The AeTrade Group is an African Diaspora-led social enterprise headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda with a central commitment to digitalize trade in Africa at a larger scale by encouraging impact investment in small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) with a view to creating shared prosperity and a large number of jobs for the growing youth population across the continent.
The Group enables the accelerated implementation of large-scale projects across multiple geographies in Africa as an organization founded on the principles of independence and sustainability aligned to the principles of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030
Our Products
Our motivation and Strategy
The AeTrade Group is motivated by three broad themes:
1. Enabling and supporting the economy through digital infrastructure, standards, regulations, trust, confidence and security;
2. Building on areas of competitive strength to drive productivity and raise digital business capability;
3. Empowering all Africans through enhanced digital skills and inclusion.
The Strategy
The strategy of the AeTrade Group outlines four primary goals on which the government, the private sector and the community can collaborate around
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Build on competitive strengths and develop new ones by:
a. Driving productivity within existing industries;
b. Taking advantage of the momentum in our economy;
c. Opening up new sources of growth to sustain Africa into the future.
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Support digital business capability for engaged, innovative, high-growth businesses of all sizes across the African continent;
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Drive a culture and mindset that supports lifelong learning, a global outlook, and positive responses to change;
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Support actions on a diverse range of digital economy initiatives across multiple agencies.
A key purpose of the strategy will be to draw together, complement and build on these existing initiatives.