{"id":9759,"date":"2026-08-04T12:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameaglobal.org\/?page_id=9759"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:27:07","slug":"bds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ameaglobal.org\/fr\/working-groups\/bds\/","title":{"rendered":"BDS Working Group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BDS Working Group<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Exploring how Business Development Services can be made more accessible, effective, and tailored to the needs of agri-SMEs and farmer organizations. A space to exchange tools, approaches, and lessons from the field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Whether you're a practitioner, researcher, funder or advocate, we welcome you in our Working Groups. Get involved, contribute your expertise, and help shape the future of agricultural enterprise growth. .<\/p>\n

Join us to shape how the sector responds to some of it greatest challenges and opportunities. Reach out to us to join a Working Group and start making an impact.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Working Group Lead<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Vanessa Rizzi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Supporting youth-led rural entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

AgriGRADE<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Scope Insight<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Latest BDS WG Updates<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ouganda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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05\/03\/2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Official launch of UBSP to strengthen BDS in Uganda<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Congratulations to everyone involved in the launch of United Business Support Professionals Ltd. in Uganda. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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03\/12\/2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ghana Convenes National Platform to Transform Business Development Services<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Forty-five stakeholders from government, finance, and agribusiness gathered at Ghana’s first National BDS Multi-Stakeholder Platform Conference, agreeing to form a Steering Committee and develop national BDS standards to professionalise the sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Kenya<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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12\/15\/2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Kenya Charts a National Course for Standards-Driven BDS<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n

The AMEA Kenya Local Network has launched the Kenya BDS Vision Handbook and a 2026 Catalytic Event Concept Note, setting out a coordinated, standards-driven roadmap to turn Business Development Services into measurable jobs, incomes, and growth for Kenya’s agri-SMEs and farmer organisations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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All BDS WG Updates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Join The BDS Working Group<\/h3>\n

Join us to shape how the sector responds to some of it greatest challenges and opportunities. Reach out to us to join a Working Group and start making an impact.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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