Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a strong digital presence has, more than ever, become a key element for small businesses in the coffee sector to access new buyers and benefit from international markets.

A better access to trade finance in least developed countries (LDCs) could allow businesses to have the financial tools to participate in national, regional or global trade.

Small businesses are receiving support to access much-needed finance

New project focusing on selected value chains from seaweed to honey in Tanzania.

Support efforts include new tools, from the tangible to the abstract

Where’s the money in shea? by Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) on Exposure

Resilience is necessary in the rice trade, developing it requires many About 80% of Cambodians are rural farmers, and rice is the country’s main crop. But, until the last decade or so, the sector had not been living up to its potential.

More training, more links to buyers of rural arts means more income for women

In Ethiopia, finding plenty in processing by Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) on Exposure

Photo: An apparel worker at a garment factory that reopened amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Artisan handbag maker taking her enterprise forward, and receiving new financing

Originally published by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION NEWS on 18 August 2020

For a new business owner, one international trade fair got things rolling

Finding new buyers and tapping new markets, harnessing agriculture’s potential

Taking traditional African prints and making them modern, a female entrepreneur is aiming to go global – armed with the right business tools

Opportunities and challenges abound for Zambia entrepreneurs eyeing new markets

In Zambia, a sweet idea spurs entrepreneurship

Empowerment and markets are on this Ugandan woman’s agenda

Government plus grassroots combo laying foundations for MSME success

In Masaka, mobilizing and educating the small enterprises that need it most

LUANG PRABANG – 11 MARCH 2019 – Lao PDR’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) have officially launched a new effort to increase the country’s exports and support investments in business development.

EIF has been working with hundreds of entrepreneurs for the past few years, to help them build and implement strategies for brand promotion, participate in regional and international trade fairs, improve in processing capabilities and value addition as well as provide support to cooperatives

After help finding new markets, one man’s chili sauce empire is taking off

Launch of country’s SheTrades initiative to focus on agriculture and textile industries

In The Gambia, family-owned cashew processors are primed for expansion

In Comoros, an essential oils doyenne has plans for her country’s unique yields

Project strengthens value chains of vanilla, clove and ylang ylang in the Union of the Comoros Originally posted at ITC News