TradeMark Africa
Mark Priestley currently serves as the Chief of Party for the $75 million USAID-funded Economic Recovery and Reform Action (ERRA) at TradeMark East Africa, focusing on job creation and resilience in East Africa. Previously, Mark held senior leadership roles including Senior Director of New Frontiers, overseeing trade and export initiatives in Southern Africa, and Senior Coordinator for Trade Logistics Clusters, where innovative projects were designed to enhance economic growth and attract foreign investment. With extensive experience as Senior Director for Country Programmes, Mark managed a $400 million portfolio, ensuring quality and compliance across multiple country programmes. Earlier roles include Country Director at TradeMark East Africa and Project Manager Team Lead at Eurecna, where Mark contributed to local economic development initiatives. Educational qualifications include a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Tufts University, an MBA from UBI Business School, an MPhil in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, and various executive courses.
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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