We Effect East Africa

We Effect East Africa We Effect is a development cooperation organisation working in 25 countries since 1958. Our vision: A sustainable and just world free from poverty.

Our mission: To strengthen the capacity of member-based, democratic organizations.

โ˜• ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐„๐Ž๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ For generations, coffee ...
21/08/2026

โ˜• ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐„๐Ž
๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ 

For generations, coffee in Machakos County, Kenya, was considered a manโ€™s crop. Women provided much of the labour, tending the trees and picking the cherries, while men controlled the land, cooperative membership and income.

Susan Nzomo is changing this narrative.

The 52-year-old mother of four, smallholder farmer, and womenโ€™s land-rights defender is the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐„๐Ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐. The cooperative has more than ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง.

โ€œ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž, ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ ,โ€ ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ .

Through gender-equality training supported by We Effect, Susan and her husband embraced dual membership. She gained ownership of coffee trees and became a registered cooperative member in her own right.

Today, Susan manages 350 coffee trees, producing up to 2,100 kilograms of coffee in a good season. The income helps her pay school fees, provide food for her family, and reinvest in her farm.

๐€๐ฌ ๐‚๐„๐Ž, ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ:
โ˜• Dual cooperative membership for couples
๐ŸŒฑ Womenโ€™s access to land and coffee trees
๐Ÿ“ฃ Greater representation of women in cooperative leadership
โš–๏ธ Reducing the membership requirement from 500 to 200 kilograms of coffee, allowing more women and young farmers to qualify

Working with male champions for gender equality, she is also encouraging men to allocate coffee trees to their wives. Several women have consequently become cooperative members and now earn their own income from coffee.

โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก,โ€ ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘ .

Susanโ€™s journey demonstrates that when women farmers have access to productive assets, cooperative membership, and leadership opportunities, they can strengthen their families, transform rural economies, and build more resilient food systems.

๐Ÿ”— Read Susanโ€™s full story: https://www.weeffect.org/stories/susan-nzomos-fight-for-equality-in-coffee-farming/



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๐Ÿฅ› ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ข ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Š๐š๐ฃ๐ข๐š๐๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐ท๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘– ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘ก...
20/08/2026

๐Ÿฅ› ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ข ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Š๐š๐ฃ๐ข๐š๐๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช

๐ท๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘– ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘˜, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค?

For generations, women have milked, fed and cared for livestock while having limited control over the animals or the income they generate.

Agnes Bene decided this had to change.

What began as a womenโ€™s self-help group has grown into the ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ฃ๐ข๐š๐๐จ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐, bringing together more than ๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Collectively, they market nearly ๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ— ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, giving women access to fairer prices, reliable markets and greater control over their income.

The results extend far beyond dairy. Women are building permanent homes, installing solar power, purchasing water tanks, investing in livestock and paying school fees helping their daughters remain in school longer.

Through their Village Savings and Loan Associations , the women have also:
๐Ÿ’ฐ Mobilized more than ๐Š๐ฌ๐ก๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง in savings
๐Ÿ’ฐ Issued loans exceeding ๐Š๐ฌ๐ก๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”.๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐Ÿ„ Invested in livestock and alternative livelihoods
๐ŸŒฑ Strengthened their resilience during prolonged droughts

โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘˜ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ,โ€ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐ด๐‘”๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ .

Through collective organization, these women are challenging gender norms, strengthening food security, and claiming their place in the formal dairy value chain.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full story: https://www.weeffect.org/stories/empowering-women-pastoralists-in-the-dairy-value-chain-in-kajiado-kenya/

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We Effect Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi

๐ŸŒป ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐š๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ง๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ4,900+ farmers, 65% wome...
17/08/2026

๐ŸŒป ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐š๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ง๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ

4,900+ farmers, 65% women, are improving their livelihoods through better sunflower production in Tanzaniaโ€™s Arusha Region. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒฑ

Through the recently completed FO-RI Organisations Leading Research & Innovation on agroecology for sustainable food systems project, supported by AgriCord, farmers gained practical skills in agroecology, value addition, and sustainable farming while accessing new opportunities across the sunflower value chain.

