African Women in Processing Uganda

Kampala, Uganda
Joined January 2025
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐€๐‡๐€๐‘๐ˆ ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ. This sessionโ€™s critical theme is Strategic Scaling & Continental Integration. As we build a pipeline of women-led industrial parks, it is vital to equip African women industrialists with the strategies needed to expand across borders and competitively tap into the AfCFTA market. We are thrilled to feature powerful insights from our expert speakers: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Ms. Tokunbo Chiedu โ€“ CEO, Compass Consulting ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Ms. Laura Akunga MM โ€“ CEO, Benchmark Solutions ๐Ÿ“… Date: Friday, 16 October 2026 โฐ Time: 14:00 โ€“ 17:00 EAT ๐Ÿ“ Venue: Online Don't miss this opportunity to structure your enterprise for continental scale. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Register here: lnkd.in/dxhcP9Zv #FAHARI #AWIP #SheTurnsTheMachines #WomenInIndustry #AfricanIndustrialisation #AfCFTA #StrategicScaling #IndustrialParks
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ VP H.E. @jessica_alupo addressed the African Women and the SDGs Confab at #UNGA81, co-hosted by the @UNpartnerships Office, Women in Sustainability Africa & the @_AfricanUnion Her message: "Women must not only participate in economic activity. They must own industries, operate machinery, lead value chains and compete successfully in regional and global markets." ๐Ÿญ Uganda is championing Women-Led Industrial Parks developed by African Women in Processing Uganda (AWIP)Chapter, implemented by FAHARI Industrial Parks as a continental demonstration model. The parks give women access to affordable factory space, shared equipment, certification, finance, technology, skills & reliable markets, moving them from informal production into formal manufacturing. ๐ŸŽ“ The "She Turns the Machines" Masterclass cohort 1 is training women leaders in 16 African countries in value chains, business cases, investment memoranda & implementation roadmaps. ๐Ÿ’ฐ Uganda invites DFIs, impact investors, banks & private partners to support project preparation,guarantees, equity, affordable debt & equipment financing in Kampala in February 2027 to the Fahari Finance and Investment forum "Let us transform commitment into factories, finance into opportunity, and women's enterprise into sustainable industrial growth." #AWIP #FAHARI #FAHARIFinanceAndInvestmentForum #WomenInIndustry #WomenLedIndustrialisation #Agenda2063 #AfCFTA #SDGs #MadelnAfrica #InvestlnWomen #AfricanIndustrialisation #WomenOwnedManufacturing @NEPAD_Agency @AU_ETTIM @JamesMwangi @UgEquityBank @EcobankUganda @pearlbank_ug @stanbicug @EADB_Official @MastercardFdn @henrytumukunde @AminahMukalazi @AfCFTA @damali_ssali @PBSsempebwa @e_kasenene @adoniaayebare @VPofficeUganda
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At #UNGA81, AWIPโ€™s message is clear: Africa must move women from participation in value chains to ownership of value addition, manufacturing & productive industrial assets.
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๐€๐–๐ˆ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐Ž๐”! Through FAHARI Womenโ€™s Industrial Parks, AWIP signed an MOU with Petra Royal, the African Business Council......
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& our Host Partner to establish the FAHARI Womenโ€™s Gemstone & Gold Processing Centre in Jinja, Uganda. Our model is market-led: ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ โž” ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โž” ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž โž” ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โž” ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž
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This shared infrastructure moves women from participants in mineral value chains to industrial processors, manufacturers, and exporters. Cc: @AU_ETTIM @AfCFTA #AfricanBusinessCouncil @MEMD_Uganda @ugandainvest @UNIDO @afreximbank #AWIP #WomenInIndustry #MineralValueAddition
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โ€œ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ. ๐–๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ.โ€ During RIC 2026 at the side event of the AWIP Finance and Investment Forum,....
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and financing needed to move African women from SMEs into processing, manufacturing, and exporting. The journey was set: Enterprise โž” Industry โž” Investment โž” Ownership. Cc: @AU_ETTIM @AfCFTA @NEPAD_Agency @afreximbank @AfDB_Group @isdb_group @GroupEcobank @KeEquityBank
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From Women in Production to Women Who Own Industry! Yesterday in Kampala, we officially wrapped up the historic FAHARI Finance & Investment Forum at #RIC2026! Delegations from 16 African nations, government leaders, and industry pioneers came together to build real,.....
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de-risks the entire value chain to place machinery directly into women's hands. Masterclass Action: Delegates structured Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and finalized 90-day action plans for our upcoming November deal rooms!...
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Thank you to every partner, speaker, and delegate. The physical transition has begunโ€”the machines are turning! Cc: @RICCONFERENCE @PSF_Uganda @AU_ETTIM @UNIDO @AfCFTA @NEPAD_Agency @UNDP @UN_Women @mtic_uganda @mofpedU @ugandainvest @Pearlbankug @nssfug @e_kasenene #FAHARIForum
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"Women are the pathfinders of the $500 billion economy." Hon. @DrMusenero minister of @MEMD_Uganda set the bar at the FAHARI Forum. We are no longer settling for small-scale micro-enterprises. African women are scaling up to heavy industry and formal manufacturing!
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