WHAT WE DO
Our Pillars
AWAN AFRIKA is a Pan African Social Enterprise that provides a platform for African women and youth in Agribusiness to access markets, trade information, innovative finance and agro-technology as envisaged in Agenda 2063 and The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 5, 8, 3, 2 and 1.
- We have a continental reach in 45 countries.
- A network of 4500 women & youth-owned SMLEs Agri-businesses across the Continent.
- Impacting 513,671 Very Small Agri-businesses
- Represented by AWAN Under30 champions at 60%.
- We are 100% local and Pan-African led leadership.
- We provide and implement locally led business development solutions.
- We are a leading ‘women in agribusiness network’ on the Continent.
- The Secretariat team has over 100 years of combined industry experience in areas of Gender Equity, Economic Empowerment, Agricultural Economics, Financial Inclusion, Market Access, Trade Facilitation, Agribusiness, and Program development, planning, management, and implementation.
- Language diversity: Kiswahili, English, French, Portuguese and Arabic
- We focus on women, youth, inclusivity and diversity.
AWAN AFRIKA, as a service provider, has a proven track record of implementing impactful projects with international and regional organizations. In these projects AWAN AFRIKA led, organized logistics, implemented, and delivered successful projects. Through these projects we have directly and indirectly impacted over 513, 671 women and youth in agribusiness up to date. Our projects best illustrate our capabilities and reliability in being a service provider but also as enablers in contributing to fostering sustainable development and economic empowerment in the communities we serve.
To facilitate, enable, and accelerate growth for women and youth agribusinesses by expanding our platform for better access to markets, inclusive finance, trade facilitation and agro-technology- to take advantage of opportunities offered by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), SDG 2- To End Hunger, and to contribute to the advancement of Agenda 2063, “The Africa We Want”.
AWAN AFRIKA’s core strategy is capacity development underpinned by our integrated approach on our four pillars. Our capacity development delivery strategies include but not limited to mentorship and trainings. AWAN AFRIKA achieves and operationalizes this through strategic collaboration and partnerships with International Development institutions, Corporate Foundations, NGOs, Private Sector, and Local Governments. Through this, AWAN AFRIKA ensures that its support to agri-entreprises is aligned to national, regional, continental, and international development policies and strategies.
To build the capacity of women and youth in agribusiness to leverage opportunities to increase trade in national, regional markets and within the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Our target is to connect via our platform, 1 MILLION women & youth owned agribusiness across the continent by 2025.