๐Ÿ“Š ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ:

๐ŸŒฑ Implemented 60 agroecological research trials.
๐Ÿ“š Conducted more than 120 farmer training sessions.
๐Ÿญ Installed 4 community sunflower-processing units
โš–๏ธ Trained 60 Gender Champions
๐Ÿค Supported 16 model couples to promote equitable decision-making
๐Ÿ“ข Developed 6 policy papers and organised 22 advocacy meetings
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ More than 19,200 people benefited

These results demonstrate how investing in women, farmer-led research, and local processing can increase incomes, strengthen food systems, and build more resilient communities. ๐ŸŒโœจ


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Embassy of Sweden in Dar es Salaam Mviwaarusha

๐ŸŒพ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ง๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–...
17/08/2026

๐ŸŒพ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ณ๐š๐ง๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ

๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก-๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž?

At the recently concluded 2026 Nane Nane International Farmersโ€™ Exhibition in Dodoma, Tanzania, nine We Effect partners under the Livelihoods and Right to Food Programme transformed the exhibition into a platform for business, learning, legal empowerment, and strategic partnerships.

๐Ÿ“Š The numbers tell part of the story:
๐Ÿค 9 partners
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 626 people reached
๐Ÿ’ฐ TZS 13.1 million in sales
๐Ÿ”— 28 stakeholder engagements

But the real value extended beyond the exhibition stands.
Partners initiated discussions on establishing a 10,000 litre milk collection centre, introducing digital loan tracking for farmers with Equity Bank, securing barcode and QR-code registration, developing a seed-supply agreement with ASA, exploring market-registration opportunities with NEST, and accessing financing through Cooperative Bank.

Further opportunities emerged around the Uganda Expo on 30 October, the SACCA Congress from 11โ€“16 October, export certification, cafรฉ-market expansion in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, and access to international markets for premium grape juice.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: Market development is not only about selling products today. It is about building the relationships, systems, and partnerships that create sustainable markets for tomorrow.



๐Ÿ“ธ Frank Ademba

๐Ÿ’ก ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐–๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐š๐ฅ๐š, ๐๐’๐… ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ค๐š ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ค๐จ๐ฌโ€œ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐น๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™...
30/07/2026

๐Ÿ’ก ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐–๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐š๐ฅ๐š, ๐๐’๐… ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ค๐š ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ค๐จ๐ฌ

โ€œ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐น๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘’.โ€

At the Waste for Cash Eco Project Symposium, Stella Wanjala, founder of Steka Farm in Machakos, shared practical lessons from her journey as a Black Soldier Fly entrepreneur.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

๐ŸŒฑ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž. Continuous learning is the foundation of a successful BSF enterprise. Steka Farm hosts learning sessions every Thursday to help aspiring entrepreneurs build their skills.
โ™ป๏ธ ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž. Reliable access to organic waste is critical for sustainable BSF production.
๐ŸŽฏ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง. You donโ€™t have to do everything. Whether your passion is production, training, marketing, or education, focus on what you do best and excel in that area.
๐ŸŒฟ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. Every successful enterprise begins with a single step. Build gradually as your knowledge, markets, and capacity increase.
๐Ÿ“ฆ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Processing and packaging products such as dried BSF larvae can open up markets and reach farmers across the country.
๐Ÿค ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. By organising women and youth into cooperatives, communities can consolidate organic waste, strengthen production, access larger markets, and build sustainable businesses together.

Stellaโ€™s message was clear: the circular economy is not just about managing waste,itโ€™s about creating businesses, generating jobs, and building resilient food systems. ๐ŸŒโ™ป๏ธ

๐ŸŒฑ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐€๐‚๐„๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ŸŽฅDiscover how Black Soldier ...
30/07/2026

๐ŸŒฑ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐€๐‚๐„๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ŸŽฅ

Discover how Black Soldier Fly (BSF) technology is transforming organic waste into animal feed, organic fertiliser, cleaner markets, and sustainable livelihoods for women, youth, and farmers in Meru County. โ™ป๏ธ๐ŸŒ

Our distinguished panellists include:

