Women Entrepreneurs

KCIC opens applications for 2023 Vijana na AgriBiz Competition

The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) has opened nationwide applications for the 2023 Vijana na AgriBiz Competition which aims to fund youth and women with innovative commercially viable ideas in agribusiness. According to a statement by KCIC, “The competition aims to tackle barriers that prevent youths from harnessing the vast potential within the agricultural sector. …

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Ruiru Single Women Farmers Build Day Care Schools With Fresh Farm Proceeds

A group of five single women who benefitted from an organic farming training have managed to build two day care schools in Ruiru at an amount of Sh 700,000 with the proceeds they have gotten from supplying fresh produce to traders at Nairobi’s Wakulima Market. Having fled their different home due to harassment from their …

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AfDB approves Sh184M investment for Kenyan youth & women in agriculture

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a Sh184.3 million investment to support youth and women entrepreneurs engaged in agricultural value chains in Kenya.  The funding, approved on June 6, 2023, was provided by the European Union (EU) under its partnership with the African Development Bank Group. The AfDB Board of Directors made a further …

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