Through Locafrique’s partnership with the Trade Hub, more micro-entrepreneurs operating in the agricultural sector in Senegal with have access to private capital and bank loans to grow their businesses The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub), has launched a $24 million (13 billion CFA)… […]
A Burt’s Bees-affiliated shea producer in northern Ghana with receipt in hand after selling her shea kernels. Photo credit: Burt’s Bees For smallholder farmers in Ghana producing shea butter, bees are normally pests to swat away. But these insects will soon prove invaluable to farmers thanks to a $2 million, 3-year partnership between the… […]
Non-profits, private firms, NGOs can apply for up to $500,000 through USAID DAKAR, SENEGAL – To address the urgent need to improve the health of women and children in Senegal, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub), is offering co-investment grants up… […]
Photo Caption : A family that works together to supply cow’s milk for La Laiterie du Berger receives large cans of yoghurt from Bagoré Bathily, CEO of La Laiterie du Berger, as a thank you for their hard work. Photo credit: La Laiterie du Berger The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) West… […]
Photo caption: Women picking up potatoes from a harvest in Dagana, Saint Louis. September 21, 2021 Through a $1.1 million co-investment grant from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub), Senegal-based agribusiness firm Agro Boye will increase its production capacity of horticultural products, helping to reduce food insecurity and import-dependency in the… […]
Photo Caption: Tomato Jos crop weeding photo: Smallholder farmers within Tomato Jos’ maize outgrower program in Kaduna State weed their plots. September 3, 2021 Abuja, Nigeria—The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) has awarded a 494 million naira ($1.2 million) co-investment grant to Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited (Tomato… […]
Biosene staff packaging products. The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub awarded co-investment grants totaling $1.43 (780 million in francs CFA) across three promising Senegalese companies—the online fresh-grocery delivery Club Tiossane and two women-led food companies, Biosene and Enterprise Aissatou Gaye (EAG). The investments will help these businesses meet market demands, create employment and… […]
Warc Ghana’s agronomist, Augustine, inspects the fields of farmers in the Bono East region who have utilized the company’s service delivery units to boost crop yields. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub, has awarded a $1.2 million co-investment grant to Warc Group, a social… […]
Smallholder farmers in Nigeria’s Kano State at a tomato nursery demonstration offered through a past PYXERA Global-led project. Through its new West Africa Agriculture Resilience Program, PYXERA Global will now build the capacities of rice, maize, and soybean farmers through ongoing training. Through the West Africa Agriculture Resilience Program, 10,000 smallholders will increase crop… […]
After every cashew harvest season in Ghana, Red River Foods Ghana provides a bonus payment to cashew farmers to help them fund improvements to their cashew fields, purchase new farming equipment, or support education and healthcare for their families. Red River Foods/Trade Hub partnership to create long-term, sustainable incomes throughout the cashew value chain West… […]
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