Senegal Country Portfolio
Overview: Country program established in 1986. USADF currently U.S. African Development Foundation Partner Organization: ACA (Association manages a portfolio of 18 projects. Total commitment is $2 million. Country Program Coordinator: Mamadou Ba Conseil pour l’Action) Villa No. 8333 Sacre Coeur 1 Ibrahima Yade, Executive Director Country Strategy: The program focuses on marginalized Dakar, Senegal Tel.: + 221 338 69 8100 community groups, particularly projects with value-adding Tel.: +221 33 825 93 80 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] processing in Senegal.
Grantee Duration Value Summary
Economic Interest Group (GIE) 2013-2017 $153,927 Sector: Agro-Processing (Millet and Corn) Takku Town/City: Yembeul, Dakar 2855-SEN Summary: The project funds will be used to improve the level of the group’s productivity through the building of a production center, increase working capital, and modernize equipment so that the entire group can work daily, meet its production targets, and more efficiently satisfy its orders.
GIE Malal Yero Gueye 2013-2017 $182,048 Sector: Food Production (Rice) 2890-SEN Town/City: Richard-Toll, Saint-Louis region Summary: The project funds will be used to improve the level of productivity for GIE Malal Yero Gueye through the rehabilitation of existing land and procurement of a tractor that will help expand the area under production. They will also establish a revolving fund to also purchase paddy directly from out- grower producers, thereby increasing the production levels of the existing rice processing center.
Federation of Community 2013-2017 $181,942 Sector: Food Storage (Cereal Bank) Development Associations Town/City: Battal, Diama Thiendou, Keur Mory Ndiaye, Gad Dior, and Darou Nguer, Thies region (Fédération des Associations de Summary: The project funds will be used to construct cereal banks, stock their production, improve Développement Communautaire marketing options, reduce speculation on grains, improved post-harvest losses and improve food (FADEC/SUD) security. This directly benefits 22,700 farmers in five districts by allowing local communities to store grain 2969-SEN and increase production levels.
SV Thilène Village Section (Section 2014-2018 $214,792 Sector: Food Production (Rice and Vegetables) Villageoise de Thilène) Town/City: Dagana Department, Saint-Louis region 3000-SEN Summary: The project funds will be used to establish a irrigation system and develop 35 hectares of land in addition to the 150 hectares that it already cultivates. The funds will also be used to rehabilitate the feeder canal and establish a revolving fund to purchase rice for processing. This investment greatly affects the group’s production capacity as well as the community around them with increased access to irrigated water for their fields.
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GIPF Labgar Thianor 2014-2017 $78,787 Sector: Animals (Sheep Fattening) 3145-SEN Town/City: Labgar, Dodji District, Louga region Summary: The project funds will be used to enable the group to establish a farm where sheep are bought and collectively fattened and maintained. In addition to farm construction, the fund will provide inputs and equipment for the farm and training for the members to secure the sustainability of the organization.
GIE Alamina Njoo 2014-2017 $203,319 Sector: Food Production (Rice and Vegetables) 3159-SEN Town/City: Alwar, Ndioum, Saint-Louis region Summary: The project funds will be used to establish an irrigation system and develop 35 hectares of land, in addition to the 150 hectares already being cultivated. The funds will also be used to rehabilitate the feeder canal and establish a revolving fund to purchase rice for processing.
GIE Bokk Doole de Maka Sarr 2015-2017 $73,705 Sector: Food Production (Vegetables and Cereal Bank) 4039-SEN Town/City: Maka Sarr, Thies region Summary: The project funds will be used to provide inputs and equipment for a garden, as well as construct a cereal bank and provide working capital to stock the cereal bank to help improve food security in the 12 villages of the organization. In addition training to build financial and organization management capacity will be provided to help the group to improve operations and become sustainable.
GIE Fouta Tooro 2015-2017 $82,471 Sector: Food Production (Rice) Town/City: Ile à Morphil, St. Louis region Summary: The project funds will be used to allow the group to expand rice production by providing irrigation equipment, plot rehabilitation, a storage warehouse, and capacity building assistance in financial and organizational management. This is increase production and storage security in order to ensure their ability to obtain competitive prices for their rice.
