Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness - IMPACT Stories #Entrepreneur

The last story in this series focuses on a tomato farm established by two students from Bukalasa Agricultural College in the heart of Uganda

Read the inspirational story of Justin Safari Murhabazi and his ambition to grow a pig farming business that feeds both people and the soil in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The fourth story in our Impact series is about Cornelius Kipruto, a young entrepreneur from Laikipia University in Kenya who has launched a bio-fuel business to combat climate change by using cow dung to produce clean and efficient biogas.

In our fifth impact story we would like to introduce Sandra Ankunda. Sandra’s business, started in 2020 with the support of her family, is called Sandra Matooke Enterprise Limited, and is located in Mbarara, western Uganda. It processes matooke, a variety of starchy green banana (plantain), into instant matooke flour and raw matooke flour.

Our final story in our series highlighting the impact of young African agri-food entrepreneurs who have completed our 'Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness' course is about 'Hamse Abdirahman'. Hamse is studying veterinary sciences in the remote community of Sheikh in Somaliland, where he is establishing a sheep fattening business with the support of his university which he then aims to continue after graduation.