The episode explores how women are reshaping trade, mobility and economic life across the Horn of Africa’s borderlands, challenging assumptions about who drives local and regional economies.
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"Women are running these foundational networks of trade across borders."
In Ep. 4 of the Beyond Series, Nicki Kindersley reflects on the central role women play in sustaining livelihoods, economies and connections across Sudan and South Sudan.
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Drawing on research from the Kenya–Ethiopia–Somalia borderlands, Dalle explores how women navigate informal trade networks, support households and help keep regional economies moving despite conflict and uncertainty.
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“Women are not just passive victims of conflict, or of poverty, or of climate shocks.”
In Ep. 4 of the Beyond Series, Dalle Ibrahim highlights how women traders sustain livelihoods and drive economies across the Mandera tri-border region.
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“It’s not the absence of order, rather it’s a space governed by its own rules.”
In Ep. 4 of the Beyond Series, Sahra Ahmed Koshin challenges assumptions about informal trade, arguing that these economies operate through their own systems and relationships.
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Drawing on research with women traders in Galkayo’s khat economy, Sahra Koshin explores how newcomers learn to navigate unwritten rules, build trust and manage risk in a highly competitive market.
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Episode 4 of the Beyond Series explores labour, trade and gender dynamics in the borderlands of Somalia, Puntland and the Mandera Triangle through the experiences of women traders navigating complex economic and social realities.
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Catch up on the latest stories, insights, research and updates from across the Rift Valley Institute's work and programmes.
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Over the past six years, the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) has researched conflict, migration and economic flows in the Horn of Africa and
