Issue n* 4

SITA forges ahead with implementationSITA began rolling out project implementation activities in East Africa in May 2015 with a series ofstakeholder consultation meetings covering different sectors, including cotton-textile-apparel (CTA),pulses, sunflower oil and information technology-enabled services (ITES) & business processoutsourcing (BPO).

Initial consultation meetings on the CTA sector were organized in Ethiopia and Kenya, whileconsultations on the pulses sector took place in Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic ofTanzania. For sunflower oil, consultations were held in Uganda and the United Republic ofTanzania, while consultations on ITES and BPO were held in Rwanda. The meetings were aimed atproviding a map of value chains, sector analysis and an overall perspective on the target markets.The meetings addressed trade-specific topics - such as requirements of potential buyers and factorsaffecting competitiveness - and also focused on setting overall strategic objectives andrecommendations for implementation.

This fourth issue of the SITA Newsletter presents the proceedings and outcomes of these firstconsultation meetings.

SITA to strengthen CTA sector in Ethiopia

SITA's first stakeholders' consultation on the roadmap forthe Ethiopian textile and clothing value chain was organizedin Ethiopia in association with the Ethiopian Textile IndustryDevelopment Institute (ETIDI). The two-day workshop tookplace in Addis Ababa in May...

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SITA facilitates Indian investment in Kenyan CTAsector

A two-day stakeholders' consultation workshop on Kenya'stextile and clothing value chain roadmap was held in May2015 in Nairobi. The workshop was organized in associationwith the African Cotton & Textile Industries Federation(ACTIF), Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) andMinistry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development...

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SITA holds value chain consultation for sunfloweroil in Uganda

Stakeholders of the sunflower oil sector in Uganda gatheredfor a two-day consultation in Kampala in May 2015. Theworkshop drew participants from business and government,including the Policy Support Network led by the Ministry of

Trade, Industry and Cooperatives; over nine companies andcooperatives representing producers and processors; theTrade Support Network; the Business Services Network, aswell as SNV Netherlands, representing the donors anddevelopment partners...

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SITA seeks opportunities in the ITES and BPOsectors

In SITA's first month of implementation, ITES and BPO taskteam leader Mr. James Howe attended a conference hostedby the Rwanda Development Board. Delegations fromKenya and Uganda attended the conference...

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SITA to boost pulses sector in Kenya

'Having worked actively on South-South cooperation, whereIndia is a champion, it's good to hear of SITA,' said Kenya'sformer Vice-President Mr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. 'Whenthe world is hearing about BRICS, I think it is good that Indialooks to Africa and the East African region.'...

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In conversation with: Ms. Violet Nyando of theKenya National Farmers' Federation

I work with the Kenya National Farmers' Federation, anumbrella organization in Kenya that represents all farmersregardless of their scale of production. We have small-scalefarmers and large-scale farmers who register with us...

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