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How improving access to information helped these Gambian women transform their lives

Self Help Africa8th November 2022Agriculture & Nutrition, Gender, News

Woman sits surrounded by onions outside, holding one onion up to the camera and smiling

The saying ‘knowledge is power’ may be a cliché but when it comes to supporting rural women farmers in The Gambia, it’s never been more accurate. In Africa, 80 per cent of agricultural production comes from smallholder farmers, who are mostly rural women, yet they are often unable to meet … Read More

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Securing Markets in a time of Lockdown

Self Help Africa18th May 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, Kenya, News, Uganda

A Self Help Africa venture that links rural poor farmers to markets has helped growers in East Africa earn more than $110,000 for their crops in recent weeks, despite the market disruptions caused by COVID-19 to their supply chains.

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Biking Out of Poverty

Self Help Africa23rd April 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

Members of a womens savings and loans group in Malawi are biking their way out of poverty!

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Mary’s Mango Tree

Self Help Africa24th March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

Mary Banda and her daughter Sophia

Mary Banda lives in a village close to Karonga in Northern Malawi.

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Cashew boost for West African women

Self Help Africa11th March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

A newly-launched cashew project will provide a valuable source of income for 2,800 women farmers in West Africa.

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US joins fight against desert locusts

Self Help Africa3rd March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Case Study, Ethiopia, featured, Kenya, News

Self Help Africa is involved in a three-way response to the locust crisis in East Africa, together with UN and government agencies

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Community Saves Together

Self Help Africa1st July 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, Cooperatives, Enterprise Development, News, Uganda

For 25-year-old Flavia, onions are a business. The mother of three earns a living selling the vegetables that she grows in a small plot at her home inthe far north west of Uganda. Flavia Dritchelo is a member of a horticultural group being supported and trained by Self Help Africa … Read More

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‘BETTER’ school for Merinda

Self Help Africa18th June 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, Cooperatives, Development Education, Malawi, News

Merinda Smiling

Merinda receives farming education through EU funded BETTER project at local ‘field school’ in Malawi

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Shortlisted for innovation award

Self Help Africa17th June 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, Kenya, News, Techology, Uganda

TruTrade

TruTrade has been nominated for €100,000 prize for their innovative digital platform, which has increased profits for African farmers and transformed trade.

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Artificial intelligence in African agriculture

Self Help Africa31st May 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, News, Uganda

Rosalind and Emiliana inspecting maize using an app.

Meet Nuru – an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant at the forefront of agricultural technology that’s changing the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa.

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