Association de Producteurs de 2015/2018 $72,355 Sector: Food Storage and Animal Breeding (Cereal Bank and Sheep Breeding) Koul (APK) Town/City: Golobe, Thies region 4075-SEN Summary: The project funds will be used to provide a working capital fund to expand a sheep breeding project that will benefit the women in the organization. The funds will be used to construct a cereal bank and for working capital to purchase an initial stock of cereals to improve the food security in member villages.
GIE Wende Dieng 2015-2018 $185,899 Sector: Food Production (Vegetables) 4120-SEN Town/City: Walaldé, Ile à Morphil, St. Louis region Summary: The project funds will be used to develop 16 hectares of land, provide an irrigation system, fencing, a rototiller, inputs and training in composting and agro-ecological alternatives to pesticide use. This will increase the group’s production as well as provide a technical background in order to encourage environmentally safe agricultural practices.
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GIE Groupment des Horticulteurs 2015-2017 $66,441 Sector: Food Production and Processing (Onions and Cereals) et Maraichers de Gandiol Town/City: Gandiol, St. Louis region (RHMG) Summary: The project funds will be used to provide mill shelters and mills for cereal processing, small 4195-SEN equipment, an inputs fund for onion production and a fund to purchase paddy rice to process and sell. Training in financial and organizational management will be provided to help the group increase its management and operational capacity and become sustainable.
GIE Kanbeng Sourouyel Moulaye 2016-2018 $61,973 Sector: Food Production and Processing (Peanuts) 4285-SEN Town/City: Souriel Moulaye, Kolda region Summary: The project will provide equipment to improve peanut and grain processing as well as improve its organizational and financial management capacity. Training in financial and organizational management will be provided to help the group increase its management and operational capacity and become sustainable.
GIE Kougnikolo 2016-2018 $76,856 Sector: Food Production (Bananas) 4327-SEN Town/City: Sathioum, Sedhiou region Summary: The project will provide an enclosure around the banana production area as well as training in improved banana production and disease control techniques. Training in financial and organizational management will be provided to help the group increase its management and operational capacity and become sustainable.
GIE Katama 2016-2018 $78,249 Sector: Food Production (Vegetables, mainly hot peppers and tomatoes, and Fruit) 4369-MRT Town/City: Tobor, Ziguinchor Region Summary: The project will be used to develop the group’s land, a surface area of 22 hectares, to produce enough vegetables to supply the local demand and thereby, generate income for its members. training in financial and organizational management will be provided to help the group increase its management and operational capacity and become sustainable.
GPF Oulad Berry Ndioum 2016-2018 $69,630 Sector: Food Production (Animal Husbandry, Cereal Bank) 4075-SEN Town/City: Ndioum, Saint-Louis region Summary: The project funds will be used to provide a working capital fund to expand a sheep breeding project that will benefit the women in the organization. The funds will be used to construct a cereal bank, and for working capital to increase its current stock of cereals to improve the food security in member villages. Additionally, training in financial and organizational management will be provided to help the group increase its management and operational capacity and become sustainable.
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GIE Kawral Sanka 2016-2018 $75,309 Sector: Food Production (Vegetables) 4377-SEN Town/City: Sanka, Kolda region Summary: The project funds ill be used to double the land currently used by the group by extending the current fence to protect the entirety of the group’s hectare of land as well as dig a second well, equipped with a solar pump and an irrigation system consisting of an elevated tank and four water basins. This project will allow to group to increase the number of members able to cultivate on their land as well as assist them in meeting the demand for vegetable in the community.
GIE Kawral Wassadou 2016-2018 $83,999 Sector: Food Production (Vegetables, Cereal Processing) 4378-SEN Town/City: Wassadou, Kolda region Summary: The project funds ill be used to double the land currently used by the group by extending the current fence to protect the entirety of the group’s hectare of land as well as dig a second well, equipped with a solar pump and an irrigation system consisting of an elevated tank and four water basins. There will also be an investment in a mill to process cereals produced locally. This project will allow to group to increase the number of members able to cultivate on their land as well as assist them in meeting the demand for vegetables and processed cereals in the community.
