Since joining a village savings and loans group (VSLA), Alice used a small loan to build a piggery and buy a breeding sow that soon provided her with five piglets that she could fatten and sell.
Read MoreSingle mum becomes a businesswoman
Single mum Jescah learned how to grow cassava commercially, and is now earning her own income for the first time in her life.
Read MoreKenya agri-business call gets huge response
Close to 200 agri-businesses responded to the first funding call issued by a new project seeking to create profitable new markets for over 100,000 rural poor farming families in Kenya.
Read MoreTruTrade receives innovation award
Self Help Africa’s inventive new farmers trading platform TruTrade has been presented with a prestigious award for innovation.
Read MoreMalawi’s farmers take on Armyworm fight
Farmers like 36-year old Asimenye Mwafongo are on the frontline of Malawi’s fight against one of the biggest threats to food production the country has seen in a generation: Fall Armyworm
Read MoreYoung farmers benefit from new innovative skills
Alice Nyariaro, who participated in the Marshal Papworth programme, passes on her new skills to young farmers
Read MoreFuraha’s journey: from fear to farming
Furaha Mwisha saw her parents being murdered when she was just 9 years-old. After 10 years of a nomadic life, she now lives in a refugee camp in Zambia, where’s learning to become a self-sufficient farmer thanks to Self Help Africa
Read MoreNew EU-funded project to create environmentally sustainable jobs in Uganda
Self Help Africa are the lead partner in an innovative new EU-funded project that aims to create a sustainable ‘green economy’ in the Lake Bunyonyi region of Uganda.
Read MoreDamaris Succeeds with Cassava
With the help of Self Help Africa, Damaris Oloo changed her life and is now able to provide for her children and four grandchildren.
Read MoreCassava farmer finds better market
Beatrice, cassava farmer in Kenya, increased her yields and found a better market for her produce after Self Help Africa linked her with a local cooperative.
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