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Through targeted, community-led initiatives, AICC Africa partners with smallholder farmers, women, youth, and businesses to build resilient livelihoods across Malawi and Africa.

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Poverty Graduation

Tiwatukule through Skills for Development

Helping ultra-poor households on the government cash transfer programme graduate from poverty through livelihood promotion, financial inclusion, and social empowerment in Dedza and Ntcheu, supported by IFAD and FARMSE.

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Food Systems

Resilient and Sustainable Livelihood Transformation (RESULT)

Implemented with WE Effect under CIVISAM, targeting 5,000 women and youth in rice production in Salima. Focusing on gender empowerment, cooperative development, and market access from 2023–2027.

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Gender & Cotton

Women Economic Empowerment in the Cotton Value Chain (WEECVC)

Increasing access to productive resources, financial services and extension for women and youth cotton farmers in Namkumba EPA (Mangochi), Chipoka and Chingulwe EPA (Salima), and Rivirivi EPA (Balaka). Funded by Embassy of Sweden via We Effect.

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Climate Resilience

SMART Climate Project

A 2-year consortium project strengthening the rice value chain through joint implementation to enhance resilience to climate change. Implemented in Karonga and Nkhotakota, targeting smallholder rice farmers with a focus on women and PWDs.

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Agri Partnerships

Malawi Agricultural Partnership (MAP)

NORAD-supported since 2009, enabling the private sector to establish multi-stakeholder platforms improving food security and profitability across cotton, rice, legumes and horticulture value chains. Platforms include Cotton, Rice, Legumes, E-Voucher and Sustainable Agribusiness Initiative.

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Corporate Citizenship

African Approach to Corporate Citizenship

A continental programme building capacity to adopt, promote, apply and implement the highest standards of corporate citizenship based on the African approach — through research, training, capacity building and policy advocacy.

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SME Development

Agribusiness Accelerate Initiative (AAI)

Jointly implemented with Musika Zambia, supported by NORAD. Strengthening rural agribusinesses — agrodealers, aggregators, transporters and service providers — as catalysts for inclusive growth through training, mentorship and market linkages. MCCCI SME Promoter of the Year 2019.

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Cotton Sector

Sustainable Cotton for Women and Youth Empowerment (SCOWOYE)

Developed by We Effect, promoting decent work in the cotton sector. Despite challenges from COVID-19 and political instability, SCOWOYE has empowered women and youth, improved input and market systems, and influenced policy for a more resilient and inclusive cotton sector.

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Horticulture

Commercial Agribusiness for Sustainable Horticulture (CASH)

In partnership with Norwegian Church Aid (NCA). Since 2019, installed over 1,200 drip irrigation kits across 957 smallholder farmers in Dowa, directly benefiting 5,300+ household members producing tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, and watermelon.

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Women & Youth

Tingathe Spotlight Initiative

Transforming the lives of women and adolescent girls affected by GBV through vocational training, enterprise development, psychosocial support, and market access across Dowa, Ntchisi, Mzimba and Nkhatabay districts.

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Market Access

Access to Markets

Connecting smallholder farmers and rural enterprises to structured input and output markets through brokerage, platform facilitation, and private-sector engagement to reduce barriers and improve incomes.

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Governance

Governance & Advisory Services

Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, the CADRE project strengthens collaboration between Supreme Audit Institutions and Civil Society Organisations in public financial management accountability in Malawi.

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