In today's data-driven world, data has become the new gold, offering a potential for businesses to address resource inefficiencies
Trade Forum
The in-depth digital knowledge platform of the International Trade Centre explores export development and trade issues in developing and least developed countries. The contributions focus on trade promotion and export development as part of the International Trade Centre’s technical cooperation programme with developing countries and economies in transition.
Fragility manifests in different ways, across countries, regions and types of firms. The new ITC Fragility Exposure Index shows that small, informal, youth, and women-led firms often experience harsher repercussions from fragility than their larger, formal, older, and men-led counterparts,...
A closer look at how ITC turns the digital transition of small businesses in Africa into a sustainable proposition.
As 2022 came to a close, ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, became the fastest-growing app in history, reaching an estimated 123 million users less than three months after its launch. It is the most prominent specimen of AI-tools that generate content such as text, pictures, and software...
As we mark this year’s International Day of Forests, the International Trade Centre reflects on how best to promote the conservation and sustainable use of forests while protecting people living from and within them. We do so by looking at business practices that can halt deforestation and forest...
The International Trade Centre explores new avenues for exports from least developed countries that move to the next stage
From ego systems to ecosystems: ITC developed a diagnostic tool for ecosystems that promotes entrepreneurship and helps start-ups thrive
An innovative technological approach connects young entrepreneurs with mentors
Linking technology to agriculture in an ITC pilot shows what successful collaboration looks like. A story from Ghana.
A new ITC pilot uses blockchain technology and digitized traceability systems to support women coffee farmers in Rwanda.
Women’s business associations are leveraging trade opportunities under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
As we navigate a global climate crisis, small island developing states are at risk