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Sauti User Insights Quarterly Report – Q4 2022
- 17 May 2023
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Category: Sauti User Insights
No Comments2022 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.
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Connecting Farmers to Traders with Sauti Soko
- 22 April 2023
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Category: Newsletter
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.
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Sauti’s Quarterly User Insights Report: July – September 2022
- 12 January 2023
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Sauti User Insights, Updates
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%.
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Smartphone Adoption Among Traders in Kenya and Uganda
- 10 March 2022
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Get to know East Africa's Traders, Sauti Data Insights
Despite the growth of smartphones among Africa’s urban populations, traders often operate with basic feature phones. This report details findings from Sauti East Africa’s surveys of smartphone access among Kenyan and Ugandan traders. 4,136 participants were surveyed in Kenya and 1,334 in Uganda. Participants were selected from users of Sauti’s market and trade information platform.
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Sauti’s Data in the UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2021
- 15 December 2021
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Newsletter, Sauti Data Insights, Updates
UNCTAD’s recently launched Economic Development in Africa Report 2021 features Sauti’s activities providing Trade and Market Information Platforms throughout East Africa. We are excited to be featured in this assessment of how the region can inclusively benefit from the trade potential under the incoming African Continental Free Trade Area. The report draws on demographic, market, and trade insights from our TradeInsights Data Portal covering East Africa’s cross-border trade context.
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Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin Q2/Q3 2021
- 15 December 2021
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Sauti Data Insights, Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin, Updates
Uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the trading activities of East African cross-border traders in 2021 Q2/Q3. Proportionally, domestic trade activity remains at an all-time high compared to previous years as East Africa’s traders continue to limit their cross border activities in all surveyed countries.
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Sauti’s Quarterly User Insights Report: July – September 2021
- 8 November 2021
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Sauti User Insights, Updates
2021 Q3 saw 15,408 new users access all our regional platforms. Our Kenya and Uganda platforms saw the majority of growth, mostly driven by sensitization activities throughout each country. We also added new information features to our Kenyan platform: information on health insurance and crop and poultry farming. In all four countries, the majority of price requests remain within domestic markets, however, cross-border trade from Uganda has decreased by 5 percentage points – down to 19% – since our Q1-Q2 2021 Report.
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What do Kenyan and Ugandan Cross-border Traders Want to Know About COVID-19
- 6 May 2021
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Category: Sauti User Insights
We are glad to announce that Sauti’s trade and information platform is now available and accessible to anyone, anywhere via WhatsApp. Message “hello” on WhatsApp to +254 20 389 3576 and you’ll be able to explore our free business and social services information, tailored for farmers, traders, and small businesses in East Africa.
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Sauti’s Quarterly User Insights Report: January – March 2021
- 13 April 2021
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Sauti User Insights, Updates
In this quarterly report, we have analysed user growth and interactions with the Sauti platforms in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Over the past three months, Sauti gained 2,717 new users. Most of this growth has come from our Tanzania platform which we launched in February earlier this year. In July, we added weather information to the Kenyan and Tanzanian platforms, which resulted in over 20 percent of information requests on each of these platforms in the past quarter.
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Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin Q3/Q4 2020
- 12 March 2021
- Posted by: admin_Lance
- Categories: Sauti Data Insights, Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin, Updates
This report leverages the unique analytical perspective from Sauti East Africa to document traders’ changes in business behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For this report, we present behavioural insights from our mobile-based market information platforms in two East African countries: Kenya and Rwanda.
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