Glimmer adaptation of ALP and SCOPE tools for rural SACCOS

As part of its approach, Glimmer promotes capacity building of Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs) to serve as the primary financial resource for local communities. Glimmer selected two tools in the AMEA Toolbox: SCOPEinsight’s SCOPE Basic assessment tool to evaluate RuSACCOs’ business management capacity; and IFC’s Agribusiness Leadership Program (ALP) for training and coaching […]

Kilimo Trust’s consortium approach to value chain development

Between 2018 and 2021, Kilimo Trust implemented the second phase of the Regional East African Community Trade in Staples (REACTS-II) project as a continuation of REACTS-I (2014-2017). Commissioned by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), REACTS-II was designed to directly support smallholder farming households and other value chain actors across three East […]

ICCO STARS Case Study

The Strengthening African Rural Smallholders (STARS) program was an $18 million, five-year initiative (2016-2021) implemented by ICCO (now part of Cordaid) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and ICCO Terrafina to increase access to finance and markets for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. STARS was implemented in four countries—Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Senegal—to develop […]

AMEA Annual Learning Event

This report is AMEA’s first Annual Learning Report and synthesizes the learning from case studies undertaken in 2020. It begins by outlining the purpose of this report and providing a short overview of the case studies and their outcomes. The report then discusses the lessons learned and ends with a learning agenda for 2021. Download […]

Cocoa in West Africa (ALP & SCOPE)

Project: the Agribusiness Leadership Programme and Farmer Organisation assessments (experience from private sector-led programmes in Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon). Based on an agriculture human capital case study prepared for FAO and IFPRIAuthor: Ann Gordon Download the case study here

Strengthening local malt barley supply chains in Ethiopia

Implementer: IFC and HeinekenPartners: AMEA, SCOPEinsight, Precise Consult, EUCORDFunders: Heineken and IFCGeography of intervention: Primarily 6 zones in the Oromia region, Ethiopia:Arsi, West Arsi, Bale, West Shewa, Southwest Shewa and North Shewa. Piloting in EastWollega, Oromia, and 2 zones in Amhara: North and South GondarAuthors: Hileena Eshetu, Filipe Di Matteo and Mark Blackett Download the […]

Blended learning using AMEA tools (ALP & SCOPE)

Implementer: Africa Turnaround Ltd. (ATL)Partners: AMEA, SCOPEinsight, Mastercard Foundation and a regional financial institutionGeography of intervention: Six regions in KenyaAuthors: Margaret Anderson, Filipe Di Matteo and Mark Blackett Download the case study here