Agriculture

Ada Osakwe is transforming Africa’s agricultural sector. Through Agrolay Ventures, she invests in agribusiness startups and empowers smallholder farmers. She also promotes sustainable, locally sourced food through Nuli …

Weekend Read Patricia Zoundi Yao is a visionary entrepreneur who transformed Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)’s agricultural landscape. Through her enterprise, Canaan Land Africa, she has empowered countless women …

Massogbè Touré Diabaté is a visionary leader and the founder and CEO of the Ivorian Cashew Processing Company (Société Ivoirienne de Traitement d’Anacarde – SITA). With a passion …

The FreshSource brand became a reality when Farah Emara visited a rural farming community and spoke to a group of struggling farmers.  One elderly farmer shared his frustration …

Jovia Kisaakye is improving health and the environment in Uganda by turning waste into valuable products and using AI to help women access better healthcare. Maternal health and …

Growing up in Ethiopia, Sara Menker was familiar with the agricultural sector. But it wasn’t until she started exploring global commodity markets that she realised that while the …

Catherine Mahugu recognized the struggle of Kenyan coffee farmers facing unpredictable sales and frequent price fluctuations in the market. As middlemen took significant cuts, the hard-earned profits rarely …

Senegalese entrepreneur Salamba Diene empowers local farmers, particularly women, by transforming raw agricultural products into high-value agri-food and cosmetic goods through her company, Biosene SARL.  Despite producing essential …

Rahama Wright is on a mission to empower women in West Africa’s shea butter subsector. Between 20o2 and 2004, when she volunteered as a Peace Corps member in …

Food security remains a critical challenge in Ghana, with research indicating that about 12% of the population faces moderate to severe food insecurity. Small-scale farmers work tirelessly to …