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Building a More Competitive East Africa
By Eve Muthoni For an East African business, competitiveness is not an abstract policy concept. It comes down to a few practical questions: Can the business finance an order? Can it produce at the right price? Can it move its goods across borders predictably and affordably? And when those goods finally reach the market, can […]
The Gulf-Africa Strategic Partnership Initiative (GASPI) 2026.
The Missing Middle in Africa’s Investment Story By Duncan Onyango, CEO, Trade Catalyst Africa In Addis Ababa last month, one phrase kept coming up in every serious conversation about Gulf investment in Africa: project preparation. It may not be as eye-catching as a multi-billion-dollar investment announcement, but it is often the deciding factor between projects […]
Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026
Making Climate Adaptation Investable There is a familiar pattern to conversations about climate adaptation in Africa. They often begin with the numbers: the billions of dollars required to help the continent adapt to increasingly frequent droughts, floods, and other climate-related shocks. Before long, the discussion turns to the widening financing gap and the need for […]
TCA Annual Report 24-25
ATDF 2026
Board Announcement
Nairobi, Kenya | July 6, 2026-Trade Catalyst Africa (TCA) today announced the confirmation of Gabriel Negatu as its Independent Board Chair and the appointment of Sanjay Rughani as a new Board Member. Mr Negatu has served as Interim Board Chair since January 2025. His confirmation comes as TCA expands its efforts to mobilise commercial and development capital into trade infrastructure and […]
TCA Joins Regional Dialogue on Financing Agri-Food Systems Along Africa’s Trade Corridors
Last week, Trade Catalyst Africa joined stakeholders in Lusaka, Zambia, for a dialogue convened by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) on financing sustainable agri-food systems along Africa’s strategic trade corridors. The discussion brought together development finance institutions, commercial banks, investors, governments, development partners, corridor authorities, […]
Kenya National Fisheries Access to Finance Workshop 2026
By Eve Muthoni Trade Catalyst Africa recently joined lenders, insurers, and trade finance specialists for a critical discussion on bridging the financing gap in high-risk sectors. As a key export sector, fisheries sits within TCA’s trade finance mandate. Kevin Karanja, Investment Analyst at TCA, was on the panel at the Kenya National Fisheries Access to […]
Kenya and Uganda Move to the Next Phase of the Northern Corridor Upgrade Project
By Eve Muthoni Kenya and Uganda have agreed on a new mechanism to finance border infrastructure along the Northern Corridor, the busy multimodal transport network in East Africa. At a meeting convened by TradeMark Africa (TMA), through its subsidiary Trade Catalyst Africa (TCA), and held in Nairobi on March 24, 2026, the Commissioners General of […]