Sauti East Africa – Empowering East Africa's women-led SMEs to trade legally, profitably, and safely across borders

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

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.

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

We develop technologies to measurably improve women’s access to information, business opportunities, and markets.

RESEARCH & EVIDENCE

We collect and analyse vital data to understand barriers to 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 INSIGHTS

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

SAUTI COLLECT

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.

Featured case studies

We have reached over 66,000 users in “low-technology” environments and conducted gender-sensitive research and technology design in six African countries.

Global Integrity’s Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme RCTs in Kenya

Since 2019, via Sauti Collect, Sauti has been able to offer an end-to-end USSD mobile data collection solution, from survey design and testing, to survey deployment and monitoring of incoming results – all from one user-friendly dashboard.

Sauti Mobile Information Platform Expansion to Tanzania

Having successfully implemented their mobile Trade and Market Information Platform, released in 2017, with more than 19,000 users to date, Sauti has since been able to expand the platform for use in Tanzania.

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News & Updates

Sauti’s Data in the UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2021

UNCTAD’s recently launched Economic Development in Africa Report 2021 features Sauti’s activities providing Trade and Market Information Platforms throughout East Africa. We are excited to be featured in this assessment of how the region can inclusively benefit from the trade potential under the incoming African Continental Free Trade Area. The report draws on demographic, market, and trade insights from our TradeInsights Data Portal covering East Africa’s cross-border trade context.

15 December 2021

Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin Q2/Q3 2021

Uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the trading activities of East African cross-border traders in 2021 Q2/Q3. Proportionally, domestic trade activity remains at an all-time high compared to previous years as East Africa’s traders continue to limit their cross border activities in all surveyed countries.