GIE Fanka 2016-2018 $82,937 Sector: Food Production (Vegetables) 4379-SEN Town/City: Diende, Sédhiou region Summary: The project will assist the group to double the land they currently cultivate by installing a fence and a solar powered irrigation system. This project will allow to group to increase the number of members able to cultivate on their land as well as assist them in meeting the demand for vegetable in the community.
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Overview: Since 2014, USADF has awarded over $3M Program Strategy: Our goal is to catalyze young people to U.S. African Development Foundation to youth entrepreneurs in over 30 countries and 15+ launch and expand their social and business ventures. In Ellington Arnold, Program Analyst sectors. Here are the current grantees as of February 1st collaboration with the CITI Foundation, USADF will award Email: [email protected] 2017. up to 75 business plan competition winners in 2016 with Tel: +1-202-233-8800 $1.25M in seed capital, mentoring and business support.
Entrepreneur Country Amount Summary
GEORGE BAKKA Uganda $25,000 Sector: Finance Angels Initiative Summary: In Uganda, it is difficult to access capital to start a venture or expand an existing small business. George invests in people, so they can invest in small and growing businesses in East Africa. He matches opportunities, and provides a credit rating system to consumers to stimulate future investing.
JAMES TARNUE Liberia $25,000 Sector: Finance iCount Liberia Summary: Liberian economy can succeed and be the recipe for job creation if it is equipped with basic services. James is empowering the setup, the recruiting and the training of an effective quality workforce to provide management and bookkeeping services small and growing businesses.
KABIR OLAJIDE Nigeria $25,000 Sector: WASH/WATER Adunni Water Factory Summary: In Nigeria, many youth drop out of school and find themselves unemployed with a lack of opportunities. Kabir is championing youth empowerment by creating jobs for school drop-outs as financial aid to sustain their studies while providing rural communities with clean and affordable drinking water.
MINASE FAYE Ethiopia $25,000 Sector: Finance Warka Payments Summary: Ethiopia is the world’s fastest growing economy, but one of its biggest obstacles is the lack of information on business transactions. Minase has developed a cash register machine which he will distribute for free which can also be used as bank processing machines and mobile banking agents. This will simplify transaction follow up, process bankcards and mobile money, collect expenses online, declare and pay taxes online creating a more transparent and robust economy.
MIXON FALUWEKI Malawi $10,000 Sector: Retail Padoko Electronics Bike Lights Summary In Malawi, approximately only 10 percent of the population has access to electricity. Mixon recognized the detriment this has on students and is working to increase performance amongst students by providing them with healthier and sustainable lighting solution during their studies at night through the use of rechargeable bike lights.
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MORWESI RAMONYAI South Africa $10,000 Sector: Renewable Energy Borena Watt a Woman Coop Summary: Remote and rural communities in South Africa are often off the grid and do not have access to reliable energy. Morwesi is working to overcome energy poverty in rural communities by empowering women to invest in energy generation facilities and in the process create more sustainable lives with an additional revenue stream.
PAUL NKUMBULA Zambia $10,000 Sector: Renewable Energy Mabo Village Energy Exchange Summary: It isn’t rare for villages like Mabo in Zambia to be located 300Km away from the electrical grid. Paul is enhancing people’s livelihoods and providing means of sustainable income generation in rural communities by providing an integrated renewable energy system solution.
PETER NYAMI Kenya $25,000 Sector: WASH/WATER XP Water Tank Summary: Over 70% of people living in Kenya’s arid areas rely on rain for safe drinking water. Unfortunately, conventional plastic or concrete tanks of sufficient capacity for families or small communities are beyond the price point of most lower income parts of society. Peter is increasing access to rainwater by producing more cost efficient water tanks for rain dependent communities.
WESLEY OWITI Kenya $25,000 Sector: Finance Cherehani Initiative Summary: In Kenya, over 20 percent of adults in rural areas lack access to formal banking services. Unemployment tops 40 percent, and rural poverty levels are high. Operating in 5 counties, Wesley brings training and capital to women: he has provided sewing machines to over 600 women and made small business loans to more than 300, and couples this catalytic support with training on how to run a small business.
