Business Digitization Helps USAID EDGE SME Owner Increase Business Demand
Mercy Chisi Sakala is the owner of MC Sangwani Limited, an agribusiness venture specializing in the supply of agricultural inputs, …
How a Virtual Business-to-Business Meeting Introduced a Zambian Farming Enterprise to New Buyers
Salima Lungu launched her business, C&S Agro, in 2011 in the Chibombo District of Zambia. Now, a decade later, she …
USAID Zambia EDGE Activity Mentors Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Making the agricultural products of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more competitive requires increasing competitiveness across the value chain, including …
USAID Zambia EDGE Activity Brings Asset-Based Financing to Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Building linkages and business relationships between asset leasing companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one area of focus …
USAID Activity in Zambia Helps Expand Local Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Agricultural small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Zambia face numerous challenges as they strive to increase productivity, grow profits, and …
Women in Non-Production Roles in Agriculture: A Literature Review of Promising Practices
The USAID Feed the Future Initiative supports the development of agriculture as an engine of economic growth, food security, and …
Zambia Profit+-Supported Agribusiness and Savings Group Members Apply Climate-smart Farming Techniques and Accumulate Savings
The 15 women members of the Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+)– supported Mwaiwanga agribusiness and savings group in …
Zambia PROFIT+ Training and Grant Spur Start Up of Produce Aggregator
Our USAID-funded Feed the Future Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) project decreases poverty by linking smallholder farmers to …
Zambia PROFIT+ Grantee Creates Opportunity for Marginalized Women
ACDI/VOCA implements the USAID-funded Feed the Future Production, Finance, and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) project in Zambia. As part of …
Zambian Woman Farmer Transforms Community Thanks to Profit+ Training and Support
In Mgamphula in Zambia’s Eastern Province, Jessy Mbewe works hard farming, training smallholder farmers in her community, and running the …
Zambia PROFIT+-Trained Woman Farmer Finds Success and Empowerment by Diversifying Income
Trifonia Sibande, age 43, and her husband Digani Sibande, live in Ngwata village, Lundazi district, in Zambia’s Eastern Province. Trifonia …
Three ACDI/VOCA Volunteers Honored with 2023 Charles Cox Awards
This year, ACDI/VOCA is recognizing three of our outstanding volunteers with the 2023 Charles Cox Excellence in Volunteerism Awards. These …
