Côte d'Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire: Plantain co-operatives use collective marketing to improve members’ lives Magloire Madjessou | March 21, 2022 Today, like every Thursday morning, Kouadio N’Guessan Agbassi is roaming her plantation in search of plantains to satisfy her customers. […]
Zambia Zambia: Farmers choose soybean farming because of better prices and low input costs Raphael Banda | February 21, 2022 It’s partly cloudy, the cool morning breeze is blowing gently, and there is no sign that rains will fall anytime […]
Mozambique Mozambique: High demand for baobab fruits helps traders make more profit Charles Mangwiro | February 7, 2022 Ezequiel Joao Brandao is optimistic about his baobab business. The 40-year-old sits down on a small bench in a busy, […]
Mali Mali: Women’s co-operative organizes to increase profits selling potatoes Dioro Cissé | February 7, 2022 It’s 9 a.m. on Friday and the December sun is barely visible. At Château market, the second largest market in […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Contract farming helps wheat farmers get better prices and guaranteed markets Tesfaye Getnet | June 7, 2021 It was early one morning in October 2020 and the sun was shining brightly over Buta Feyisa’s compound. Behind the […]
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC: COVID-19 pandemic changes cross-border trade René Barhakaziga Bagalwa | January 18, 2021 Benjamin Bahati is a Congolese businessman who has been selling eggs and chickens imported from Rwanda for the past nine […]
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC: E-commerce develops because of COVID-19 crisis Laetitia Kasongo | January 18, 2021 It is 5:30 a.m. in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. Chris Ayale is a young entrepreneur […]
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: Farmers keep vegetable supply flowing (IPS) admin | August 17, 2020 Nobukhosi Cebekhulu and Khetsiwe Tofile are both well into their sixties. The women sit outside Mrs. Tofile’s home in Malkerns, […]
Uganda Uganda: COVID-19 ban on livestock markets makes life difficult for chicken farmer Denis Ongeng | July 6, 2020 This story was originally published on April 27. It’s 12 o’clock noon on a hot sunny day, and the temperature […]