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Article: KENYA: KENYA TAKES THE LEAD IN BUSINESS ALLIANCE AGAINST CHRONIC HUNGER.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- June 11, 2009
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Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and a group of CEOs announced today at a press conference during the 2009 World Economic Forum on Africa that Kenyan leaders will take over an innovative business alliance aimed at reducing hunger in Africa. The Alliance, coordinated by a Kenya-based secretariat, comprises over 30 companies and organizations working to develop business-led solutions to hunger. Alliance members have developed innovative business models through 14 on-the-ground initiatives in a Kenyan pilot district - creating 150 small-scale businesses, increasing the income and production of 2,300 farmers and reaching thousands of consumers with improved products and ...