U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits ACDI/VOCA-Supported Coffee Co-op
A U.S. Congressional Delegation toured the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union’s (YCFCU) processing plant in Addis Ababa during Obama’s state …
Obama Visits ACDI/VOCA Project Participant on July State Visit
During his recent two-day visit to Ethiopia late last month, the first by a sitting U.S. president, President Obama met …
Ethiopian Coffee Cooperative to Double Exports
Over the last several years, the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union (YCFCU) had to turn away buyers due to an …
Photo Contest 2015
And the 2015 Annual Photo Contest grand prize winner is … Lauren Bell! Our 2015 contest has been a tremendous …
New Technology Turns Mobile Phone into Mobile Wallet in Ghana
When you ask farming entrepreneur John Nante Muyo if he’d rather carry a wallet full of Ghanaian cedi or his …
Experts Discuss the Future of Ethiopian Coffee
Ethiopia is the birthplace and Africa’s largest producer of Arabica coffee. With over 80 percent of Ethiopia dependent on agriculture, and …
ACDI/VOCA Joins Coffee Quality Institute and Allies in Gender Equity Research Initiative
Women in Ethiopia sort through coffee beans at coffee-washing stations. Next time you brew your morning cup of coffee, take …
Women Farmers in Ghana Gain Greater Access to Land
Although women do most of the agricultural work worldwide, they own very little of the land they farm. In Africa, …
African Institutions Build Organizational Capacity with Help from AIIM-Assist
When USAID/East Africa announced the first Annual Program Statement (APS) under the African Institutions Innovation Mechanism (AIIM) initiative in 2012, …