BERNARD ODURO Ghana $25,000 Sector: Agriculture/Advertising Omanbapa Agripreneurship Summary: Many smallholder farmers in Ghana struggle to increase their production levels and improve the quality of their yields. Meanwhile, the demand for food products is only increasing, as the population rises. To increase productive, economic activity, Bernard is implementing product branding, packaging, and delivery. Farmers can earn more on their outputs and consumers can choose from quality products that they know have been safely packaged and processed.
LINCOLN PEEDAH Ghana $25,000 Sector: Agribusiness Neat Meat Guinea Fowls Summary: The Ghanaian market for guinea fowl is collapsing, due to the lack of processing in the value chain. Lincoln is focusing on adding value by improving the safe hygienic processing and careful handling of poultry bought directly from farmers; this intentional processing, packaging and refrigeration of the meat will help ensure that consumers have access to higher quality products, and more nutritious, safer food.
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NOBUKHOSI NDLOVU Zimbabwe $25,000 Sector: Agribusiness Nutrie Foods Summary: In Zimbabwe, there is a of training for farmers on efficient farming methods and proper inputs. The results is inadequate and inconsistent availability of peanuts, leading to lost production for farmers and lower earnings for women farmers. Nobukhosi is empowering women peanut farmers by increasing their productivity as well as income.
NOEL SOME Burkina Faso $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness Agriss Summary: More than 80% of inhabitants in Burkina Faso are living in rural areas and rely on agriculture to generate income. Due to climate change, rains will become increasingly erratic, harvests will decline, and the poverty level will still rise. To confront these issues, Noel is improving livelihoods in rural populations by setting up ICT based services for agriculture extension and the market information’s system.
ORIANE BADA Benin $10,000 Sector: Agriculture Green Garden Farm Summary: In Benin, there is an increasing demand for organic food, especially in young professional mothers. Oriane is working towards food security, health, women empowerment, and environmental preservation in the community by developing large scale organic food farms.
OURA BOURIMA Benin $25,000 Sector: Agriculture Gardens of Hope Summary: Seeds are the most important input in agriculture and in Benin, like most of West Africa, more than 90 percent of seeds are imported. Imported seeds are primarily selected and produced for a European Mediterranean climate and do not adapt well to local conditions and contribute to lower harvest yields. Oura is increasing productivity and production for small farmers in Benin through seed extension.
STANELY ALPHONCE Tanzania $10,000 Sector: ICT/ Services SmartFit Meal Cards Summary: Traditionally university students get their cash meal allowances, they purchase their food from the campus’s privately owned cafeterias, which operate on a cash basis only. This means that if you don’t have cash you are unable to eat. Stanely is enhancing the educational environment and nutritional security of students by improving access to meals on campus and helping students manage their spending through the creation a meal card system.
TSIFERANA RAZAFIMANDIMBY Madagascar $25,000 Sector: Agribusiness Cassava Bread Factory Summary: Regular access to healthy food is a challenge for low income people in Madagascar. Tsiferana is working to provide cassava bread as an affordable, healthy food that lifts customers out of hunger daily as well as build capacity for Malagasy youth by partnering with vocational training center to teach skills in bread manufacturing.
YESSE OLJANGE Tanzania $25,000 Sector: Agribusiness Avomeru Group Summary: Every year, over 100 million avocados are being underutilized in northern Tanzania, going to waste or being fed to livestock. The avocados’ short shelf-life makes them largely unsuitable for export, even to nearby local markets. Yesse is capturing value from the avocados by processing them into a higher value product with a better shelf-life; avocado oil. In doing so, raising the standard of living and reducing post-harvest losses for smallholder avocado farmers.
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ADJO DEDE ASARE Ghana $25,000 Sector: Manufacturing (Clothing) Alfie Designs Summary: In Ghana’s fashion industry, there are not enough trained workers who can meet international production standards. Adjo Dede is training young women in sewing, tailoring, and design, enabling them to move out of poverty and contribute to the sector as skilled workers.
