What comes to mind when you hear ‘cocoa’? Chocolate of course. Cocoa butter, perhaps. Maybe Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, which are among the world’s leading exporters of cocoa beans. Uganda? Not until now.

MARKUP through ITC prepared a Regional Draft Paper on Trade Obstacle in the Coffee Sector. This was followed by a webinar for focal points of EAC Coffee Business Management Organisations (BMOs) on 3rd July 2020 with the objective of exchanging views on the regional advocacy approach. In attendance...

Coffee farmers and exporters in the EAC are making inroads into the high grade, single origin or single estate coffee also known as specialty coffee. Through the International Trade Centre (ITC), MARKUP is working to put EAC specialty coffee on the world map through supporting selected companies to...

Interview with Dr Peter Mathuki, CEA of the East African Business Council It hasn’t been all doom and gloom during the COVID19 pandemic in East Africa. While businesses across the region have certainly been hit hard, there have been lessons learned and the recognition of the importance of regional...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the global economy, in turn affecting every single country and sector. The coffee sector in the EAC Partner States is no exception – although it might not be the most affected EAC sector given its high export share and dependency on relatively few...

Quality Champions, whose activities are implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC), were not left alone during the Pandemic. At the end of April, MARKUP’s support team inaugurated zoom group sessions for Quality Champions in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with their respective...

MARKUP’s newest implementing partner is Solidaridad, the international civil society NGO, has begun work on Result 2 in Tanzania, working in the horticulture, tea and coffee sectors. The aim of the intervention is to improve access and compliance with voluntary sustainability standards.  Mary...

This year, United Fresh live was an online event, providing the unique opportunity of attendingan international trade fair from the comfort of your living room. The participation of avocado exporters from Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzaniato this online trade fair was organised and coordinated by the...

MARKUP training through the International Trade Centre (ITC) for SMEs to improve their access to finance continues under the COVID19 crisis. Online bootcamps will launch a fresh round of Access to Finance (A2F) in July 2020. In the meantime, business development service (BDS) providers are offering...

Avocado and fresh produce exporters under EU-EAC MARKUP participate in United Fresh 2020, a virtual trade fair which will run from 16-19 June 2020.

Are you a small and medium enterprise (SME) from a Partner State of the East African Community (EAC)? Do you have questions about how to export your products to other markets? Do you have doubts about quality standards, regulations and processes to export your products?

  MARKUP is pleased to share highlights of our activities between December 2019 and March 2020, in our quest to improve intra-regional trade and export of selected agricultural value chains.