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Meet Elishiwaria – on the fast track to business success

Aug

There are millions of under-served women in Africa with the potential to expand their businesses, but who lack the credit, market connections and technical expertise…

Meet Pauline Mbugua – Succeeding in business through market connections

Aug

In rural Kenya, women agri-entrepreneurs face barriers that men do not. They are often locked out of larger, more profitable value chains because they will…

Meet Sara – Overcoming one of the biggest issues facing women in low income countries: the credit gap.

Jul

Sara Moshi runs a thriving poultry business supplying hotels, supermarkets and street vendors in Moshi Town, northern Tanzania. The secret of her success, she says,…

Meet Shaima – running her own honey business in Afghanistan

Jul

In Afghanistan, the restrictions on women’s movement and their ability to work, combined with natural disasters and the breakdown of the banking system, has pushed…

Meet Evelyn – earning more since changing the way she farms

Jun

Because smallholder farmers, like Evelyn Syombua, produce one third of the world’s food they are also the key components in the global transition towards a…