Sauti and TruTrade together with medical experts Response-Med have developed and disseminated customized COVID-19 awareness and prevention materials including short animated clips and radio ads, specific to the agriculture supply chain actors in Uganda through Sauti and TruTrade digital platforms.

Sauti took the lead on increasing participation of women traders in select sectors through the expansion of its digitized platforms, specifically USSD/SMS and WhatsApp. The targeted project counties included Siaya, Makueni, Kilifi, Migori and Bungoma.

Sauti in collaboration with Danish Refugee Council (DRC) through the Market Monitoring project kicked off price collection activities across three different market locations: Nairobi, Kakuma and Dadaab.

After three years with Sauti, Mary Rowlatt has decided to step down as CEO to tackle new professional challenges as an independent consultant within the humanitarian and social innovation space. Looking ahead, Lance will serve in an interim CEO capacity to ensure a smooth transition to Sauti’s next stage of growth.

As we come to the end of 2020, we want to thank our clients and stakeholders for supporting the growth and use of Sauti’s digitized platforms. Everyone’s support and contributions have enabled us to continue building innovative and accessible channels for business and social welfare information for East Africa’s women led businesses. As we close 2020, more than 20,000 people are using Sauti’s information platforms!

Corruption and gender inequality are closely related to one another in occurrence. Men and women are affected by corruption in different ways, and are subjects and objects of different corrupt behaviors and practices. Corruption tends to also be one of the major impediments to development and economic growth in developing countries and Kenya is no exception.