Articles
Background articles
Youth opportunities in rural areas
Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a youth population bulge. To absorb the employment requirements and transform rural areas and the agriculture sector, there is a need to provide young people with agribusiness and digital opportunities.
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The sweet smell of success in Madagascar
Mihanta Malala Randriantsoa, the owner of a spice and essential oil export business, is a firm believer in upskilling local staff and suppliers, and her strategy has paid off.
Read MoreDried fruits: Tapping into the snack market in Lagos
To address unhealthy snacking in Nigeria, award-winning entrepreneur, Affiong Williams, is providing a healthy alternative with her range of nutritious dried fruit and nut products.
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Our priority is to empower women in the value chain
Fayelle Ouane – managing director of SUGUBA, which is working to boost entrepreneurship in Francophone West Africa – explains why her company aims to unleash the entrepreneurial talent of youth and women.
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Ugandan women escape poverty through rice production
Agnes Atim Apea’s social enterprise, the Hope Development Initiative, is helping poor smallholder women farmers achieve financial independence by providing inputs, technical farming services and a guaranteed market for rice.
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Using drones to improve efficiency
An agri-tech start up in Côte d’Ivoire is using drones to help farmers increase production by intelligently managing their plots.
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Interviews
We want to be role models for successfully running a business
Exotic EPZ is working to develop sustainable, inclusive value chains for coffee and nuts in Africa. Jane Maigua and Charity Ndegwa – two of the organisation’s three founders – have spoken to Spore about their work to support smallholders and rural women.
Read MoreBuilding a strong brand makes a business successful
Kasope Ladipo-Ajai co-founded OmoAlata, a Nigerian food packaging business, in 2012. With plans to export products internationally, her company has already redefined the fresh foodstuff business in Nigeria.
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Data Reports
Stimulating production through public-private partnerships
By creating stronger value chains around ‘champions’ in agribusiness, the incubator programme, 2SCALE, is helping small-scale farmers enter local and regional markets and enabling an increase in the scale of production.
Read MoreSupporting entrepreneurship in Africa
With a vision to economically empower Africa’s youth, the Tony Elumelu Enterprise Programme (TEEP) was set up in 2012. Beneficiaries are developing innovative agri-products and services and building more solid business structures with the knowledge acquired through the programme.
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Scientific Articles
Spicing up Rwanda’s exports
With innovative products such as chili pepper oil and plantain wine, a Rwandan agri-processing enterprise is gaining global attention.
Read MoreA passion for porcine production
Accounting for 38% of worldwide meat production, pork is attracting a new generation of African entrepreneurs – bucking the continent’s traditional aversion to the meat.
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With Sooretul local products are just a click away
An e-commerce platform in Senegal offers agribusinesses and smallholder farmers access to urban clients looking to buy quality local products.
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Ismaël Tanko turning tomato into red gold
Ismaël Tanko, a 33-year-old entrepreneur, has created a fast-growing company whose tomato purees are already on sale in several West African countries. The next step is a more industrialised production line and an increased number of sales channels.
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Don’t leave technology to the men
Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin, CEO and Founder of blueMoon – Ethiopia’s first youth agribusiness incubator – shares her experience as a woman entrepreneur in Africa’s agricultural sector and stresses the importance that agribusinesses ‘think digital’.
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