ALLEGRIA NTUMBA Democratic $10,000 Sector: Manufacturing (WASH) Eco-Propre Republic of the Summary: In Kinshasa, many households cannot afford high-priced retail cleaning products, and Congo are exposed to avoidable containments and bacteria. Allegria is creating affordable, eco-friendly cleaning products to reduce the spread of disease, employ women, and improve living standards.
AUXIRIA MWANZA Zambia $10,000 Sector: Tourism (Training) African Hive Camping & Tours Summary: Zambia’s tourism industry is fast growing, and can contribute to employment and environmental conservation. Auxiria is providing training camps for young people, enabling them to learn the skills they need to work in eco-tourism.
BRENDA KATWESIGYE Uganda $25,000 Sector: Health (Technology) Wazi Vision Summary: In Uganda, more than 10 percent of school children have undiagnosed vision problems, but could not afford prescription eyeglasses, even if they had their eyesight tested. Brenda is tackling these intertwined problems by providing a cost-effective, mobile diagnostic vision test, and turning recycled plastic into affordable eyewear for low-income students.
CHARLES AKHIMIEN Nigeria $25,000 Sector: Health (Technology) MOBicure Summary: Per capita, Nigeria has the world’s 2nd highest mortality rate for new mothers, infants, and children under the age of 5. That is why Charles is developing MOBicure, using SMS text and voice recognition technology and a mobile platform to provide women with life-saving health data and monitoring, allowing them to access time-sensitive information 24/7.
EBUNOLUWA FARINDE Nigeria $10,000 Sector: Training (Fashion) Oge-Ibile Summary: African women work very hard, but do not thrive economically. Ebunoluwa is expanding her textile and clothing manufacturing work, to train disadvantaged women with Marketable and promote indigenous African culture through design.
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HELLEN MUNIS Tanzania $25,000 Sector: Manufacturing (Health and Beauty) Nuya’s Essence Summary: The Tanzanian market is replete with chemically-based skin care products and cosmetics that are harmful to people’s health. Hellen is providing an eco-friendly, economic alternative in Zanzibar, where she is manufacturing and selling natural, affordable products and employing low income women.
HONORE ESSOH Cote d’Ivoire $25,000 Sector: Youth (Entertainment) Bouyou Animated TV Series Summary: Ivorian educational content and role models on television are limited for young children. Honoré is narrowing the gap in African-created children’s media through his animated TV series featuring superheroes from Cote d’Ivoire. His shows reflect the life a west African child, with cultural pride and inquiry via the characters’ adventures.
KAMRU AMIN Uganda $25,000 Sector: Distribution (Health) GasoPharm Summary: Over 2 out of 5 Ugandans have a hard time accessing medical facilities, and when they do, medicine can be scarce. In Kampala, Kamru is providing personalized pharmaceutical care along with over-the-counter medications, free health-promotion screening campaigns, and a plan to expand to reach more low and middle income people.
KHADIDIATOU NAKOULIMA Senegal $25,000 Sector: Services (Health) NEST for All Summary: Senegal’s public medical care is poor, and private hospitals out of most people’s reach, even if they have some insurance. Khadidiatou is making people healthier by building a network of affordable maternal health units for women and newborns.
KRYSTAL-BELLA SHABANI Burundi $10,000 Sector: Training (Fashion) Krysabel Summary: The clothing and design sectors can contribute to trade and the local economy, but many women are not trained to participate or benefit in the fashion industry. Krysta-Bella is training women to create locally sourced, eco-friendly fabric, contributing to the national culture with unique products and improving their skills and livelihoods.
MESAY LICHE Ethiopia $25,000 Sector: Youth (Education) New Preschool Summary: Attitude and possibility starts young, but the school system in Ethiopia is designed for rote rather than creative learning. Mesay is setting up a Montessori-based primary school to address this lack, engaging both children and parents in the learning and development process. He plans to expand nationally, and set up schools that teach in the local language.
