Rwanda project will:
• Improve business support ecosystem to support the growth of women’s economic empowerment initiatives and activities, including through the establishment of SheTrades Hub in Rwanda;
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 graduates and those looking for a career switch with a two-year curriculum that includes two six-month domestic and international internships.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.
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 Oleagineux du Togo (NIOTO), a private sector agro-industrial business that produces butter from shea kernels. NIOTO has partnered with the local NGO Action et Gestion des Insuffisances et Initiatives Rurale (AGIR), which focuses on sustainable development, to implement specific shea-related activities in relevant regions across Togo. The partnership will build five warehouses and strengthen the business knowledge of 4,000 women, with the expectation that those women will then be able to produce and