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐š โ€“ Research Scientist, icipe
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ž โ€“ Project Coordinator, Meru Central Coffee Cooperative Union (MCCCU)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ ๐†๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š โ€“ Director, Department of Environment, County Government of Meru
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐†๐จ๐ซ โ€“ Programme Officer, We Effect
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Š๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐š โ€“ Womenโ€™s Cooperative Representative and market entrepreneur
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Š๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š - Poultry Farmer, Meru County
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐–๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐š๐ฅ๐š โ€“ Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Entrepreneur โ€“ Machakos County

๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›:

๐ŸŒฟ The future of BSF technology in sustainable agriculture
๐Ÿ” Affordable, locally produced animal feed and organic fertiliser
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Government support for circular economy solutions
๐Ÿค Building sustainable partnerships beyond the project
๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐ŸŒพ Women-led cooperatives driving lasting impact
๐Ÿ’ผ Green jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities for young people

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the live streamโ  here : https://www.youtube.com/live/GwAfY9EKRm8


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๐Ÿ” ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ !Did you know that market and household organic waste can help reduce poultry f...
30/07/2026

๐Ÿ” ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ !

Did you know that market and household organic waste can help reduce poultry feed costs while protecting the environment?

At the Waste for Cash Eco Project in Meru, organic waste is transformed through Black Soldier Fly larvae production into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer. For poultry farmers, this means healthier birds, lower feed costs, and higher profits.

Poultry farmers Beatrice and Ken Kinoti have seen the benefits firsthand. By incorporating Black Soldier Fly larvae into their feeding programme, they have reduced production costs and improved the growth of their chickens.

The larvae contain 40โ€“60% protein, making them a sustainable and affordable alternative to conventional feed ingredients.

We celebrate innovative circular solutions that turn waste into value, addressing waste management challenges, creating income opportunities, and supporting sustainable food systems.

โ™ป๏ธ Waste becomes a resource
๐Ÿ” Farmers reduce costs
๐ŸŒฑ Smallholder farmers benefit

Watch how Black Soldier Fly farming is helping farmers turn waste into value:

https://youtu.be/ddAdcP7hyQc



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๐ŸŒฑ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™...
30/07/2026

๐ŸŒฑ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ

๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก?

In this episode, we visit a demonstration plot managed by the Meru Central Coffee Co-op Union Ltd to discover how Black Soldier Fly frass is transforming coffee farming in Kenya.

Coffee farmers Joshua Mwenda Ndegwa and Edith Ntinyari Kinoti share the challenges affecting their coffee crops.

๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค. ๐‘‚๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘. ๐ผ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘ฆ," ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž.

๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐ผ'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™," ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘  ๐ธ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž.

Experts from ICIPE - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology and We Effect East Africa explain how organic waste collected from markets and households is converted into a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer through Black Soldier Fly technology.

Discover:
โœ… How BSF frass is produced from organic waste
โœ… The benefits of frass compared to conventional NPK fertilizer
โœ… How frass improves soil health and reduces soil acidity
โœ… Recommended application methods for coffee farmers
โœ… Results showing significantly higher coffee yields in field trials
โœ… How sustainable agriculture can help address climate change and waste management challenges

According to Japheth Manduvi of icipe, ๐Ÿ’ฌ "๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ต๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐น๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘ƒ๐พ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘Ÿ."

The Waste for Cash Eco Project demonstrates how innovative, nature-based solutions can help farmers increase productivity, improve soil health, manage waste sustainably, and build resilience to climate change.

๐Ÿ“ Location: Meru County, Kenya
โ˜• Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/A711M0kfpMY

WasteForCash

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๐ŸŒฑ ๐ŸŒฑ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ โ™ป๏ธWhat was once discarded as waste is now creating value for smallholder far...
30/07/2026

๐ŸŒฑ ๐ŸŒฑ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ โ™ป๏ธ

What was once discarded as waste is now creating value for smallholder farmers.

On display at the ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐„๐œ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ are innovative products made using ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ #๐๐’๐… ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, including:
๐Ÿ› Premium animal feed
๐ŸŒฟ Organic frass fertiliser
๐Ÿ’ง Liquid organic fertiliser
๐Ÿงช Chitin-based products and other bio-based innovations

These products demonstrate how the circular economy is transforming organic waste into solutions that improve soil health, support sustainable agriculture, reduce feed costs, and create green jobs for women and youth.



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