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Beatrice Gakuba: Supporting Africa’s Agribusiness to avert a food crisis
In Kenya’s coastal Mombasa County, Mercy Mghanga, reminisces her past, not so long ago, she sold tonnes of fish to five-star hotels in the tourist town and exported the rest to China. More than a month since Kenya announced that it has confirmed its first case of COVID-19, the consequences
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Africa: Changing the Gender Bias in Agriculture
“Agriculture and agribusiness are generally perceived as run by men,” entrepreneur and Director of the Nairobi-based African Women in Agribusiness Network (AWAN) Beatrice Gakuba, told IPS. She noted that women entrepreneurs have to prove themselves, even though they are as capable and innovative as men. “Women entrepreneurs face more challenges
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