Africa – African Cashew Initiative – Collective Leadership Institute

Region	Africa
Start	2009
Sector	Private Sector, Public Sector, Civil Society
CLI Project Manager	Dr. Petra Kuenkel

Region

Africa

Start

2009

Sector

Private Sector, Public Sector, Civil Society

CLI Project Manager

Dr. Petra Kuenkel

Project context

The purpose of the African Cashew Initiative (ACi) was to strengthen the global competitiveness of cashew production and processing in five pilot countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, and Côte d’Ivoire). CLI supported the multi-stakeholder initiative and provided stakeholder engagement strategies on various levels. CLI also assisted the contextual preparation and facilitated strategic stakeholder events that brought together actors from public and private sectors, as well as from international civil society organisations.

Project Facts

Project time

2009-10

Stakeholders

Key actors along the value chain such as peasants, processing companies, trade companies; in total 240,000 peasants have directly benefited from the project

Outcome

The different partners were aligned around common goals, a management structure was built and regular meetings agreed, implementation activities were aligned and success jointly monitored.

Africa - African Cashew Initiative

Project context