East Africa

Innovating on the Farm

By Arnest Sebbumba, STRYDE program participant It is difficult to translate the word “entrepreneur” into my native tongue, Luganda. Most of my friends here in Kayunga, Uganda, come from farming families, but few of them have any interest in managing their farms for a living. Agribusiness skills…

Ethiopian Farmers Find Value in High-Quality Coffee

Duromina, which means “to improve their lives” in the Afan Oromo language, is a coffee cooperative in southwestern Ethiopia’s Jimma Zone. Coffee has grown here for generations but was traditionally processed using the dry, natural method. Farmers paid little attention to quality control. Despite an ideal…