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Upwards of 4700 Ugandan women impacted by East African trade program



More than 4776 women in Uganda have benefited from a TradeMark East Africa Women (TMEA) and Trade programme since 2015.

TMEA has also increased market access for over 443 women traders through establishment of five cooperatives in subsector areas of beans, coffee, maize, handcrafts and beverages in the districts of Hoima, Kabale, Mpigi, Jinja, Masaka and Kapchorwa.


This came out during a women and trade plenary session of the East Africa Trade Development Forum in Munyonyo.


Speaking at the forum, Trade Industry and Cooperatives Minister, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde noted: “This programme demonstrates that public private partnerships can actually bear tangible results when fully utilized. As a government, we will continue supporting partners to strengthen women trade programmes in the country.”


She added: “Going forward and as Government, through a collaborative effort, we look forward to reducing challenges that women face as traders and doubling these numbers today and call upon other organizations to join us in this concerted efforts.”


As a donor, the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Hajo Provo Kluit applauded TradeMark East Africa for support to women stating that this is a sure way to ensure that trade leads to prosperity.


Collectively, the organization has reached over 25,000 women in East Africa.


On his part, TradeMark East Africa, Uganda Country Director, Moses Sabiiti noted: “Supporting women in trade is going to be one of our fundamental drivers in growing our economies in Uganda and beyond. We will be moving to more and more sustainable inclusive environment thereby creating more jobs and getting more people out of poverty.”


He added: “In the next five years of our strategy, we would like to scale up our programme and support to over 10,000 women in Uganda and over 300,000 across East Africa. We call upon other partners to join us in growing prosperity in this sector.” 

Other trade topics that were discussed during the day were – technology and trade, e-government for trade, new ways of funding trade, export led industrialization among others.

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