Tanzania: integrating the management of gender dynamics at the heart of horticultural companies
- 22/12/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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In December, COLEAD organised its first face-to-face training in Tanzania on managing gender dynamics in the workplace, held in Arusha as part of the FFM+ programme. This session is fully aligned with COLEAD’s Gender Strategy and Action Plan (2024–2027), which aims to systematically mainstream gender equality across all interventions and ensure equitable benefits for women and marginalised groups within agricultural value chains. Gender is a key lever under Result 2 of the FFM+ programme, which focuses on strengthening the capacity… +Sierra leone: collective training as a lever for access to formal horticultural markets
- 22/12/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
COLEAD recently successfully concluded a strategic collective training session dedicated to market access, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in November 2025. This face-to-face training was delivered by a COLEAD expert based in West Africa, as part of the FFM Plus programme. The main objective of the training was to strengthen the capacities of horticultural companies and producer organisations currently operating in informal or semi-informal markets, but aiming to transition towards higher-value formal, regional and international markets. The session primarily targeted… +Improving energy performance: Bodukwan Multi Fruit Processing Ltd committed to more efficient production in Ghana
- 22/12/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
As part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, COLEAD coordinated and facilitated a targeted technical assistance mission to support Bodukwan Multi Fruit Processing Ltd, in Ghana, in improving its energy performance. A certified expert was deployed to carry out a Type 1 energy audit in line with ISO 50002:2014 at the company’s processing facility in Kumasi. The mission aimed to analyse the plant’s energy consumption by source, equipment and process, review existing operation and maintenance practices, and identify… +Strengthening contractual relationships with producers: the Malakass example in the cassava value chain in Madagascar
- 22/12/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
As part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, COLEAD supported the Malagasy company Malakass, active in cassava processing in the Atsimo-Andrefana region, with the aim of strengthening and sustainably structuring its relationships with local producers. This field mission, carried out from 30 September to 11 October 2025, sought to secure a regular, reliable and high-quality supply—an essential condition for the company’s continued development. The support was built around a participatory approach, starting with an in-depth diagnostic with the… +Agritech in Ghana: Complete Farmer strengthens its network of 12,500 smallholder farmers with targeted technical assistance
- 22/12/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Complete Farmer, a Ghanaian Agritech innovator, is set to strengthen its outgrower network with technical assistance from EDFI Management Company, delivered by COLEAD. This support, part of the AgriFI Country Window (CW) Ghana facility, will help Complete Farmer enhance its outgrower model and training systems, benefiting over 12,500 smallholder and 163 commercial farmers. Earlier in 2025, AgriFI invested USD 2.5 million (EUR 2.2 million) in Complete Farmer, providing long-term financing to scale operations. COLEAD, selected in 2024 by EDFI Management… +Eric Medji, co-founder of Othentiks, local fruit juice producer
- 03/11/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
After several years working in IT and CRM consulting, Eric Medji decided to embark on a new career path in 2013. Convinced of the economic and cultural potential of African raw materials, he decided to devote himself to the agri-food industry. With the support of his family – Ghislaine and Christian Medji – he founded Othentiks, a Beninese company dedicated to producing natural fruit juices from African soil. His goal is clear: to demonstrate that Africa can not only transform… +Josephine Okot: founder of Victoria Seeds, producer and distributor of high-quality seeds
- 03/11/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Born in northern Uganda, Josephine Okot grew up witnessing the heavy burden women carried in agriculture and the barriers they faced : limited access to education, credit, and markets. These experiences inspired her to dedicate her life to transforming the country’s agricultural sector. In 2004, she founded Victoria Seeds Limited with the ambition to provide smallholder farmers with quality seeds. After being denied loans by commercial banks, she secured financing through a USAID-backed loan guarantee. What began with five employees… +Integrating gender for inclusive growth – COLEAD strengthens its commitment to equality and empowerment
- 03/11/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
More than 150 participants joined COLEAD’s webinar “Integrating Gender for Inclusive Growth” last month, an interactive session focused on the central role of gender equality in building sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. The event, opened by COLEAD chairman Stephen Mintah and General Delegate Jeremy Knops, explored practical approaches to mainstream gender at all levels: individual, organisational, and systemic. International expert Kerry Kyd (South Africa) delivered a dynamic presentation on gender-related risks and opportunities in operations, encouraging participants to reflect on… +Digital technology serving agricultural training: COLEAD’s participation in MoodleMoot Nigeria
- 03/11/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Held in Abuja, MoodleMoot Nigeria brought together the African Moodle community — educators, researchers, developers, EdTech actors, and institutions — to share best practices and strengthen the quality of online education and training across the continent. The conference focused on how digital technologies and innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) can transform learning, foster inclusion, and build more resilient education systems. Moodlemoot Nigeria serves as a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange, aiming to: promote inclusive access to quality… +New EAT–Lancet Commission: healthy, sustainable and just food systems for the post-2030 era
- 03/11/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Six years after its first publication, the EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable and Just Food Systems returns with a renewed vision in a world that has been profoundly transformed: geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges highlight once again that food systems lie at the heart of global balance — food security, human health, environmental sustainability, social justice, and resilience. While current systems have managed to feed the world’s population in caloric… +