How @UKinZambia works with https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">SMEs to generate jobs, growth & mutual prosperity: a thread (my first!).

Last week I toured #260Brands. Founded in 1997, they are a https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">-run, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">-owned business producing household brands like Golden Goodness Tasty Soya Pieces & Emilios Corn Puffs. 1/5
In 2016, #UKAidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> supported #260Brands to strengthen the #soyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> value chain in #Zambiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">.

This led to a tenfold increase in grainhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌾" title="Reisgetreide" aria-label="Emoji: Reisgetreide"> & soybeanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> storage capacity & meant #260Brands could now buy produce from a massive 6,500 Zambianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> farmershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏾‍🌾" title="Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)"> year-round! 2/5
In 2016,   #UKAidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= supported #260Brands to strengthen the #soyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> value chain in #Zambiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">.This led to a tenfold increase in grainhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌾" title="Reisgetreide" aria-label="Emoji: Reisgetreide"> & soybeanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> storage capacity & meant #260Brands could now buy produce from a massive 6,500 Zambianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> farmershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏾‍🌾" title="Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)"> year-round! 2/5" title="In 2016, #UKAidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> supported #260Brands to strengthen the #soyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> value chain in #Zambiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">.This led to a tenfold increase in grainhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌾" title="Reisgetreide" aria-label="Emoji: Reisgetreide"> & soybeanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> storage capacity & meant #260Brands could now buy produce from a massive 6,500 Zambianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> farmershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏾‍🌾" title="Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)"> year-round! 2/5">
In 2016,   #UKAidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= supported #260Brands to strengthen the #soyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> value chain in #Zambiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">.This led to a tenfold increase in grainhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌾" title="Reisgetreide" aria-label="Emoji: Reisgetreide"> & soybeanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> storage capacity & meant #260Brands could now buy produce from a massive 6,500 Zambianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> farmershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏾‍🌾" title="Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)"> year-round! 2/5" title="In 2016, #UKAidhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> supported #260Brands to strengthen the #soyhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> value chain in #Zambiahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia">.This led to a tenfold increase in grainhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌾" title="Reisgetreide" aria-label="Emoji: Reisgetreide"> & soybeanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> storage capacity & meant #260Brands could now buy produce from a massive 6,500 Zambianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> farmershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🏾‍🌾" title="Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman farmer (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)"> year-round! 2/5">
With support from @prosperozm, #260Brands then invested in growing Vit.A-fortified maizehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌽" title="Mais-Ähre" aria-label="Emoji: Mais-Ähre"> to develop more nutritious products.

(One of many ways @UKinZambia supports more resilient, affordable & nutritious food systems. Our work on nutrition was recently commended by @ICAI) 3/5
Are you a registered Zambianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> business seeking impact investment?

Then find out how @UKinZambia partners may be able to assist:

https://prospero.co.zm/call-for-concepts/

https://prospero.co.zm/call-for-... href=" https://impactcapafrica.com/sme-referral/ 

We">https://impactcapafrica.com/sme-refer... are also https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben">ing access to finance in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇲" title="Flagge von Sambia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Sambia"> through:
@fsdzambia
@CDCgroup
@InfracoAfrica
@PIDGorg
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