Kenya Kenya: ‘Mama mbogas’ and the path to recovery (New Humanitarian) admin | August 31, 2020 Saidi Mburi’s shop sales are a good barometer of the economic health of Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, and they […]
Swaziland Eswatini: Understanding the benefits of local wetland encourages community to protect it (IPS) admin | August 31, 2020 Sibonisiwe Hlanze lives just a few metres from Lawuba Wetland, which covers 21 hectares in Eswatini’s Shiselweni Region. She’s proud […]
Senegal Senegal: The bumpy road of a young female entrepreneur who started a beef jerky business Hannah Tellier | June 22, 2020 Each time Alimatou Zadya Diagne craved beef jerky, she was obliged to order it from Niger. She loves the snack. […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Government measures impact agrifood businesses Vanessa Combary and Dieudonné Edouard Sango | May 25, 2020 It’s a morning in late April and workers, most of them women, have left the factory. But there is none […]
Senegal Senegal: Female entrepreneur makes improved storage containers with plastic waste Hannah Tellier | April 27, 2020 When N’déye Marie Aïda Ndiéguène became a civil engineer, she dreamt of tangible solutions. This dream became a reality in […]
Senegal Senegal: From milk to yogurt to success Hannah Tellier | April 13, 2020 For nearly 20 years, 71-year-old Seydou Baldé has been producing yogurt known as “lait caillé”—an excellent source of calcium and […]
Senegal Senegal: Young entrepreneurs support each other by sharing experiences Yaye Moussou Traoré | March 1, 2020 Thirty-year-old Marième Ndiaye Cissé owns a restaurant in Matam, a town 600 kilometres from Dakar in an isolated part of […]
Farming as a business admin | March 1, 2020 Many business skills can help farmers to grow and expand their operations. Budgeting, recordkeeping, risk management, marketing, and other business […]
Senegal Senegal: Family dairy developing yoghurt distribution network in Kolda Hélène Boucher | October 28, 2019 Rain or shine, 70-year-old Seydou Baldé has been making the same “lait caillé,” the local name for yogurt, since 2003. […]
Malawi Malawi: Shared decision-making boosts family farming income Grace Kapatuka | September 29, 2019 It’s about 11 o’clock in the morning and Diffat Chinyama and his wife Lunia are returning home from planting beans […]