Supporting E-commerce Ecosystem

TMEA plans to implement the Supporting E-commerce Ecosystem Development (SEED) programme that will support interventions focused on boosting cross border e-commerce through improved efficiency within the ecosystem. In the context of the SEED Programme cross border e-commerce is defined as the selling and buying, clearance and transit of goods from one country to another within the Eastern Africa countries. TMEA will partner with key stakeholders in the e-commerce ecosystem system including national governments and the EAC secretariate, trade support agencies responsible for trade facilatation, Private sector service providers in logisics, payments, digital market places, postal offices In a bid to boost cross border trade in the region and facilitate greater market access, TMEA aims to rollout its Supporting E-Commerce Ecosystem Development (SEED) programme. Proposed interventions under the programme will focus on addressing market, logistics, cross border payments and regulatory constraints across the region