{"id":27098,"date":"2023-05-25T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T18:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=27098"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:55:21","slug":"african-trade-observatory-trains-eswatini-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/african-trade-observatory-trains-eswatini-smes","title":{"rendered":"AFRICAN TRADE OBSERVATORY TRAINS ESWATINI SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) is providing opportunities for small businesses in Eswatini.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>More than 80 firms and public agencies in Eswatini and Zimbabwe trained on the first African trade portal to unlock the continent\u2019s trade opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The African Trade Observatory is one of the five operational instruments of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to drive intraregional trade of small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The online dashboard is critical for helping businesses identify and compare emerging opportunities across the continent. It provides integrated and reliable trade intelligence on international market performance and opportunities as well as market access conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis capacity building initiative is vital and timely as COMESA Member States continue to position themselves for commercially meaningful trade under the AfCFTA,\u201d said COMESA Business Council\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Teddy Soobramanien, who went on to note that the availability of good quality data was critical for business success in the ever evolving regional and global economic landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall and medium-sized enterprises contribute over 70 per cent to the region\u2019s economic growth; therefore, galvanizing their transition into regional and global value chains is of fundamental importance to the regional integration agenda. This training will complement other COMESA initiatives such as the COMESA Digital Retail Payments Platform, and the Regional Customs Single Window,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>COMESA is the acronym for Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The COMESA Business Council (CBC) in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the COMESA Secretariat\u2019s Regional Enterprise Competitiveness and Access to Markets Programme (RECAMP), funded by the 11th European Development Fund, partnered with Business Eswatini and the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce to provide training to the business community on the African Trade Observatory. To date, the trainings have been carried out in Zambia, Malawi, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Kingdom of Eswatini, and Zimbabwe, with four more Member States, including Kenya, Seychelles, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo earmarked for the third and fourth quarters of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) is providing opportunities for small businesses in Eswatini. More than 80 firms and public agencies in Eswatini and Zimbabwe trained on the first African trade portal to unlock the continent\u2019s trade opportunities. 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