TradeMark Africa
Abhishek Sharma is an experienced professional in the transport and logistics sector, currently serving as Senior Director of Transport and Logistics at TradeMark Africa since June 2015, also holding the position of Director of Trade Logistics. Previous roles include Director and Senior Manager at Deloitte from April 2010 to May 2015, Team Leader at CRISIL from April 2009 to April 2010, and Senior Manager at Tata Capital from 2008 to April 2009, where advisory services in debt and equity syndication were a focus. Abhishek's earlier experience includes serving as a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers from November 2005 to June 2008, providing advisory services in transaction issues and public-private partnerships, and working as a Consultant at IWMI from 2001 to 2004. Abhishek Sharma holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University (2003-2005), a PGDRM in Management from IRMA (1999-2001), and a Bachelor's degree in Economics (Hons.) from Ramjas College, Delhi University (1996-1999).
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TradeMark Africa
TradeMark Africa (TMA), formerly TradeMark East Africa, is a leading African Aid-for-Trade organisation that was established in 2010, with the aim to grow intra-African trade and increase Africa’s share in global trade, while helping make trade more pro-poor and more environmentally sustainable. TMA operates on a not-for-profit basis and is funded by: Belgium, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Ireland, the Mastercard Foundation, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. TMA works closely with regional and continental inter-governmental organisations, national Governments, the private sector, and civil society. Since its inception, TMA has delivered substantial gains for trade and regional economic integration in East Africa and the Horn of Africa, including a reduction of 16.5% in cargo transit times on the Northern Corridor from Mombasa to Bujumbura, and a reduction of an average of 70% in the time taken to cross selected one stop border posts. TMA officially launched its continental-wide shift and rebrand in West Africa in January 2023, with Ghana being the first country of operations in the region. In 2022, TMA set up a catalytic finance company – Trade Catalyst Africa – that will pilot commercially viable projects for creating trade infrastructure (both physical and digital) as well as increasing access to Trade Finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Both TCA’s and TMA's headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya. Offices are in: EAC Secretariat - Arusha, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Somaliland, Tanzania, and Uganda, with operations in Mozambique, South Sudan and Zambia. For more information, please visit www.trademarkafrica.com