Arusha women entrepreneur: reducing poverty through job creation and sustainable income for smallholder farmers

Calvo, Sara and Morales, Andres (2016). Arusha women entrepreneur: reducing poverty through job creation and sustainable income for smallholder farmers. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 6(4)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-03-2016-0026

Abstract

Case summary
Subject area
Social enterprise

Study level/applicability
This case study can be used on modules on social enterprise (SE) and international business for undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

Case overview
Arusha Women Entrepreneur (AWE) is a SE established in 2008 in Tanzania that employs low-income women from peri-urban Arusha and provides technical and management skills training to smallholder farmers. AWE has created a value supply chain from the production and marketing of aflatoxin-free, natural peanut butter, having a strong vision of delivering social and development benefits for smallholder peanut farmers and unemployed women.

Expected learning outcomes
This case is the basis for class discussion rather than for illustrating either effective or ineffective handling of a business. From this case, students will learn about the emergence and development of SEs and the challenges they encounter to grow.