African Development Fund & Smart Africa Alliance launch $1.5M project for digital trade in Africa
It aims to implement regional training and capacity-building programs on cross-border e-payment and e-commerce for governments, private sectors, and small and medium-sized enterprises.
The African Development Fund and Smart Africa Alliance have launched a $1.5 million project to streamline Africa’s digital trade and e-commerce landscape.
The project, called Institutional Support for Digital Payments and e-Commerce Policies for Cross-Border Trade Project (IDECT), will identify policy gaps in the digital trade and e-commerce ecosystems across 10 African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, the Republic of Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It aims to implement regional training and capacity-building programs on cross-border e-payment and e-commerce for governments, private sectors, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Additionally, it will provide a certified gender-sensitive e-learning training program addressing the challenges faced by women in digital trade and e-commerce.
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