Nextrade CEO Kati Suominen spoke at a panel organized by the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Small Business Administration for African and U.S. trade policymakers during the AGOA Forum in Washington, 9-12 July 2018. Her presentation focused on the findings of USAID-sponsored work on how SMEs in Africa are using ecommerce to trade, what challenges they face, and what policy mixes optimize ecommerce development. See results of the Forum here.