Kenya - Food Processing - Nutritional Snacks
To counter problems of malnutrition, the SME has developed a variety of pre-packaged fortified foods and fortified supplements. Products range from traditional snack foods such as trail-mix and cereal to a variety of nutritional snacks specifically designed for pregnant women, diabetics, the elderly, and those suffering from diseases.
Kenya - Agriculture - Training, Processing and Export
This SME contracts agriculture production form 10,000 smallhold farmers in Western Kenya. The SME then sells and trades the agriculture products in large orders to buyers in Kenya, South Africa, Asia and Europe. The SME provides training to the 10,000 farmers and linkages to export-oriented seed varietals that might not be locally available.
Kenya - Agriculture - Microloans for Rural Farmers
The opportunity seeks to provide market-driven, wealth creating financial services throughout the agricultural value chain, with a specific social mission of improving the lives of rural smallhold farmers. The opportunity currently creates direct and indirect income through asset financing for an estimated 7000 Kenyans, 46% of them women with a current repayment rate of 92%. The opportunity has the potential to benefit 25,000 small hold farmers and and 200 rural enterprises.
