After five intensive days full of meetings, information, contacts and potential business the seven exporters from Kenya and Uganda made their way back home. Rather than exposing the products and potential business at one of the Scandinavian trade fairs the group together with CTS and Virke travelled to the buyers. This turned out to be […]
AWAN, the African Women Agribusiness Network, operates within Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda and will soon also be re-vitalised in Rwanda. The network is in the process of launching a new policy platform enabling them to be the voice to advocate for a competitive business environment for African women in agribusiness. The start of this took […]
Many common issues being faced by business organisations in developing countries emerged during the Second Strategic International Conference on Women’s Economic Empowerment – Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment through Business Member Organisations. The conference was held in Cape Town, South Africa, on March 6-8. It brought together 38 international delegates, including 13 women Chief Executive Officers […]