Tag: processing

An inventor at the service of the agri-food sector

AgribusinessTV August 17, 2016 2862 No Comments

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Edouard AKAKPO-LADO is an electro-mechanical engineer from Togo. He invents machines for agricultural transformation. From a very young age, Edouard liked to create. He used to make small objects such as plastic aeroplanes with materials he bought from his savings. After secondary school, he joined the University to st

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Local fruit jams to reduce wastage

AgribusinessTV July 29, 2016 2143 No Comments

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Caroline HIEN did not know how to read or write. But this did not stop her from creating her own enterprise and succeed in her business of making local fruit jams. Caroline used to go to the market in Cote d’Ivoire and see that fruits were rotting there. For her, this is not acceptable and Read More

Transforming moringa leaves into tea

AgribusinessTV June 3, 2016 2419 No Comments

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At Ouahigouya, in the north of Burkina Faso, Safiatou ROAMBA transforms moringa leaves into tea. At the beginning, Safiatou was looking for the leaves of moringa for her husband who was sick. This is how she discovered the virtues of moringa and decided to produce, transform and market this plant with multiple virtues.

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Taking over the family enterprise

AgribusinessTV June 1, 2016 3689 No Comments

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Halatou DEM holds a degree in finance. In 2011, she took over “Danaya Cereals”, an enterprise involved in the transformation and marketing of agricultural products founded by her mother in 1992. Her ambition is to do better than her mother, thanks to her academic competencies. She has worked on the restructuration

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Innovating on a saturated market

AgribusinessTV May 5, 2016 3021 No Comments

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With a degree in law, Dorothy Selamo’s first dream was to become a judge, administrator or to open her own firm to practice law. But today she found her happiness in agribusiness. Dorothy Selamo has founded Gariland International, a company based in Mbalmayo, a town situated at 45 km from Yaoundé in Cameroon. Sh

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