SAUTI EAST AFRICA CLOSING THE DIGITAL INFORMATION GAP FOR WOMEN IN TRADE Sauti East Africa empowers women-led small and medium-sized enterprises to trade to legally, safely, and profitably across East Africa’s borders. WHAT WE DO LATEST Distance as a Barrier to Access to Justice in Kenya Sauti East Africa has produced a geospatial analysis report quantifying how distance to physical courts constrains access to justice for poor and vulnerable populations across Kenya. Using nationwide court location data and gridded population estimates, the report quant READ MORE

Our Services & Products

Sauti East Africa combines innovative technologies with proven deep expertise to empower women as forces of change in markets, communities, and households.

INFORMATION PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES

We develop technologies to improve women and youth-led MSMEs’ access to information, business opportunities, and markets.

RESEARCH & EVIDENCE

We combine impact and data collection to understand the best opportunities for women’s economic empowerment.

Our mobile information service delivers real-time market prices, exchange rates, information updates, and trade procedures to traders across East Africa.

TRADE & MARKET INFORMATION PLATFORMS

Analyse, segment, and extract actionable insights on East African cross-border trade using our interactive data dashboard.

SAUTI TRADE & MARKET INSIGHTS

Design, test, and deploy survey and monitoring tools remotely using our end-to-end mobile data collection solutions.

SAUTI SURVEYS & DATA COLLECTION

Why we build technologies for women in trade

Using technology to empower women-led businesses has ripple effects that can help create lasting change for households, communities, and market systems. That’s why we put women as traders, producers, and customers at the centre of our products, services and delivery models.
Learn more about our approach.
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We have reached over 164,000 users in “low-technology” environments and conducted gender-sensitive research and technology design in six African countries.
Evaluating the Digitization Of Justice During Covid-19 In Kenya And Rwanda
Trends And Patterns in Resilience and Innovation by Informal Cross Border Traders in East Africa: Case Study of Youth and Female-Owned Businesses Before & Post-Covid-19

Sauti East Africa has produced a geospatial analysis report quantifying how distance to physical courts constrains access to justice for poor and vulnerable populations across Kenya. Using nationwide court location data and gridded population estimates, the report quantifies how far Kenyans must travel to reach the nearest court and highlights the disproportionate burden on rural and remote communities.

Women smallholder farmers are the backbone of Kenya’s agricultural productivity and food security. This report offers a scalable, cost-effective, and impact-driven pathway to transform how vulnerable women farmers access, use, and benefit from climate-smart agricultural information.

Sauti East Africa has produced a geospatial analysis report quantifying how distance to physical courts constrains access to justice for poor and vulnerable populations across Kenya. Using nationwide court location data and gridded population estimates, the report quantifies how far Kenyans must travel to reach the nearest court and highlights the disproportionate burden on rural and remote communities.

We’re excited to announce that we have launched Usheeg – a mobile platform giving displaced and marginalized women traders in Somalia with free, real-time access to market prices, weather forecasts & early warnings, exchange rates, and protection services.

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We deliver transformative information technologies and insights to enhance inclusive trade and women’s empowerment initiatives.

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