A Social Enterprise that empowers women in Africa in business and for life
A Gift to Africa was conceived in 2005 with the notion that women in Africa can be as competitive on the global market just like everyone else. Through education and improvement of their products, African women are capable of starting and sustaining their own businesses without handouts. It is with this goal that the company has morphed from handmade products into natural food ingredients and natural skin care. A Gift to Africa practices fair trade principles and most of its inventory is directly from the women producers. You can trust us to be as authentic to you as we are with the women that we partner with.
I love that I can get products from A Gift To Africa that are authentic and benefit the women producers directly!
A Gift To Africa was founded in 2005 by a Zimbabwean native, Sabina Zunguze, as a USA-based social enterprise in Salt Lake City, Utah with a sole purpose of empowering African business women grow their businesses sustainably and enter into global markets using fair trade principles. Since its inception, the company has worked with over 300 women in 8 different African countries which include Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi. The company has successfully trained, consulted and grown numerous companies and placed products in high-end physical and online stores, catalogs and other establishments . The company has also participated at numerous trade shows, regional markets, conferences, and private venues.
Recently the company re-located to the Tampa Bay and then Destin area in Florida and has shifted its focus to wild-harvested fruits and oils. The reason for the shift has been because the resources used (wild-harvested fruits and seeds) are available locally in the communities where the women live at no cost (or very minimal cost) and thus provides a good level of sustainability. The women are then able to make an immediate income with little skills training.
A Gift to Africa then imports the wild-harvested products which become ingredients for products produced in the USA. A Gift to Africa also encourages conservation and more value addition to the trees and plants before they are exported.
Future plans involved product diversification and more entrepreneurial training through collaborations that the company has with other women empowerment organizations.
We hope that you will join us and be a part of our mission. Whatever skill you have can be a savior to getting a mother out of poverty.
Our other upcoming African women empowerment projects include Her African Market and She Fairs.
THE SERVICES WE OFFER:
Training women business owners skills to successfully market their products globally, Consulting with and Training businesses, organizations and individuals to optimize their business processes and and place their products in global markets, Representing our clients at global trade shows and online marketing our clients products through Wholesale marketing, Sourcing goods and services from and to African women business owners for other global entities.Advocating for our clients through speaking engagements at events and writing articles about their successes and challenges whilst growing their businesses and accessing global marketsCorporate gifting and Fundraising– for those companies and organizations who want to gift or offer products that provide sustainability to the producers.
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We are at local Markets!
Saturdays - 9:00am-1:00pm at 30A Farmers Market at Plaza in Niceville
Sundays - 9:00am-1:00pm at Rosemary Beach Farmers Market
Wednesdays - 9:00-1:00pm Seaside Market
Business Hours
Monday — Friday
10:00 AM — 5:30 PM
Saturday
2:00PM — 7:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
