• VIEW THE WEBINAR: INNOVATION SERIES – SESSION N°2 – GROW LOCAL: CONQUERING LOCAL MARKETS

    • 15/02/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
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    The second session of the Pan African Farmers Organization (PAFO)-COLEACP Innovation Series, held on 21 January, focused on ‘Grow local: Conquering local markets’. You can view the whole session in French and English. 07:03 Jeremy KNOPS, General Delegate, COLEACP 17:41 Affiong WILLIAMS, Founder & CEO, Reelfruit, Nigeria 28:29 Catherine KROBO EDUSEI, Managing Director, Eden Tree Limited, Ghana 40:58 Komi AGBOKOU, President and Founder, Choco Togo 56:27 Bertille Guèdègbé MARCOS, Les Jus Tillou, Benin 01:09:29 Escipión OLIVEIRA GOMEZ, Assistant Secretary-General, Dept… +
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  • Innovation series – Session N°2 – Grow local: Conquering local markets

    • 14/01/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    Session N°2 Grow local: Conquering local markets 21 January 2021, 12h00–14h00 (GMT) English–French interpretation available The second session of the Pan African Farmers Organization (PAFO)-COLEACP Innovation Series will focus on ‘Grow local: Conquering local markets’. Key points for discussion: In serving local markets in value-added products, what are the main challenges encountered by business and SMEs and how can innovation help them to grow? Are we seeing changes by consumers towards buying local products? What should public and private sector… +
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  • New: PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series

    • 28/10/2020
    • Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
    • Category: Africa, News
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    Innovations and successes of African farmer-led businesses and SMEs PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series – First online meeting: took place the 19th November 2020. To improve production, processing and trade, it is critical to assess, showcase and upscale existing innovations created or adopted by farmers’ organisations and SMEs. This first session of the Innovation Series has presented successful African cooperatives, SMEs and enterprises on value-added and branded products that can increase opportunities in more lucrative markets. They discussed successful chain models and… +
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