Empowering Ethiopia’s Entrepreneurs through Trade Finance
Stories & Blogs World BankJun 25, 2025(Story )IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) is helping Ethiopian banks support local businesses and sustain livelihoods in rural and conflict-affected areas.
From Uganda to Angola, Africa’s refugees face soaring hunger, shrinking aid.
Stories & Blogs WFPJun 19, 2025(Stories )A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
How data can unlock the travel trade for Eswatini.
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 10, 2025(News )Measuring travel in trade statistics is complex. Travel spending can include street food and hospital bills, which makes it hard to gather data.
Ugandan coffee: From the last gorilla kingdom to international markets.
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 09, 2025(News )Richard Rugaya and the Gorilla Highlands Coffee (GHC) team believe that the best coffee should taste good, smell good, and do good.
Further strengthening how we measure global poverty.
Stories & Blogs World BankJun 05, 2025(Blog )For 35 years, the World Bank Group has measured global poverty to track progress toward eradicating what is considered the most severe deprivation of basic human needs—extreme poverty.
Eswatini harnesses AI tools to grow exports.
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 05, 2025(News )Leveraging AI tools for market diversification and resilience in evolving global context.
Celebrating Partnership for Africa’s Trade Transformation.
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 03, 2025(News )ITC convenes key players to drive inclusive trade across the continent.
Navigating Africa’s digital trade with confidence.
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 03, 2025(News )Small businesses across Africa are eager to tap into the fast-growing digital economy.
Preventing adverse effects while reforming fuel subsidies in Angola.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 22, 2025(Blog )Removing fuel subsidies in Angola will generate enough fiscal savings to compensate for increased production costs.
How to manage the economic trade-offs of public procurement policies in developing economies.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 20, 2025(Story )Procurement policies can help targeted firms and potentially address market failures, but their effectiveness depends on the specific context.