Côte d’Ivoire: Plantain co-operatives use collective marketing to improve members’ lives
Today, like every Thursday morning, Kouadio N’Guessan Agbassi is roaming her plantation in search of plantains to satisfy her customers. […]
Zambia: Farmers choose soybean farming because of better prices and low input costs
It’s partly cloudy, the cool morning breeze is blowing gently, and there is no sign that rains will fall anytime […]
Mozambique: High demand for baobab fruits helps traders make more profit
Ezequiel Joao Brandao is optimistic about his baobab business. The 40-year-old sits down on a small bench in a busy, […]
Mali: Women’s co-operative organizes to increase profits selling potatoes
It’s 9 a.m. on Friday and the December sun is barely visible. At Château market, the second largest market in […]
Ethiopia: Contract farming helps wheat farmers get better prices and guaranteed markets
It was early one morning in October 2020 and the sun was shining brightly over Buta Feyisa’s compound. Behind the […]
DRC: COVID-19 pandemic changes cross-border trade
Benjamin Bahati is a Congolese businessman who has been selling eggs and chickens imported from Rwanda for the past nine […]
DRC: E-commerce develops because of COVID-19 crisis
It is 5:30 a.m. in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. Chris Ayale is a young entrepreneur […]
Kenya: ‘Mama mbogas’ and the path to recovery (New Humanitarian)
Saidi Mburi’s shop sales are a good barometer of the economic health of Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, and they […]
Eswatini: Farmers keep vegetable supply flowing (IPS)
Nobukhosi Cebekhulu and Khetsiwe Tofile are both well into their sixties. The women sit outside Mrs. Tofile’s home in Malkerns, […]
Uganda: COVID-19 ban on livestock markets makes life difficult for chicken farmer
This story was originally published on April 27. It’s 12 o’clock noon on a hot sunny day, and the temperature […]