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September 17, 2025
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Kuza’s Mini MBA trains farmers as youth drive agri-tech

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 17 – In Kenya’s rural heartlands, smallholder farmers are often trapped in cycles of low productivity, unstable incomes, and limited Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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Kuza Biashara Limited is transforming small-scale Kenyan farmers into agripreneurs through its new 15-week “Mini MBA in Agriculture” program. This initiative, which secured funding from the TRANSFORM 2025 East Africa Challenge, is set to scale its impact across Kenya's onion and coriander value chains.
- The program aims to train 5,000 farmers and 100 agripreneurs, with a target of 60 percent women participation.
- Kuza employs youth agripreneurs who utilize solar-powered “digital backpacks” to deliver training in villages, supporting approximately 200 farmers each.
- Farmers in Kuza’s ecosystem have reportedly increased incomes by up to 50 percent and 90 percent of households have reduced debt.
- Its OneNetwork platform, a digital ecosystem, has facilitated $23 million in transactions and reached over 250,000 farmers.
- The TRANSFORM 2025 Challenge is backed by Unilever, EY, and the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
- Kuza operates in 40 counties in Kenya and has expanded to Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, India, and Bangladesh.
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