TruTrade Doubles Impact In 2019

Self Help AfricaAgriculture & Nutrition, Microfinance, News

TruTrade

TruTrade, the innovative sourcing and trading initiative for Africa’s smallholder farmers, doubled its trading volumes in 2019 over the previous year. “We’ve experienced continued growth in both the Kenyan and Ugandan markets,” said CEO Jenny Rafanomezana. “And we’re confident that we’ll see further strong growth in 2020, with significant new … Read More

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Supporting women traders on Africa’s land borders

Self Help AfricaAgriculture & Nutrition, Climate Change, News, Zambia

Africa’s land borders can be busy, chaotic and, for the many thousands of women who operate as small-scale cross-border traders, dangerous. In East Africa, Self Help Africa’s social enterprise subsidiary Partner Africa has been working with 2,000 of these operators, providing women along four of Burundi’s borders with the skills … Read More

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AGRI-SECTOR BOOST FOR KENYA

Self Help AfricaUncategorised

Agri-businesses involved in the production and processing of coconut, sorghum, soya, mango and dairy were amongst the recipients of over €4.1m in business expansion support, in Nairobi recently. The businesses joined the manufacturers of solar powered irrigation systems, providers of agri-transport leasing and the producers of bio-fertilisers, to receive grant … Read More

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Record-Breaking Reforestation

Self Help AfricaClimate Change, Ethiopia, News

Tree Planting Self Help Africa

Self Help Africa is proud to have played a part in Ethiopia’s world-record breaking reforestation initiative, by planting tens of thousands of new trees in Ethiopia. Our country team joined the Government-led initiative that is aiming to plant four billion trees in the country by the end of 2019. In … Read More

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