Felix Ouma, a member of the Fairtrade Africa Premium Alumni Association (FAPAA) at his campus- Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri, Kenya where he is undertaking his degree in Mechatronics Engineering.

Felix Ouma: dreams fulfilled and plans for the future

When Felix Ouma graduates from university next year he will have completed a nine-year journey with Fairtrade that began in 2014

4 min read | August 11, 2021

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Two farmers face each other with arm raised in a wave gesture. They are holding bananas and cocoa pods with plants in the background (illustration)

How well did the G7 do? Fairtrade Africa responds

How well did the G7 do – and what do we still need to fight for

4 min read | June 18, 2021

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Anne Abuke portrait

International women’s day 2021: growing change on flower farms

This International Women’s Day we shine a spotlight on the rights won and the challenges still faced by women working…

3 min read | March 8, 2021

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Rickety wooden structure used by vanilla farmers in Madagascar

Why there’s nothing vanilla about vanilla farming

by Fairtrade Africa. What has this picture got to do with ice cream?. You wouldn’t imagine it would you

2 min read | September 24, 2020

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Evalyne Nyawira with her coffee bush

Four Heartbreaks and then coffee

Marriages end all the time, yes, but for me, it wasn’t just a marriage that ended, it was a process, a big happily-ever-after plan that had ended. Like many who had attained university education, I had migrated to the city of lights from a little village called Kamutira in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

4 min read | August 19, 2020

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