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List of organizations providing capacity building

1.       Malawi Trade Portal

The Malawi Trade Portal is a one-stop window for information relating to import into, export from, and transit through Malawi. Hosted by the Ministry of Trade, on behalf of all government ministries and agencies, the portal provides an accessible, logical, helpful window for traders to access important regulatory and procedural information needed to import and export.

The portal is an important step by the Government toward improving the predictability and transparency of the country’s trading laws and processes. This is in line with the Government’s commitment to facilitate information sharing and transparency, in their Trade Facilitation Strategy, as well as compliance with Article 1 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement with the World Trade Organization.

Where the business community or a small-scale trader can’t access the Portal, the Ministry as a public service institution provides requisite verbal or print information regarding trade related information on measures, regulations, laws and business licensing.

The Department of Private Sector Development in the Ministry of Trade provides information regarding private sector development and enhancement. ttps://www.malawitradeportal.gov.mw/index.php?r=site/index

These online courses provide access to educational material on a range of trade related topics. These programmes and course aim to provide staff in trade support institutions, enterprises - particularly SMEs - and trade policy specialists with access to pragmatic, topical online courses and learning material in support of skills development.          

i.         International Trade Centre (ITC) https://www.intracen.org/itc/market-info-tools/e-learning/ ,https://learning.intracen.org/

ii.        World Trade Organization (WTO)- The main programmes here under the WTO Secretariat are:

a)       Technical Assistance and Training;

b)       Trade Facilitation;

c)       Aid for Trade;

d)       Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF); and

e)       Enhanced Integrated Framework.

See link below for more details

https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/build_tr_capa_e.htm

iii.       United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)-The organization provides capacity-building services to strengthen public and private sector professionals’ knowledge and skills for sustainable development.

https://unctad.org/topic/training-and-capacity-building

a)       Train for Trade https://tft.unctad.org/

b)       Capacity building for Trade Policy Analysis https://vi.unctad.org/

c)       E-learning on Trade (this platform provides two categories of courses: Trade, Gender & Development and Non-Tariff Measures in Trade) on  https://elearningtrade.unctad.org/

d)       UNCTAD flagship course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda https://p166.unctad.org/

There is the ‘Buy Malawi’ Strategy component which also seeks to empower women in Trade. A key institution to work with is The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB). They also organize Trade Fairs, Workshops, Seminars and meetings   

Contact details     

Ministry of Trade

Gemini House

P.O Box 30366

Lilongwe 3   

 

2. The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB)         

The organization aims to promote women in businesses worldwide. It aims to promote programmes that integrate women into trade and development activities in Eastern and Southern Africa: in particular, in the fields of industry, trade and services, agriculture, fishing, energy, transport and communications, natural resources and mining, with the main objective of improving the economic conditions of women in the sub-region as well as increasing the awareness of women in development and business issues at the policy level.  

Contact details (including organization’s physical address, email addresses/telephone numbers/website link or any other online presence      

Ruth Negash

CEO

COMFWB Secretariat

(+265) 999 961 400

rnegash@comesa.int

Zimbabwe Embassy Building

First Floor

City Centre

Lilongwe                

mHub

mHub is Malawi’s first technology and innovation hub located in Lilongwe, Malawi with a working space in Blantyre, Malawi and Lusaka, Zambia. The hub has facilitated over 1 million USD in financing to emerging entrepreneurs over 5 years creating more than 950 jobs and impacting over 5,000 people in diverse value chains. The hub has trained over 40,000 youths and women with business and technology skills.

https://mhubmw.com/

Contact Details       

Area 15, Chiwengo Road, Plot #46, Lilongwe, Malawi.

Email: info@mhubmw.com

Mob: +265 999 57 37 02

+265 888 98 80 46

3. Mzuzu E-Hub      

 Mzuzu E Lab was established in June 2017 under company's incorporation Act, with the aim of building a community of young entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions and contributing to the development of their communities through job creation and poverty eradication in the northern region of Malawi.

 Mzuzu E-Hub

Wangiwe Kambuzi

Cell: +265 888209263

Email: hello@mzuzuehub.org

wangiwe.kambuzi@mzuzuehub.org

website: https//www.mzuzuehub.org