Sauti is excited to announce a partnership with International Climate Initiative (IKI) Small Grants Programme to create equitable access to climate-related information and adaptation tools for women farmers. Sauti will be receiving 127,400 euros of IKI funding.

2023 Q2 saw 9,019 new users access all our regional platforms. This report presents our impact monitoring and user behaviour insights from Sauti’s mobile information platform based on usage between 1 April to 30 June, 2023.

Sauti East Africa is proud to join the world in celebrating Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day. The United Nations has declared June 27th as international MSME day in order to recognize the economic contributions of MSMEs – particularly the economic empowerment of women and youth – in order to support sustainable development across the globe.

2023 Q1 saw 9,151 new users access all our regional platforms. This report shows cross-border trader and farmer behaviour insights from Sauti’s mobile information platform based on usage between 1 January to 31 March, 2023.

2022 Q4 saw 8,735 new users access all our regional platforms. This report shows cross-border trader and farmer behaviour insights from Sauti’s mobile information platform based on usage between 1 October to 31 December, 2022.

Sauti Soko is a virtual marketplace platform which farmers and traders can dial to connect with buyers and sellers. Users across East Africa can dial a shortcode (e.g. *716# in Kenya) with any kind of phone, and without the need of internet. The increased accessibility for farmers and traders means that Sauti Soko can improve last-mile connectivity and market access for remote and border populations across East Africa.

In this quarterly report, we have analysed user growth and traders' interactions with the Sauti market and trade information platforms in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda between July - September 2022. 2022 Q3 saw 8,434 new users access all our regional platforms. Our Kenyan platform saw the majority of growth with 7,657 new users, followed by Uganda with 493 new users. Since our Q2 2022 Report, cross-border trade from Tanzania has decreased by 11 percentage points to 10%.

This bulletin includes data on Kenyan, Rwandan, Tanzanian, and Ugandan traders. Although an increase was noted between Q1 and Q2 of 2022, cross-border trading continues to stay low in Kenya in comparison to previous years. In addition, we found that in every other country, cross-border trade decreased between Q1 and Q2, indicating that COVID-19 is likely having persistent effects on the levels of activity within the East African trade sector.

In this quarterly report, we have analysed user growth and traders' interactions with the Sauti market and trade information platforms in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda between April - June 2022. 2022 Q1 saw 6,474 new users access all our regional platforms. Our Kenyan platform saw the majority of growth with 5657 new users, followed by Tanzania with 410 new users. Since our Q3-Q4 2021 Report, trade within domestic markets has increased in Tanzania by 5 percentage points to 86% while the country’s cross-border trade has decreased by 5 percentage points up to 14%.