About
AFEX Fair Trade is an agricultural supply chain solutions company creating inclusive, sustainable, and efficient food systems for Africa. With operations in farmer outreach, aggregation, and access to finance, a network of over 500,000 farmers, AFEX organises farmers to improve their productivity sustainably while enabling local and regional trade.
Project Focus
Shell Foundation is partnering with AFEX to pilot a distribution model for a range of income-increasing productive energy assets such as solar water pumps, threshers, millers, and dryers, combined with input provision, extension services, and blended consumer finance to marginalised smallholder farmers in rural Nigeria.
Latest news and updates
Food delivery platform Zomato has introduced a new initiative
As summer temperatures soar across India, food delivery platform Zomato has introduced a new initiative aimed at making working conditions…
30th April 2026
Advancing clean energy for impact: a pathway to women’s economic empowerment
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24th April 2026