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Africa: From Shame to Pride - Repositioning Agriculture for Africa's Youth
allAfrica, 11 June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has set off the first recession in Sub-Saharan Africa in 25 years; the economy is predicted to contract by between -2.1 and -5.1 percent in 2020—with a… Read more »
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Africa: COVID-19 Recovery Is a Chance to Improve the African Food System
The Conversation Africa, 10 June 2020
The World Food Programme has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World War II. It predicts a doubling of the number of people going… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwandan Chili to Be Auctioned on China's e-Commerce Platforms
New Times, 19 May 2020
Rwandan chili is set to be auctioned online in China after local coffee performed well in campaigns targeting consumers on China's e-commerce platforms Read more »
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Rwanda: Made-in-Rwanda Products Go Global
New Times, 19 November 2019
At the first occasion to showcase his products in China last year, a young entrepreneur, Dieudonne Twahirwa, signed an agreement with a Chinese company called GK International… Read more »
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Rwanda: Is Chilli Set to Become Rwanda's Top Export?
New Times, 20 September 2019
Rwandan young agribusiness entrepreneur, Dieudonné Twahirwa, last week landed a deal to supply 50,000 tonnes of dry chilli worth $100 million (about Rwf90 billion) every… Read more »
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Africa: Young Entrepreneurs Lend Glamour to African Agriculture
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 October 2018
Africa has the world's youngest population and 65 percent of its uncultivated arable land Read more »
Celebrate and Support Africa's Young Farmers
As Africans begin to think about recovery after the health and economic disasters of COVID-19, food security scholars say more attention to the needs of Africa's small farmers is key to preventing famine and to re-building societies. Today's young agriculturists can become tomorrow's entrepreneurs, fueling an economic resurgence that could transform hard-hit nations.
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Joyce Kamande and Samuel Rigu, who met at university, are using their childhood experiences on small, struggling farms to help other rural farmers. They have built Safi Organics, a ... Read more »
Dieudonne Twahirwa, 30, who runs Gashora Farm, examines chili plants at his farm in Bugesera District in eastern Rwanda on August 23, 2018.
