From the classroom to the farm to the board room, women should be at the fore front of agricultural development, paving the way for a brighter future and ensuring food security.
Young women face so many barriers to entry in their quest to venture into agribusiness. Some of those barriers include technical know-how, market access limitations, limited access to funding, cultural pressure and lack of a structured mentorship support system. It is for this reason that Guzakuza started Ignite, an African Women in Agribusiness Programme.
Ignite 2017 and 2018 provided opportunities and served as a platform for participants to be educated, nurtured and empowered to build sustainable food businesses, spend some quality time on their business models devoid of any form of distraction and improve their personal development. Ignite 2019 is better, bigger and with a more directed and focused approach. Ignite 2019 with the theme ‘inspire action’ will inspire action and motivate participants to take action in various aspects of their businesses.

Key Value Proposition for ignite 2019.
We want to connect like-minded women in agribusiness, inspire them to take action and turn ground-breaking ideas into profitable and sustainable Agribusinesses

Key Activities
 Residential Training
 Internship
 Coaching
 Mentoring
 Funding
 Exposure/Networking