Rural poor farming families selling through a new trading service are earning on average 18% more for their crops
Read MoreMalawi savings groups supporting hundreds of small businesses
Savings programme is supporting thousands of rural poor villagers in Malawi
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
Gates funding will support research into important food crops in West Africa
Read MoreSupporting Zambian women in business
A forum is being convened in Zambia next week to look at the challenges and obstacles facing women in business in the country.
Read MoreDiageo deal will benefit thousands of Ethiopian farm families
Thousands of Ethiopian farmers will benefit under a deal that will see brewing giant Diageo buying their barley in the years to come.
Read MoreMtukula Agriculture Enterprise Fund
Supporting women farmers is central to the work that Self Help Africa is doing to eradicate hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.The Mtukula Agricultural Enterprise Fund (MAEF) was established in 2012, with the express objective of promoting and supporting agri-businesses that could generate extra income for women in Southern Africa. Launched in Malawi and Zambia, the fund received more than 130 proposals in response to an initial call for submissions, before selecting four innovative business ideas for piloting.
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