Sabdiyo Dido Bashuna
Head of gender and inclusiveness
Head of gender and inclusiveness
Biography
Sabdiyo Dido Bashuna leads several programmes including the global initiative #VALUE4HER, an agribusiness programme aimed at increasing market opportunities for women in agriculture.
Articles
Completion report DAIRYPROFIT
by Sabdiyo Dido Bashuna , Thomas Were and Mejury Shiri
Increasing Dairy Productivity and Incomes for Small Holder Farmers, And Youth Enterprise Development in The Dairy Sector, East and Southern Africa
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Digital agriculture to help Africa through coronavirus
by Sabdiyo Dido Bashuna and Benjamin Addom
As COVID-19 continues to devastate lives all over the world, agriculture and food systems come under critical strain. Recessions, food shortages, hunger and malnutrition are feared to be likely, with grave impact on vulnerable communities in developing regions like sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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Publications
events
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Apr 17
5th Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Conference & Exhibition
AWIEF Conference brings together on an annual basis, business leaders, public decision-makers and investors from Africa and around the world for two days of discussion on innovative and sustainable solutions to challenges in the development and growth of women-owned and women-led businesses needed to transform the African economy.
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Apr 17
8th African Grain Trade Summit
The 8th African Grain Trade Summit, scheduled to be hosted in Mombasa, Kenya aims at transforming grain trade value chains for more trade and better trade and a prosperous Africa. Disruption of grain trade has significant implications. The volume and value of grain trade among African countries is greatly impeded and ins… -
Apr 17
African Dairy conference and exhibition
The African Dairy conference and exhibition brings together all major stakeholders in the African dairy industry including business leaders, government representatives, technology entrepreneurs, research institutions, and multinational investment firms looking to expand into the region.
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Apr 17
13th African Dairy Conference & Exhibition
The 13th Edition of the African Dairy Conference and Exhibition, the leading African Dairy Conference and Expo, will be taking place on 12th – 14th September 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.As a key player in the dairy sector, this would be a grea…
Projects
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Apr 17
VALUE4HER
VALUE4HER project supported women-led agribusinesses in Africa. The initiative worked to help women agripreneurs overcome barriers and facilitate access to competitive markets, for example through training and help in acquiring funding.
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Apr 17
VALUE4HER: Strengthening women’s agribusiness enterprises in ACP countries
Women are actors in numerous agricultural value chains, offering huge potential for their participation in markets, but very few are involved at the end of the chain. Promoting women’s agribusinesses is therefore a viable route to improving livelihoods and prosperity for rural communities. However, women often lack access to competitive markets, and technical, leadership and management capaci…
