Uganda couple use the income that they earn from the honey they harvest to supplement the income earned from their small farm.
Read MoreIncomes boost from new trading service
New trading platform putting additional money in the pockets of rural poor households
Read MoreFuture shines bright for sunflower producers
Sunflower growers in Eastern Zambia are benefitting from the production of cooking oil from the seed that they produce.
Read MoreEnterprising Samada’s a role model for others
Enterprising Samada is a role model for other’s in her village in south-western Uganda
Read MoreGates grant boost for West African work
A grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support research and promotion of vital cereal crops for farmers in West Africa’s Sahel.
Read MoreSupporting Zambian women in business
Self Help Africa is convening a forum in Zambia to input into government policies that will make it easier for rural women to become in small and medium enterprise development.
Read MoreDiageo’s business boost for Ethiopian farmers
New Diageo deal in Ethiopia will boost the incomes of small-holder farming families.
Read MoreVillagers rice business boost
For the women of Tonte village in the savannahs of Northern Togo, rice has become an important part of life. Rice first became commonplace in the regional when the UN distributed emergency rice rations during a series of food crises in the early years of the new millennium.
Read MoreRice business boosts income for Togo women
Sanwogou Lalle lives in Tonte village in the remote and poor far north of Togo in West Africa. A rice processor and a member of a women’s enterprise group supported by Self Help Africa, Sanwogou and 18 of her neighbours have banded together to improve their chances of earning a better income.
Read MoreTanzanian farmer dresses for success
Just two years ago Tanzanian farmer Jestina Jackson struggled to grow enough to feed her family. Today, however the 43-year-old happily declares, ‘food is no longer a problem’.
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