05/08/2026
🌍 Building opportunity through stronger cashew value chains in Côte d’Ivoire
The latest installment of highlights how investing in local businesses, women and agricultural markets can strengthen rural communities for generations to come.
Our newest story follows a cashew processing company led by Frédérique Gueï in Côte d'Ivoire that is creating jobs, expanding local processing capacity and opening new opportunities for women and young people—demonstrating how market-driven solutions can build more resilient local economies.
💬 Frédérique said, “I never lost faith in my project or in the quality of what we were capable of delivering. The demand for our products was there; what we needed was the financing required to truly unlock our potential.”
Through Weecap (Women's Economic Empowerment through Cashew Processing), we're working to create 330,000 jobs across Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal while strengthening more competitive, inclusive and resilient agricultural value chains.
📖 Read the story to see how local leadership is driving change: http://winrock.org/how-a-cashew-processing-company-is-growing-opportunity-in-cote-divoire/