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Senegalese entrepreneur Siny Samba wins AGRA’s 2023 Grand Prize for Women Agripreneurs

06/09/202307/09/2023 Patrick Ndungidi1270Leave a Comment

On 6 September, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced the winners of the 2023 Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA2023), at the African Food Systems Forum (AGRF2023) being held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, until 8 September. Now in their third year, the WAYA awards recognise African agripreneurs who have […]

6 African women entrepreneurs win Cartier Women’s Initiative awards

10/04/202312/04/2023 Patrick Ndungidi2502Leave a Comment

Three women entrepreneurs won in the new category “Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa” while the other three were awarded in the category “Anglophone and Lusophone Africa”. The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to create change by building the capacity of women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to […]

Senegalese entrepreneur Birame Sock launches “Kwely” Marketplace with Made in Africa products

14/12/202217/12/2022 Patrick Ndungidi2279Leave a Comment

Through her startup “Kwely”, based in Senegal, the entrepreneur announced on Wednesday, December 14, the launch of the minimum viable product (MVP) version of her B2B online store for Made in Africa products targeting small and large businesses globally (api.kwely.com). The goal is to change the game, to provide African producers and manufacturers with a […]

“Bilan Media”,Somalia’s only all-women media team,launched in Mogadiscio

21/04/202222/04/2022 Patrick Ndungidi1789Leave a Comment

Employing only women and run by women, “Bilan,” which means “bright and clear” in the Somali language, offers women a safe workspace and the power to choose what they report and how they cover it. Somalia’s first-ever women-staffed and -led media unit is made up of six women (five journalists and an editor) and is […]

Chef Thiam creates joint-venture to boost fonio production

14/01/202215/01/2022 Patrick Ndungidi1986Leave a Comment

USAID/Prosper Africa has awarded a $1.98 million co-investment grant to Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam’s Yolélé and Simballa Sylla’s Mali Shi SA, which it says will boost Mali’s fonio exports and create 13,700 jobs. The ancient grain fonio has been grown as a subsistence crop in West Africa for over 5000 years. A new venture in […]