SITRIKA RAKOTONDRAIBE Madagascar $25,000 Sector: Services (Health) Aeromedical Health Center Summary: Access to affordable healthcare in Madagascar is a challenge that many women and families face. Through Aeromedical Health Center, Sitraka is improving the health and well-being of women in Madagascar by expanding a women-run clinic providing affordable care for vulnerable populations.
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TIDIANE BALL Mali $25,000 Sector: Health (Technology) MaliSante Summary: Malian doctors and patients lose a lot of time waiting, due to the lack of a systematic scheduling program for doctors’ appointments. To address this, Tidiane is running MaliSante, a platform that provides medical information, doctor’s office locations, and appointment scheduling services, to make managing patient care more efficient and to make people more healthy.
KEMO TOURE Senegal $25,000 Sector: Services (Job force) Wutiko Summary: The job market in Senegal is competitive, and the number of job seekers is only growing. Kemo has created Wutiko, (“Find It,” in Wolof), a job search platform that connects job seekers with companies experiencing job vacancies. His service designed to be efficient and transparent for both parties.
ANGE IRANKUNDA Burundi $10,000 Sector: Manufacturing (Environment) Earth’s Swagg Summary: Most of Burundi's population uses charcoal and firewood for heating and cooking, in turn destroying over 6400 hectares of forest each year. Ange’s company, Earth’s Swagg, is producing fuel briquettes from biodegradable waste and fine charcoal, providing sustainable heating alternatives.
CAROLYNE EKYARISIIMA Tanzania $10,000 Sector: Training (ICT and Gender) Apps and Girls Summary: Tanzania is experiencing a gender gap in information communication technology (ICT) development, training, employment, and entrepreneurship. Carolyne seeks to fill this gap through Apps and Girls, a project that will train young women in coding, ICT, and business skills, increasing opportunity for them to participate in the ICT industry.
DYSMUS KISILU Kenya $10,000 Sector: Manufacturing (Energy) Solar Freeze Summary: Many farmers in Kenya experience post-harvest losses, having portions of their yields spoil before getting to consumers. Dysmus is helping farmers improve their selling capacity by producing solar refrigeration units, which will increase produce’s shelf life from 2 to 20 days.
EMILE UWEZOWAMUNGU Burundi $10,000 Sector: Training (Business Support) Innova Group Summary: In Burundi, many small and medium enterprises struggle with how to better manage, grow and mobilize their businesses. That is why Emile is launching a company that will provide coaching, mentoring, and networking advice to help companies build capacity and maximize their impact.
GEORGES KOUMBASSA Guinea $25,000 Sector: Delivery services (Food Security) Addition Group Summary: In Guinea, smallholder farmers face the challenge of physically getting their produce to market while it is still fresh. Georges is helping these farmers by creating an affordable, effective delivery and monitoring services company to distribute produce.
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KUDZAI SAKAJERO Zimbabwe $25,000 Sector: Training (Women’s Empowerment) Umba Create Hub Summary: The current Zimbabwean education curriculum is producing graduates who are not well suited for the rapidly changing global community. That is why Kudzai is providing skills training and career planning guidance for young women and high school girls through her business, Farayi Africa. She will create a centralized location where girls and women can share the learning experience, gain knowledge and skills, and collaborate.
NAZEEM JUNGGEE Mauritius $25,000 Sector: Manufacturing (Environment) 1950 Design & Print Summary: The digital printing and outdoor media advertising sector in Mauritius contributes tons of waste to landfills each year. Nazeem wants to take the polyvinyl chlorides (PVC) produced from this waste and transform it into materials for recycled, reusable tote bags.
NURO MURO Tanzania $10,000 Sector: Retail (Cafe) Kivuko.com Summary: Connecting local vendors with local customers, Kivuko.com seeks to be a pioneer of e- commerce in Tanzania. Nuro Muro has created this online marketplace, which provides cost- effective ways to buy and sell quality products safely and conveniently.
SIMON MALUGU Tanzania $10,000 Sector: Manufacturing (Industrial Uniforms) Power Token Incubators Summary: Traditional methods of raising chickens in Tanzania can be very labor intensive. Simon is easing this process for small-scale farmers by producing affordable egg incubators. These incubators will allow farmers to increase their livelihoods by raising more birds.
