Tag: agribusiness

Senegal: Organic cosmetics from Aloe Vera

AgribusinessTV July 3, 2018 3712 No Comments

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Fatou SARR is a graduate in computer network. She produces and transforms organic aloe vera into cosmetics and food supplements. Fatou inherited the passion for agriculture from her father. She started with the cultivation of chilli, green beans, melons and strawberries. Later, she turned to aloe vera production becaus

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Revolutionising rabbit farming in Benin

AgribusinessTV June 26, 2018 2965 4 Comments

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Aziz Sènan AGOSSOU is a graduate in animal production. In 2014, he ventured in to the production of exotic breeds of rabbits. At a young age, Aziz watched his older brother perform experiments, especially on rabbits. Later, after university, Aziz decided to start rabbit production, an activity which is still under-dev

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Testimonial: Daniele N’DA, Benin

AgribusinessTV June 19, 2018 3382 No Comments

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Daniele N’DA is a vegetable producer in Benin. She tells us about what happened after her video was featured on Agribusiness TV!

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Kenza Market, a display of “Made in Cameroon”

AgribusinessTV June 5, 2018 6122 No Comments

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Gaëlle KENFACK is a telecommunications engineer. After spending almost 10 years in Germany, she returned to Cameroon and created Kenza Market which distributes local agricultural products. The idea of Kenza Market came from Gaëlle’s experience in Germany. She wanted to bring the concept to Cameroon to valorise loca

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Guinea: A passion for poultry farming

AgribusinessTV May 29, 2018 2659 No Comments

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Boubacar Dansoko is a graduate in business economics. Since 2012, he co-manages ENTRAEL, a farming company founded by his father. His father being the director of a state farm, Boubacar grew up around agriculture. And after his studies, he followed the steps of his father and joined the family business which comprises

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Burkina Faso: A range of local wild fruit juices

AgribusinessTV May 22, 2018 5206 No Comments

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Esther DIENDÉRÉ, a microbiologist, transforms wild fruits from Burkina Faso into juices of the brand “Glou”. Mrs. Diendéré got the idea to start an agro-processing enterprise at the time when she was teaching in high school. She started with a capital of 500,000 FCFA to engage in the processing of dairy product

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Testimonial: Flavien Kouatcha, Cameroon

AgribusinessTV May 7, 2018 12383 No Comments

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Two years after the launch of Agribusiness TV, we went back to interview the entrepreneurs who were featured. Flavien Kouatcha shares his experience with Agribusiness TV.

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Testimonial: Awa Caba, Senegal

AgribusinessTV April 24, 2018 4842 No Comments

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According to Awa Caba, the CEO of Sooretul, thanks to Agribusiness TV, start-ups are able to expand their network and have partners at national and international levels.

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Testimonial: Alphonse Sie Palm, Burkina Faso

AgribusinessTV April 17, 2018 3196 No Comments

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Alphonse Sie PALM is a pig breeder in Burkina Faso. He tells us about what happened after his video was featured on Agribusiness TV!

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Testimonial: Grâce-Marlène, Benin

AgribusinessTV April 12, 2018 3267 No Comments

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Agribusiness TV will soon celebrate its two years! To learn about the impact of our work, we went back to interview some entrepreneurs who were featured in our videos. Here’s Grâce-Marlène GNINTOUNGBE, from #Benin who kicks off this series!

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Guinea: Coffee of Fouta Djallon

AgribusinessTV April 3, 2018 5591 No Comments

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After University, some youths took over an abandoned coffee plantation. Mamadou Bhoye BAH was still at University when this idea came to him. Along with his friends, they created a cooperative, and ventured into potato production. Later, they grew cowpea, maize, and then they started with coffee. Coffee was an interest

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Cote d’Ivoire: Intelligent field management with drones

AgribusinessTV March 27, 2018 5002 No Comments

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Aboubacar KARIM, an engineer in agricultural economics develops services for an intelligent management of agricultural plots. Aboubacar developed a passion for agriculture since he was in secondary school. This eventually led him to choose studies in agricultural economics in Canada. After his studies and his diploma i

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Burkina Faso: The vegetable producer of Boulmiougou

AgribusinessTV March 20, 2018 5118 No Comments

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Ali, former candidate of illegal migration to Europe, has reconverted to vegetable production in Boulmiougou, a region in the west of Ouagadougou. Ali’s father was into vegetable production, but he did not see it as a job. He wanted to migrate to Europe to have a better life. The idea of migrating came from the Read More

Burkina Faso: Tomato puree that changes lives

AgribusinessTV March 8, 2018 4790 No Comments

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At Donsin, a village situated some 30 km from Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, rural women are on the way to conquer the tomato puree market. The women’s group “Neerwaya” of Donsin exists since the 1990’s. At the time, their main activity was to dry tomato and other leafy vegetables. While it was<

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Cameroon: Conquering the maize value chain

AgribusinessTV February 27, 2018 6451 No Comments

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Loïc KAMWA is a graduate in Business Administration. He produces maize on 30 hectares of land for the local market. Loïc saw that there was a lot of uncultivated land in Cameroon and at the same time, there was a huge potential for maize production. He started cultivating maize on 4 hectares, and was managing Read More

Kenya: A one stop shop for poultry farmers

AgribusinessTV February 20, 2018 4709 No Comments

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Abisai Nandi founded Chicken Basket to offer poultry farmers all the services they need under one roof. As a poultry farmer himself, Abisai saw the challenges that the activity involved. These challenges included access to quality inputs, information and training, and also marketing of the birds. To address these, he b

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Senegal: Remarkable transition of a football player

AgribusinessTV February 13, 2018 10349 No Comments

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Ferdinand COLY is a former International Football player from Senegal. After 16 years of professional career, he embraced agriculture. At the end of his career as a footballer, Ferdinand was team manager and coordinator of the national team of Senegal for three years. Then he ventured into agriculture, which is one of

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Benin: The fruity and spicy liquor

AgribusinessTV February 6, 2018 5141 No Comments

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Mabel ADEKAMBI, is a graduate in tourism. In 2015, she launched “King of Soto”, a liquor made from palm wine. Mabel’s entrepreneurial journey started in 2012 when she decided to make her own drinks for Christmas Eve, because shop-bought liquor was not within her budget. A year later, some friends came over to her

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Cote d’Ivoire: Fresh and natural fruit juice bar

AgribusinessTV January 31, 2018 2062 No Comments

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Cynthia Aïssy ADÉDIRAN, is a graduate in marketing and communications. She has a great passion for fruits and vegetables. As a big fan of soft drinks, Cynthia used to drink them a lot and barely consumed water. At some point in time she was faced with some health issues and with the help of a dietician,Read More

Guinea: The big dreams of Boubacar

AgribusinessTV December 12, 2017 4963 No Comments

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Boubacar Aliou DIALLO, is a graduate in telecommunications. He created “Safiagribusiness”, a company involved in crop and livestock production. After his graduation, Boubacar was right away confronted by unemployment. He wanted to start a business, but he was not sure in which field to venture. Looking around him,

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