My wife and I were flying back home to Kilimanjaro from a weekend in Dar. We were halfway into the one hour flight, when the pilot announced that he had to turn around to return to Dar due to mechanical problems After that, every bump of turbulence felt like THE…

Mike, I have a blue belt and you are scum. White belt scum. And before you disagree, please consider the following: On the other hand, Mike has a white belt:

In March, Tanzania inaugurated its first female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is more popularly known as “Mama Samia”. Last week I spent 8 days driving the heartland of this country: Kilimanjaro to Morogoro to Iringa and past Mbeya down to Lake Malawi. I was with my business partner, Jan…

On NINAYO’s first visit to Bukulu village, in September 2019, the farmers somberly told us of how their previous maize harvest had been destroyed by army worm. The farmers were wary of NINAYO and unenthusiastic- reasonably so. I promised them that we would supply seeds, pesticides and fertilizers of the…

Imagine you are typical East African farmer: You survive on what you can grow from the ground, and what you can sell that crop for. The money from that sale is what you put your kids through school with, how you pay for medicine, how you survive. Your entire tribe…

I spoke with a trusted NINAYO advisor last week, and she pointed out how few women were featured in of our recent training pictures. She was right to point this out- our most recent training had zero women attending. Fortunately, our team had already developed a plan…

Greetings NINAYO friends, 2019 was our best year yet. We made significant impact in the lives of some of the world’s poorest and hardest working people. As we begin 2020, our company is scaling those services, as well as building an exciting new product. Context Today NINAYO is delivering agro…

Greetings NINAYO friends, 2019 was our best year yet. We made significant impact in the lives of some of the world’s poorest and hardest working people. As we begin 2020, our company is scaling those services, as well as building an exciting new product. Context Today NINAYO is delivering…

A husband and wife are camping on safari. Emerging from their tent they see a blood thirty lion charging right towards them across the savannah. The wife starts putting on her running shoes and the husband exclaims, “What are you doing, honey?! You can’t outrun a lion!” The wife replies…