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How companies integrate smallholder farmers in their value chains in Africa

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By Addisu Lashitew, Tanner Methvin, Annika Surmeir
| Brookings Institution
More than half of Africa’s 1.3 billion people make a living from agriculture, of whom 80% are low-income smallholder farmers working on farms smaller than two hectares.1 Significantly reducing poverty requires substantial improvements in the productive capacity and market access of millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. In recent years, large food and beverage companies have introduced initiatives that integrate smallholder farmers into their value chains.
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Africa's online safety is a new frontier for social innovation

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By Tanner Methvin
| ImpactAlpha Verified
The exponential increase and expected growth of internet, smartphone and mobile network usage in Africa has enabled a thriving ecosystem of tech entrepreneurs with the capacity to provide new solutions to energy, healthcare, education and finance. It has also spurred a little-known, but active community of startups, nonprofits and education institutions committed to protecting Africans’ online safety and cybersecurity. Roughly 40% of Africans today have internet access.
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