services and products
eMKambo Call Centre
Comprises of 16 mobiles lines (Econet, Telecel and Netone) used to inform various value chain players about agricultural markets status.
eMKambo Bulk SMS
Assists agric- value chain actors e.g input suppliers, agro dealers, buyers of commodities, transporters among other service provides to broadcast messages to facilitate their business.
Agric-Markets Value Chain Analysis
We provide whole range of goods and services necessary for an agricultural product to move from the farm to the final customer or consumer.
eMKambo Consultancy
Market-oriented consultancy and research services to businesses and organisations involved in agriculture and value chain industries.
eMKambo Perishable finance
eMKambo offers a range of agriculture loans for traders in the Market to meet the cost of working capital and allied activities.
Agric- Content Generation and Software Development
eMKambo have a highly qualified team which works on creating and maintaining agriculture related web, mobile and desktop applications.
Mobile Application
The mobile application avails to share agriculture information and knowledge (content) through mobile smart phones.
About Us
The word Mkambo refers to market in isiNdebele language. It has the same connotation in the Shona language though in Shona, the word Musika commonly refers to the market One of the challenges facing Zimbabwean agriculture and rural development is lack of reliable, usable and timely information, evidence and knowledge for effective decision making. A significant part of the available information is either out-dated or dispersed in various institutions, people and environments. When projects and programmes by various NGOs, private sector players and other development organisations come to an end, in most instances, there is no clear mechanism for the knowledge that was gathered to be handed over and inform new initiatives. In addition, competition rather than collaboration among organisations in the same sector works against knowledge sharing.
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African markets are more than meeting places for buyers and sellers
African markets are more than meeting places for buyers and sellers Contrary to the formal definition of a market as a meeting place for buyers and sellers, an African market is more than a physical meeting place for farmers and traders. Some of its most important roles include food distribution, supporting rural development and ensuring Read more about African markets are more than meeting places for buyers and sellers[…]
Why price information on fresh food commodities should not be overlooked
Why price information on fresh food commodities should not be overlooked African agricultural policy makers have for decades preferred basing their decisions on prices of inputs like fertilizer, fuel and seed as well as processed food products like bread, sugar, cooking oil, margarine and others that are considered part of a family’s food basket. This Read more about Why price information on fresh food commodities should not be overlooked[…]
Expanding and Deepening Principles of Indigenous Commerce in Africa
Expanding and Deepening Principles of Indigenous Commerce in Africa Indigenous commerce may be the best way to describe unique levels of entrepreneurship and relationship-based business models in African markets. After more than a decade observing these trends and practices, eMKambo has in 2022 set out to build strong partnerships with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty Read more about Expanding and Deepening Principles of Indigenous Commerce in Africa[…]
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Cultivating community-led food and nutrition security initiatives
Cultivating community-led food and nutrition security initiatives It is taking too long for African governments to realize that allowing communities to take food and nutrition security matters into their own hands cultivates better self-reliance and sustainable development. Many rural African communities are tired of being treated like children who have no influence on what they Read more about Cultivating community-led food and nutrition security initiatives[…]
African mass food markets as invisible enablers of nutrition security
African mass food markets as invisible enablers of nutrition security While malnutrition is expected to be less in areas that have favourable climate for producing diverse food, undernutrition remains a key characteristic of high production zones across Africa. It is rare for a single area or community to produce an entire balanced food basket throughout Read more about African mass food markets as invisible enablers of nutrition security[…]
Every community and ecosystem has a spokesperson if you care to ask
Every community and ecosystem has a spokesperson if you care to ask The self-organizing nature of African mass food markets makes it easy for visitors to assume there is disorder in these remarkable institutions. Interestingly, just as formal companies have departments like sales and communication or Public Relations, African mass markets also have such roles Read more about Every community and ecosystem has a spokesperson if you care to ask[…]
Importance of renewing focus on reducing food losses
Importance of renewing focus on reducing food losses Unpredictable rainfall patterns and heatwaves are beginning to influence priorities for developing countries to direct more attention and resources to reducing food losses. For a long time, food losses have not been receiving sufficient resources with everybody seemingly obsessed with production. National agricultural budgets have focused mainly Read more about Importance of renewing focus on reducing food losses[…]
Creating space for pension funds in African food systems
Creating space for pension funds in African food systems With many pensioners in Africa taking farming as a second career into which they retire, it makes sense for pension funds to invest in building agricultural markets for the benefit of pensioners. On the contrary, the majority of pension funds including national social security systems in Read more about Creating space for pension funds in African food systems[…]
The hidden value of price ranges in African food markets
The hidden value of price ranges in African food markets Where in supermarkets a price for a kilogram of meat or tomatoes is already given as determined by internal pricing policies, African mass markets present a range of prices for the same commodity. Besides giving room for consumers to negotiate, price ranges are the best Read more about The hidden value of price ranges in African food markets[…]