Sauti, in consortium with Partner Africa and TruTrade, have been tasked with implementing a project under TradeMark East Africa’s Women in Trade Programme to tackle the needs of women in agricultural trade in Kenya. TradeMark East Africa’s Women in Trade (WiT) programme seeks to contribute to the greater inclusion of women in trade as one of the pathways to increased business competitiveness and increased trade across East Africa, and beyond.

Sauti East Africa is proud to have been working with the BORESHA project to develop and launch a mobile information service to support small businesses with relevant information in the border region of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. The main aims of the project are to promote economic and private sector development, and greater resilience among vulnerable groups such as youth, women, internally displaced persons, and transitional communities in the target cross-border region.

Agriculture has been proven to pull the maximum number of people out of poverty according to research. Weather has a significant impact on agriculture and therefore access to weather forecast information allows farmers and traders to make better decisions that help them plan efficiently, minimize costs and maximize yield profits. Sauti has now added weather forecast information to our platform.

Accessibility and dissemination of accurate information can help control the spread of COVID-19 and protect vulnerable populations in society. Sauti has added awareness and prevention information to our existing trade and market information platform as a response strategy to help cross border traders fight against the spread of the virus.