Nonopa Tenza is using agripreneurship to drive rural development and job creation in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Nonopa Tenza, founder and managing director of Kevinot Farming, is an …
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How Meridah Nandudu moved to empower female coffee farmers in Uganda.
Meridah Nandudu empowers Ugandan women coffee farmers through ownership, fair trade access, and sustainable income. Uganda is Africa’s second-largest coffee producer, exporting over six million bags between September …
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Patricia Zoundi Yao is creating market access for Ivorian farmers.
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 …
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Margaret Nyamumbo empowers Kenyan women coffee farmers with direct global market access.
Coffee is a $200 billion global industry, yet the people who grow it, especially women, see little of that wealth. In East Africa, where coffee is a major …
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Three African women empowering African female farmers.
Women Who Farm Africa is an initiative dedicated to engaging, empowering, and encouraging rural women farmers in the fight against hunger. Co-founded by Sylvia Tetteh (Ghana), Ruramiso Mashumba …