L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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