TAITA NGETICH Kenya $25,000 Sector: Training (Agriculture) Illuminum Greenhouses Summary: Smallholder farmers in Kenya rely on rainwater to grow their crops. That is why Taita is utilizing greenhouses and drip irrigation to help these farmers increase their yields. He is constructing greenhouses and training farmers on best practices to help them maximize water usage and increase their production.
TSHIAMO DICHABE South Africa $10,000 Sector: Agriculture (Poultry) Thari Hydroponics Summary: Tshiamo is developing greenhouses that rely on hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without using soil. His company will build and sustain hydroponics systems in Free State Province, South Africa. These structures will produce high quality vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers, all year round to increase local food security.
MARIUS GNALIS-RAFAI Central African $10,000 Sector: Business Consulting BeAfrica Innovation Lab Republic Summary: In the Central African Republic, informal business practices are a serious challenge for the development of startups and small and medium companies (SMEs), particularly by young entrepreneurs. The lack of professionalism of these companies in financial literacy and management is one of the biggest challenges they face when attempting to access capital. BeAfrica Innovation Lab provides financial management and consulting services to companies and business executives, including outsourced bookkeeping, financial consulting, workshops on specific topics, and acceleration programs for aspiring entrepreneurs.
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DOLAIN PULULU Democratic $10,000 Sector: IT Creditech Republic of the Summary: Quality education is only achievable with quality educators. Teachers in the Democratic Congo Republic of the Congo need access to information for research purposes in order to assist their students. In addition, in the DRC, most schools lack training and professional development programs for the teachers. The costs of setting up a teachers development program, building libraries and computer labs are often prohibitive for most Congolese schools. A powerful alternative tool is the Internet, which offers access to virtual libraries, encyclopedias, and online courses for students and teachers. Creditech, a social enterprise which has developed a “Connect the Teacher” project to help close the digital information gap for teachers in the DRC.
FRANCK KAKEL Democratic $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness Chicken Husbandry and Chicken Feed Republic of the Summary: In the DRC, like many other African countries, chicken production costs are high Production Congo making it difficult for consumers to afford chicken meat regularly. The high price results in large part from the high cost of chicken feed, approximately 75 percent of the total production cost. The Cooperative (CAAPJECO) helps farmers improve their farming skills by offering training and has conducted a pilot to produce chicken feed from maize and soya grown by local farmers.
STEVE OTEN Kenya $10,000 Sector: Education Gretta Adult Learning Project Summary: Gretta Adult Learning Project prepares adult students for their high school certificates and seeks to expand its services in Kisumu and Siaya counties and offer a wider range of courses.
JUSTINE ABUGA Kenya $10,000 Sector: Eco-Manufacturing Ecobora Summary: Ecobora has developed a low-cost technology that produces wood pellets from recycled sawdust and rice husks. The company has also supplied 234 stoves to mothers in Limuru who use the pellets for cooking.
AMANI KARABU Kenya $10,000 Sector: Waste Management Garb Tech Summary: Garb Tech is committed to addressing the problem of inadequate waste disposal through efficient, reliable and affordable waste management services. Garb Tech’s services include collection, transportation and recycling of waste.
STANLEY GITAU Kenya $10,000 Sector: Consulting Six Degrees Consultancy Summary: Six Degrees Consultancy, which aims to offer business development services to Siaya County beneficiaries on how to form and join organized groups for collective investment in fish cage farming, with a special emphasis on women’s participation.
ROBERT MBOYA Kenya $10,000 Sector: Financial Services (Tech) Smart Wallet Summary: Smart Wallet Expeditions Ltd. Is a start-up that leverages the power of software to reach youth who own smartphones and assist them to better understand and manage their finances.
