African informal food markets as better expressions of democracy
African countries are full of human rights interventions that focus mostly on partisan political rights ignoring the rights of local people to produce their own…
The sum of community knowledge is greater than the sum of individual expert knowledge
While it is true that community knowledge is broader and deeper, most African farming communities hesitate to make decisions without consulting an extension officer. The…
Revisiting the role of informal markets in distributing income
Informal markets have existed for centuries, as contexts where communities make sense of their resources and exchange value. However, urbanization has given these markets a…
Building a case for decolonizing Agricultural Value chains
Identifying and explaining each agricultural value chain’s nodes is a better way of revealing the extent to which a value chain can lift people out…
Opportunities to enrich your agricultural decisions with data
With the importance of data and evidence in African agriculture gaining momentum, eMKambo has historical data that can enable diverse value chain actors to understand…
Making marginalized farmers ready for the impact of globalization
Although digital technology is beginning to show potential for increasing the impact of individual knowledge, in most African marginalized communities, community knowledge will remain important…
Global business principles – local nuances
Somebody said a Chinese student who goes to study business in the West will return home and do business the Chinese way. An Indian student…
Cultivating the power of real-time awareness
As agricultural value chains in developing countries become over-crowded and hyper-competitive, real-time awareness has never been so important. While digital technology is being presented as…
Empowering communities to evaluate their knowledge
eMKambo is increasingly meeting rural communities that have been schooled into valuing tangible assets like dams and tractors at the expense of intangible assets like…
How ecosystems are replacing value chains in African food systems
Instead on choosing a few value chains in which to specialize, some agribusinesses in developing countries are being compelled to embrace an ecosystems approach to…