Southern Africa—Trade Forward Southern Africa

The Trade Forward Southern Africa programme supports growth in trade, improves gender equality in the trade arena, and alleviates poverty across Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa, with a focus on increasing access to information and promoting trade; supporting compliance with market standards and better integrating value chains; providing and improving access to training in trade and customs; and promoting equality for women in trade.

The programme falls within the Global Trade Programme (GTP) of the UK Prosperity Fund, a cross-government development assistance fund with the primary objective of reducing poverty in developing middle-income countries and creating opportunities for international business, including U.K. companies.

Trade Forward Southern Africa works to increase opportunities to trade, overcome nontechnical barriers to trade in goods, and improve export performance in the region while facilitating trade with the United Kingdom as it exits the European Union.

Sample Activities

• Provide increased access to information and trade promotion.
• Offer support in compliance with market standards and integration in supply chains and value chains.
• Train relevant stakeholders in trade and customs best practices.
• Support fuller participation of women in trade.