Agriculture, food production, and nutrition
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Launched in the heart of a pandemic, Stannie Avotriniaina’s Mahatsara factory is on a mission to fight malnutrition and build Africa’s largest dried fruit processing hub.
Siny Samba returned to Senegal to find grocery shelves filled with expensive, imported baby food while local harvests rotted in the sun. She decided to change the menu.
Julienne Ariori is replacing toxic chemicals with indigenous plant extracts, proving that the future of African farming isn't in a bottle of imported poison, but in the soil beneath our feet.
Axel Emmanuel Gbaou realised a startling truth: the Ivory Coast produced the world's cocoa, but no chocolate. Now, he's training thousands of women to own the "bean-to-bar" revolution.
How a Kenyan biotechnologist transformed an invasive weed into a high-protein livestock feed, boosting milk yields by 20% and restoring East Africa’s aquatic ecosystems.
Najim Abdulrazak, CEO of Noba Africa, is pioneering agricultural transformation in Nigeria by using data-driven insights to empower smallholder farmers.
For generations of Zimbabweans, making Sadza at scale was back-breaking labour. William Gwata engineered the Gwatamatic, an industrial stirrer that has revolutionised commercial kitchens across Zimbabwe.
Diana Orembe used biotechnology to solve a massive problem: how to feed a continent’s growing fish population without destroying the environment.
Peter Njonjo traded a high-flying corporate career to solve one of Africa’s biggest headaches: an inefficient food supply chain that makes groceries unnecessarily expensive.
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu is solving Africa's food spoilage crisis with solar-powered cold rooms that keep harvests fresh for weeks.
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