In Nakuru County in Kenya, a group of youths formed a football club, which was later converted into a youth group involved in dairy business. This video has been funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in the framework of the Yout

In the Nakuru County of Kenya, Gilani Umoja Self Help Youth Group was formed in 2017. Comprised of 15 members, the Group is involved in buying and selling of cereals. This video has been funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in

In Kenya, Airstrip Blessing Youth Group is involved in fisheries, which is improving the livelihoods of its young members. This video has been funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in the framework of the Youth Economic Empowerm

In Kenya, 16% of milk undergoes home or artisanal processing. In the County of Kilifi, Umoja Youth Group manufactures yoghurt and fermented milk, popularly known as Mala. This video has been funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),

Kenya is the 4th major producer of aquaculture in Africa. In the County of Kilifi, the Mayungu High Vision Women’s Youth Group is involved in the fisheries business to address the market demand for fish. This video has been funded by the International Fund f

In Nakuru County in Kenya, Eagle Sight Youth Group ventured into maize and bean farming with a capital of KES 30,000. This activity is supplying food to the locality and creating jobs for youths. This video has been funded by the International Fund for Agricul

Siaka SANON is the son of a cereal seller. He took over his mother’s business and transformed it into a corn processing unit where semolina, flour, gritz and bran for animals are produced. Siaka saw that the consumer trend is changing and that the consum

From being a shepherd in Bobo-Dioulasso, then apprentice butcher in Ouahigouya, Boukari Diallo is today at the head of a successful company that employs around twenty people. Boukari was an apprentice butcher at the big market of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso. On

In 2018, 3 Kenyan women founded Exotic EPZ Ltd, a company that processes and exports nuts, coffee and oils. The objective of the three women entrepreneurs, Charity Ndegwa, Jane Maigua, and Louise Maina was not only to establish a business that would be profita

Working in butchery for almost 30 years, Aboulaye BALIMA, known as Young Balima, is modernising his business. Abdoulaye is the founder of Yasmine Butchery. He followed the footsteps of his parents who were also in the butchery business. For him, the quality of

In Burkina Faso, less than 20% of agro-sylvo-pastoral products are processed. This low level of processing not only increases the risk of post-harvest losses, but limits income opportunities for local stakeholders. To address this issue, the Drylands Developme

In Dédougou, in Burkina Faso, a mini-dairy is changing lives of rural women since February 2012. Supported by the Regional Council and maintained by the union of breeders and producers in the region the mini-dairy Soudou Kossam is an answer to women’s e