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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 Rwand...

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 dome...

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...

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 framework (NTP framework) is a strategic development tool with specific focus and clear directives t...