How Kenyan Businesswoman Succeeds After Receiving U.S. Training

Our sister organization, The Global Small Business Blog, under its parent organization GlobeTrade.com, just published their latest monthly e-newsletter, “Borderbuster,” (Issue No. 116 – sign up here) and it is only fitting for this blog post to mention the quote that was featured under the Wind Behind Your Sail section:

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~Winston Churchill

That said, two years ago, Eunice Mwongera (pictured left) decided to grow her Hillside Green Growers and Exporters Company, a family-owned fruit and vegetable business. A graduate of Nairobi University and former finance officer at the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture, Ms. Mwongera, applied for the USDA Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology (Borlaug) Fellowship Program.

Within a year of completing her fellowship, Ms. Mwongera had successfully applied many of the business skills and concepts she learned. Not only had she succeeded in increasing export markets for Hillside Green from three to seven countries, but Mwongera also started her own poultry, rabbit, and fish farming operation. In addition, Mwongera modified her company’s strategic and export plans, aligned Hillside Green’s food safety standards with international industry standards, and adopted new technologies.

Learn more about Ms. Mwongera’s success story here and visit the Borlaug Fellowship Program here.

So back to Churchill’s quote above, yes, Mwongera is giving back after receiving U.S. training.  We are delighted to know and we wish her continued success with her business expansion initiatives.

Related article:

Eunice Mwongera of Hillside Green Growers Is Featured in World Bank’s Quarterly Publication

Photo courtesy here.

Posted by:  Laurel Delaney