Ethiopia Archives - Page 3 of 3

Making progress in Ethiopia’s beekeeping sector

Since the inception phase of the programme to develop Ethiopia’s beekeeping sector was finished, ProFound introduced its 4-step programme to facilitate market access: Market analysis and company audits GAP analyses Marketing strategies Trade fair participation and matchmaking Earlier this year, ProFound already presented the results of its market analysis to stakeholders in Ethiopia and organised a workshop on the same topic. In August, the first 7 companies were audited by ProFound and its partners. The audits showed some interesting results. Many of the companies have ambitious marketing plans and some of them are close to realising their goals in the [Read more]

Launch of ASPIRE programme in Ethiopia

Aafke van Sprundel2016-11-01T16:28:14+00:00April 11th, 2013|Tags: ASPIRE, beekeeping sector, Ethiopia|

On March 28, the programme to develop Ethiopia’s beekeeping sector was launched officially. ProFound was not only in Ethiopia to witness the launch and discuss programme management with its partners, but also to deliver first results. A round table discussion initiated a Quality Assurance Scheme covering the entire value chain. Companies, government representatives, sector organisations, research institutes and consultants brainstormed on the Quality Assurance Scheme to prepare a list of actions, which will be followed up by the newly established Quality Assurance taskforce. ProFound also provided a three-day workshop to introduce representatives of diverse companies and sector organisations to market [Read more]