The latest articles from The Challenges Group team, with writing and opinion from our business consultants and enterprise experts in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and the UK, as well as curated guest contributions.
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CHALLENGES PROVIDES URGENT INVESTMENT TO VALUE ADDITION CENTRES IN MALAWI AS COVID-19 CRISIS HITS
by Challenges Zambia on 21/08/2020
Malawi’s agriculture has long suffered from a lack of investment, as financial institutions traditionally shied away from this sector because of uncontrollable and systemic risks, higher costs and […]
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Support for African SMEs as global business consultancy Challenges Group launches resilience…
by Challenges Zambia on 28/04/2020
Support for African SMEs as global business consultancy Challenges Group launches Enterprise Resilience Programme amid Covid-19 crisis Amid the economic chaos brought on by Covid-19 and generational […]
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Challenges Uganda Advances the Cause of Nutrition in Schools
by Nakato Claire on 23/04/2020
The Challenges Group works to address developing economies’ most pressing issues by helping partners explore the potential of innovative solutions through initiatives such as the Access Africa […]
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Home at last: Paving new pathways for returned migrants through Challenges’ BEST programme
by Challenges Ghana on 10/04/2020
“We need to encourage communities to embrace returnees and help them re-establish themselves. We need to engage with our youth — who are the future of the country and tend to risk their lives […]
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Challenges’ Youth to Work equips graduates with skills to support growth of SMEs in Uganda
by The Challenges Group on 04/03/2020
Challenges’ Youth to Work programme equips graduates with skills to support growth of SMEs in Uganda Kwenu juice bar, one of the businesses taking part in Challenges’ Youth to Work […]
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Rwandan Coffee Project marks major milestone as new film and report highlight programme’s successes
by The Challenges Group on 28/02/2020
Hundreds of farmers trained, coffee exports up and an increase in bean quality … New film and report highlight success of Challenges’ flagship Rwandan Coffee Project Challenges’ flagship […]
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The Circular Economy: How connecting food waste and sanitation services can help farmers in Africa
by The Challenges Group on 07/01/2020
Connecting two major sustainable development issues — sanitation and farming — can enable countries to develop a circular economy. Continue reading on The Challenges Group »
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2019: A year of enterprising solutions
by The Challenges Group on 20/12/2019
2019 has been a superb year for Challenges! For the past 12 months our management consultants and business trainers in Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, Ghana, Ethiopia and the UK have been involved an […]
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Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health
by The Challenges Group on 06/12/2019
Soil health maps can help smallholder farmers make better decisions on improving their yields. Rod Waddington/FlickrAcross The Challenges Group, we’re working on a series of agriculture-focused […]
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We have to understand the barriers women farmers face to overcome gender imbalance in agribusiness
by Challenges Rwanda on 03/12/2019
Women make up the bulk of the workforce within agriculture, but have fewer roles in agribusiness.Rwanda has been in the press in recent years rightly praised for its progress in gender equality, as […]