Gambia’s Fatou Manneh, Founder, Jelmah Herbella was awarded the Younger Feminine Agripreneur (Rising Star). The award acknowledges excessive potential younger females, who’re under 35 years, demonstrating innovation and management in agribusiness.
Célia Chabi, the CEO, KIEL BIEN-ÊTRE, from Benin, took the Excellent Worth Including Enterprise, which acknowledges female-owned agribusinesses which might be growing the financial worth and or shopper attraction to agricultural merchandise.
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, president of AGRA congratulated the 2022 WAYA winners, declaring that every is a outstanding position mannequin to the 1000’s of ladies throughout Africa working to make their mark on African agriculture, and embodies the ambitions of VALUE4Her.
“Though ladies comprise round 40% of Africa’s rural workforce and contribute as much as 70% of meals manufacturing, their efforts are nonetheless considerably under-recognised in the case of enterprise alternatives and funding,”
“The distinctive tales of our 4 winners will assist us to encourage and improve advocacy for feminine agripreneurs throughout Africa, to construct an atmosphere that helps ladies to catalyse the wanted transformation of Africa’s meals programs,” Dr. Kalibata stated.
