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Moringa as a Business

In this article you will discover how moringa is a good business.  Zindaba shares how he and his wife discovered moringa, and started a successful business with Moringa soap.  At the same time, they were able to help vulnerable women and their families through soap making. Our Moringa Story: My name is Zindaba Ngwenyama, proudly married with 3 children consisting of two boys and one girl. For the past 4 years we have been living on a farm, 12 kilometres to the west of Lusaka central business district. My profession is a video producer with a strong bias towards documentary making. Having grown up being nurtured into gardening at an early age by my mother, it became only natural that eventually…

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Empowering Households in Ghana through Moringa

presented by Diedong Samir (June 2018) My name is Diedong H. Samir (Prince), one of AMH’s country representatives from Ghana. This is a report on how we as Ghanaians are doing in the Moringa industry. Ghana is a democratic and mostly Christian country in Western Africa, with a population of approximately 28 million, with a variety of ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. In 1957 it gained independence from the UK. Ghana covers an area of almost 240 thousand square km, with a diverseness of coastal savannahs to tropical rainforests. It is nestled between the Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean to the south. Ghana means…

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Eat and Plant Moringa in eSwatini (Swaziland)

(Presented by Lungile Ginindza – May 2018) Good afternoon Moringa family. I’m humbled to present to you a story about me in the Moringa journey. I started Moringa in 2013 upon hearing from the Royal family, Prince and the Princess, talking about the economic and health benefits of Moringa, during the Cattle byre which was held in 2012 in eSwatini. I was listening to the radio. Getting Started Out of that curiosity, I started researching about Moringa Oleifera. As a Researcher, Agricultural Economist, I gathered that it was one of the most nutritious plant, a vegetable plant, a miracle tree, never die tree. I surfed the Internet to find out more about this amazing plant. I gathered a lot of documentations…

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Moringa Foodie from Mali – Xavier Theres

Meet Xavier My name is xavier theres. I have been using moringa oleifera during 4 years now. When I traveled in Jamaica and stayed there for two years I came to know about moringa because it grows abundantly in certain parts of the island. In Africa, Senegal and Ghana were the first states to cultivate moringa and use it to treat malnutrition and to help many woman that suffered from iron deficiency. I did my researches about this tree more and was surprised to know and feel the benefit of it. I begin to make it known to people around me by selling the powder and the seeds and the feedback was satisfying. One day a man that I met in…

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From HIV and TB to Wellbeing

Story of Nkole Chanda, Zambia My Moringa story began in 2007 when my parents began growing Moringa trees at our farm. My names are Nkole Chanda and in June, 2001, I was tested positive for HIV. Back then, there were no Anti-viral drugs as there is now. We tried different herbal medicine such as the African potato, but nothing prevented me from developing TB of the spine which left me paralyzed partially. To find answers, my parents did a lot of Google research on Moringa which led to our growing Moringa. I started taking it as a food supplement as I had problems eating food, because by then I had started medication and I was on TB treatment.  From then, my quality…

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Through the Fire – Mrs Christin Shaba’s Moringa Story – Zambia

My involvement with Moringa started 6 years ago when I got introduced to the business by my Sister in-law. Her main business was spices of​ different kinds. She would send me to bring Moringa, also to a lesser extent with Number 3 meal Moringa leaf. This was part time. Gradually, I started developing interest and went full time into the business starting with bringing about 50kg of powder rising to 200kg and to about a tonne in the recent past per month. I usually buy for resale to those that buy in bulk. I have had about 6 main clients from Lusaka, Zambia, and a few others in these other provinces. Apart from the leaf powder, I also bring seed, seed…

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Moringa, a Crop for ALL Generations by Masiye Munga, Zambia

My Introduction to Moringa through Extension Service It’s usually said that the driver of Agricultural productivity is extension service. For those who don’t know, extension service is the arm of agriculture that comes along side farmers and rural communities to help them grow and produce viable crops.  It was through Extension Service to farmers that I first got introduced to Moringa 20 years ago. At that time, the late Mr Vavaya Mulenga of the Conservation Farming Unit had introduced Moringa as a crop to Central Zambia, along with Jatropha and Bixa, Moringa. I belonged to an Association of graduates who built a large nursery for propagating moringa. These plants were given to farmers to grow on their own properties. The moringa plants grew…

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