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YVETTE ISHIMWE Rwanda $10,000 Sector: Water Iriba Clean Water Delivery LTD. Summary: In the Eastern province of Rwanda, there is a serious problem of water scarcity. A total of 67.3 percent of people living in these districts use polluted water from swamps, rivers and lakes for drinking and household activities. Even when people find clean water sources they tend to carry the water back home in contaminated containers without realizing the health hazards. In addition to health and sanitation problems, farmers’ yields are reduced to 84 percent of the expected yield, especially during the dry seasons when water is scarce and they are unable to water their farms. IRIBA Clean Water Delivery Ltd. is improving access to reliable and safe water for drinking, household and farming activities.
MARTIN BUNANE Rwanda $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness Imarb Garlic Processing Factory Summary: In Rwanda, poor nutrition and unemployment are persistent problems. As a way to address both of these issues, garlic provides both nutritional value and health benefits, and is an income-producing product that can sustain job growth. Imarb Group Ltd., a Musanze-based company specializes in the processing of quality and affordable semi- and fully processed garlic products. By doing so, improving the standard of living, nutritional and health benefits for low- income producers and consumers of garlic products in Rwanda.
PRISCILLA RUZIBUKA Rwanda $10,000 Sector: Fashion Ki-Pepeo Kids Clothing Summary: Only 65 percent of the total female population in Rwanda are literate, leaving 35 percent of the women dependent upon physical labor, agriculture, or informal jobs for their livelihoods. The Rwandan government recently passed a law abolishing the importation of second hand clothes, including clothes for the large youth population. The law provides an opportunity to equip and empower low income women by helping them acquire tailoring skills and find employment. Ki-Pepeo Kids is manufacturing children’s clothing from readily available materials and train unskilled women in tailoring.
FRANCIS XAVIER ASIIMWE Uganda $10,000 Sector: Health Kaaro Health Finance Summary: Kaaro Health Finance Limited (KHF) product solutions are designed to eliminate or mitigate both energy and finance access issues by providing tailor-made, flexible lease-to-own medical and renewable energy equipment financing to private healthcare entrepreneurs who are already operating or intending to expand into underserved rural areas.
RHODAH IRAKIZA Uganda $10,000 Sector: Supply Chain Logistics Mr. Gift Summary: A social enterprise focused on improving access for smallholder flower farmers to local markets by improving the supply chain.
EMMANUEL LUYINDA Uganda $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness Village Chicken Summary: A social enterprise focused on empowering rural women in Kavule, Luwero district to start and run sustainable and profitable poultry ventures and to supply nutritious chicken meat and eggs to the community.
HASHIM MUTANJE Uganda $10,000 Sector: Renewable Energy Solar Pipo Summary: The founder is CEO of People and Energy Limited, a start-up company that seeks to match consumers’ energy needs with available, suitable energy solutions through its SolarPipo app.
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JONATHAN ASUMA Uganda $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness AgroStretch Limited Summary: AgroStretch Limited develops sustainable, efficient and affordable products and service for smallholder farmers to increase their profitability. It has developed a Fresh Tomato Bank to process tomatoes into puree and enable tomato farmers to minimize their post-harvest losses and obtain a fair and steady price for their produce.
TONNY KWANGA Uganda $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness Kizimba Social Enterprise Summary: A social enterprise focused on goat breeding and rearing and providing necessary skills training in modern farming to youth farmers.
DENIS MOI KIPROTICH Uganda $10,000 Sector: Agribusiness Slopes of Mount Elgon Honey Summary: Slopes of Mount Elgon Honey is a project to provide gainful employment to disabled persons as beekeepers, while at the same time reversing the worrisome decline in the bee population and honey production in Uganda.
CHARLES MUBIRU Uganda $10,000 Sector: Waste Management Life Tomorrow Summary: A social enterprise focused on proper waste management, specifically to improve the quality of life and environmental conditions in Mukono Municipality in Uganda.
FIONA RUKWANZI Uganda $10,000 Sector: Food Processing Nyunya Summary: A venture that produces a probiotic yogurt which offers health benefits to consumers with varying conditions, including diabetes and digestive disorders such as diarrhea caused by infections.
February1400 I Street 2017 NW, Suite 1000, Washington DC 20005 2248 P: 202.673.3916 F: 202.673.3810 www.USADF.gov