RevolutionizingRural Businesses
Learning, market access and income for youth, women and small business owners across Africa and Asia.
We are creating opportunities for youth, women and small business owners to learn, connect and grow through entrepreneurship.
Programmes built with communities, not for them.
Global Goals to Local Impact
We are co-creating practical solutions that solve local problems with a global mindset.
Working closely with public, private and development agencies, we have co-created programs that have impacted careers and lives of over 6,000,000 young women and men, created positive economic growth of 253,000 small businesses and created 155,000 new jobs to-date across Africa and Asia.
Our work is impacting 10 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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An independent study done on Kuza farmers in 2022 by the World Bank Kenya and AgriFin reported that 97% of farmers experienced an improvement in their overall quality of life because of Kuza.
We are transforming smallholder farmers from subsistence to commercial farming.
Our Rural Entrepreneur Development Incubators (REDI) have produced 5,000 youth Agripreneurs who are providing bundled services to 750,000+ smallholder farmers across Africa and Asia.
“I have gained a lot of knowledge on potato farming because of Kuza. Through soil testing, we can know the fertilizer to use which then improved our farming.”
“I have hired people who are further creating jobs for other unemployed people. I make a good living for myself and am financially self-sufficient.”
“The increase in my yield has made me a content farmer. I'm feeling good enough to even expand the area I farm.”
“My earnings have improved and it is helping me pay my children's school fees.”
“My dairy and crop production has increased and I am able to earn good money from the sale of my harvest.”
“My crop production increased which enabled me to get enough food to feed my family and reduce expenditure on buying food.”
We are leading a global movement of using business as a force for good.
As a certified BCorporation, Kuza meets the rigorous standards of performance, transparency, and accountability. In 2022 we earned an overall B Impact score of 137.2. Our 2018 score was 104.2.
- 137.2 Overall B Impact Score
- 80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
- 50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses
Best for the World: Every year, B Lab recognizes B Corps that have achieved the highest verified scores. Kuza won Best For The World: Customers 2022, 2021, 2019.
Who we serve
“I wish to thank the private sector and the UN organizations. The Maisha digital platform powered by Kuza Biashara has already reached 3 million young people with HIV education, mentorship and getting 1 million young people get their HIV status tested.”
“Multi-facet digital platform Kuza One from Kenya educates smallholder farmers in Africa & Asia concerning environmental Agriculture & Entrepreneurship. It could be a winner in education, could be a winner in many categories. It is a real winner.”
“Kuza's approach, leadership commitment and attitude to problem-solving is refreshing. The partnership with Kuza is a true testimony of collaborative partnership and shared value proposition.”
“We are happy to see the Agripreneur model of Kuza evolving into a One stop service delivery model led by digitally empowered extension worker who is providing extension services, inputs, market linkages and credit.”
“Kuza's passionate and committed team listen and respond to the program needs to deliver tailor-made solutions. We would strongly recommend using Kuza's micro learning platform for its professional design and practical functionality.”
How we work
Digital learning content built by listening.
By actively listening to the users, we curated a massive library of bite sized HD video skills content on entrepreneurship, business, soft and life skills in local languages. In Agriculture, we have digitized good agricultural practices, climate smart technologies and regenerative agriculture practices for 40+ food crops, horticulture crops and livestock.
We are creating universal learning opportunities for all, leaving no one behind.
Speak to an expertDemocratization of access.
Designed for extreme rural conditions of Africa and Asia, our self powered portable digital kits create immersive learning experiences in the most remote parts of the world without the need for digital literacy and internet.
Our Youth Agripreneurs act as the last-mile human user interface providing bundled solutions to their farmers like crop advisory / information services, access to quality inputs, credit, and markets at the farmgate.
Speak to an expertOnline. Offline. Bottomline.
Our deep understanding of the needs and challenges of the rural low-income communities inspired us to stretch our imagination to design a suite of digital solutions.
We are giving the power to the users to learn on demand, connect to the quality service delivery partners at their farm gate and grow by improving their productivity, income and overall quality of life.
Speak to an expert4P Ecosystem model.
We are driving a systems change by convening, catalyzing, and co-creating sustainable solutions with public, philanthropy, and private sector partners through a multi-sided digital platform, OneNetwork.
We are crowding in all the ecosystem actors and AgTech players to create standards for performance, transparency, and accountable relationships keeping farmers' interest at the core.
We are witnessing an exponential growth in the way trusted relationships are getting built at the grassroots level leading to network effect.
Speak to an expertTrusted by our partners
Governments, UN agencies, foundations and corporations building the last mile with us.
“I wish to thank the private sector and the UN organizations. The Maisha digital platform powered by Kuza Biashara has already reached 3 million young people with HIV education, mentorship and getting 1 million young people get their HIV status tested.”
Kuza and UN World Food Program (WFP) signed a long-term agreement to incubate 3,600 Farmer Service Centers (Agripreneurs) in Kenya & Rwanda.
Kuza and Heifer have partnered to incubate and support youth Agripreneurs as Digital Agriculture Champions (DAC) to support small farmers across 11 African countries.
The World Bank's One Million Farmer Platform adopted Kuza's youth Agripreneur model for its Disruptive Agricultural Technologies (DAT) initiative in Kenya with 27 county governments.