People sit at tables facing a presenter beside a projected slide in a meeting room.

Business-planning workshop with AFSC support in Gitega

Participants face a projected presentation during the business-plan training in Gitega.

27 February to 1 March 2025

We organised a business-planning workshop in Gitega for women from cooperatives and associations in Bujumbura, Gitega and Rumonge.

Planning and selling products

With support from AFSC Burundi, the workshop ran from 27 February to 1 March 2025. Participants came from cooperatives and associations in Bujumbura, Gitega and Rumonge.

Several people sit around a table with papers and notebooks during a group discussion.
Participants work together around a table during the business-plan training held from 27 February to 1 March.

Participants worked on choosing products to market, planning projects, promoting products, setting suitable prices and selecting places to sell. They represented agriculture, livestock, crafts, sewing and food processing. The organisers encouraged them to share what they learned with others.

Two people sit side by side and look down at a document on the table.
Two participants look over a document during the business-plan training.
Photo: Business-planning workshop with AFSC support in Gitega
Photo: Business-planning workshop with AFSC support in Gitega

Part of Community Development: how we work with women’s groups in Burundi.

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