SAUTI EAST AFRICA CLOSING THE DIGITAL INFORMATION GAP FOR WOMEN IN TRADE Sauti East Africa empowers women-led small and medium-sized enterprises to trade to legally, safely, and profitably across East Africa’s borders. WHAT WE DO LATEST Mapping Women and Youth-focused Trade Associations in East Africa’s Agricultural Trade Women and youth are pivotal to East Africa’s trade development agenda. We present a stakeholder mapping of trade associations, women and youth-focused trade groups, and private-sector organizations that are driving youth and women-led trade across East Africa. READ MORE

Our Services & Products

Sauti East Africa combines innovative technologies with proven deep expertise to empower women as forces of change in markets, communities, and households.

INFORMATION PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES

We develop technologies to improve women and youth-led MSMEs’ access to information, business opportunities, and markets.

RESEARCH & EVIDENCE

We combine impact and data collection to understand the best opportunities for women’s economic empowerment.

Our mobile information service delivers real-time market prices, exchange rates, information updates, and trade procedures to traders across East Africa.

TRADE & MARKET INFORMATION PLATFORMS

Analyse, segment, and extract actionable insights on East African cross-border trade using our interactive data dashboard.

SAUTI TRADE & MARKET INSIGHTS

Design, test, and deploy survey and monitoring tools remotely using our end-to-end mobile data collection solutions.

SAUTI SURVEYS & DATA COLLECTION

Why we build technologies for women in trade

Using technology to empower women-led businesses has ripple effects that can help create lasting change for households, communities, and market systems. That’s why we put women as traders, producers, and customers at the centre of our products, services and delivery models.
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Featured case studies & projects

We have reached over 133,000 users in “low-technology” environments and conducted gender-sensitive research and technology design in six African countries.
Evaluating the Digitization Of Justice During Covid-19 In Kenya And Rwanda
Evaluating the Digitization Of Justice During Covid-19 In Kenya And Rwanda

Sauti East Africa in collaboration with Kituo Cha Sheria and Legal Aid Forum Rwanda has produced a report on the impact of ICT in the justice sector among the poor and the vulnerable in Kenya and Rwanda.

Trends And Patterns in Resilience and Innovation by Informal Cross Border Traders in East Africa: Case Study of Youth and Female-Owned Businesses Before & Post-Covid-19
Trends And Patterns in Resilience and Innovation by Informal Cross Border Traders in East Africa: Case Study of Youth and Female-Owned Businesses Before & Post-Covid-19

Sauti East Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, has produced a report comparing business activities of youth and female-owned businesses before & after-COVID-19. This report presents a quantitative understanding of the trends and patterns in resilience and innovation by informal cross-border trade (ICBT) in East Africa.

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Our Data & Research

Women and youth are pivotal to East Africa’s trade development agenda. We present a stakeholder mapping of trade associations, women and youth-focused trade groups, and private-sector organizations that are driving youth and women-led trade across East Africa.

4 August 2024
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Four out of five women MSMEs report agriculture as their primary economic activity. This report assesses the climate-related information needs of Kenya’s women smallholder farmers with the objective to inform meaningfully relevant and accessible information solutions.

31 January 2024
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News & Updates

Women and youth are pivotal to East Africa’s trade development agenda. We present a stakeholder mapping of trade associations, women and youth-focused trade groups, and private-sector organizations that are driving youth and women-led trade across East Africa.

4 August 2024
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Sauti’s coverage of EABC Webinar on “Post Budget Digest 2024/25: Disparities in the Applications of EAC-CET and Impact on EAC Businesses, which emphasized the importance of uniformly applying the East African Community Common External Tariff to enhance intra-EAC trade, investment, and regional value chains.

2 August 2024
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We deliver transformative information technologies and insights to enhance inclusive trade and women’s empowerment initiatives.
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