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25 Jan 2012

Mountain Gorilla Organization Coffee Estate Association- Kisoro SW Uganda

by Ida Horner | posted in: Development Policy | 1

Back in June I met up with Henry Ngabirano the Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Agency in Kampala. Henry asked me what I could to do help increase the income of coffee farmers in Uganda and whether I would … Read More

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Africa, Kisoro, Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda, Ugandan Coffee
27 Sep 2011

A nice road through the village

by Ida Horner | posted in: 30 Day Blogging, Development Policy, Uganda | 0

If you live in rural Uganda  and or any other Sub Saharan Country for that matter chances are that the road through your village will look like the one in Kikube, unless of course your village is on a main … Read More

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Africa, AID, MDGs, Roads, RUHANGA, Rwanda, Uganda
4 Mar 2011

100 years of International Women’s day-Joy’s Story

by Ida Horner | posted in: International Women's Day, Women in Business | 0

We are Continuing with our count down to 100 years of International Women’s day- Yesterday we met Jacqueline in SW Uganda and today  we are in Rwanda to meet JOY On 2 October 2009 I received an email from my … Read More

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Africa, Gahaya Links, International Women's Day, IWD, Oprah, Rwanda
23 Dec 2010

An ideal present for man’s best friend

by Ida Horner | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

This time last year I was in Rwanda working on a work contract for a client who is a vet and wanted a supply of sleeping baskets for dogs from a sustainable source and here is how I got on … Read More

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Africa, African baskets, Rwanda
26 Mar 2010

Travelling through Rwanda

by Ida Horner | posted in: African women, Poverty in Africa | 0

Last December I set off for Rwanda at the request of one my clients. I met two co-ops Gahaya Links and KIAKA The co-op was in existence well before the genocide and has 400 permanent members but workks with at … Read More

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African baskets, African women, Poverty, Rwanda
24 Sep 2009

Africa can be a key economic player

by Ida Horner | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

That is according to David Lane speaking at the Pittsburg G-20 . He reasons that Africa has over 1 billion producers and consumers of services of goods. He calls for G20 to make Africa part of the solution to ending … Read More

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Africa, David Lane, G20, Rwanda, The One Campaign
20 Aug 2009

Brand Africa- Fashion

by Ida Horner | posted in: African Fashion, African Textile, Ethical Fashion | 0

I recently came across the Ethical Fashion Forum and I went along to their event on 18/8/9. This event was promoted as focusing on sourcing from Africa. As the discussion got under way I could not believe some of what … Read More

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African bags, African fahsion, African textile, Madagascat, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
28 Jul 2009

International development according to the Conservatives

by Ida Horner | posted in: AID, International Policy, Sustainable development | 0

I came across this article over at The Guardian’s Katine Chronicles and it sums up what a Conservative government would do about International Development. Of all the proposals /promises this is the one that caught my eye setting up an … Read More

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Africa, Conservative party, Katine, Poverty, Rwanda, UK AID, USAID
7 Mar 2009

New addition at Ethnic Supplies

by Ida Horner | posted in: Women in Business | 0

The most exciting thing that has happened at Ethnic Supplies has been the introduction of a new group of producers from Rwanda.   After the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Rebuilding the nation of Rwanda was never going to be easy following … Read More

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Africa, African baskets, Agaske, Rwanda

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