Agribusiness

Training needs assessment for biodiversity enterprises

Review of the developed BioFA toolkits

Participation in the trainer of trainers workshop

Organization and delivery of the BioFA training workshops

Facilitating development of biodiversity business plans

Provision of coaching and mentorship services

Training needs assessment for youth in Manufacturing sector

Provision of entrepreneurship training for youth in Manufacturing sector under J4Y Project

Facilitating development of business plans

Provision of coaching and mentorship services

Networking and linkages with business service providers

Training needs assessment for conservation enterprises

Content or training material development in entrepreneurship and business management

Provision of entrepreneurship and business management trainings

Development of business cases and grant disbursement proposals

Delivery of trainer of trainers workshop for staff

Training needs assessment for smallholder fish farmers and groups

Content or training material development in business and fish management

Provision of business and fish management trainings

Delivery of fish farmers coaching sessions

Conducting project review meetings and peer learning events

Training needs assessment for Farmer based Organizations

Content or training material development

Delivery of trainer of trainers workshop for Trainer Coaches

Supervision and provision of business management trainings

Review of business plans for Farmer based Organizations through BDS Providers

Training needs assessment for farmer organizations

Content or training material development

Providing business management trainings

Facilitating development of business plans

Facilitating market linkages

UMODZI Consulting was contracted to deliver business management trainings and impart the SMEs with entrepreneurship skills

Facilitating market linkages for SMEs

UMODZI Consulting was engaged to build the capacity of SMEs in basic business management and facilitate the development of business plans

Facilitated registration of irrigation farming groups as cooperatives in Chikwawa and Nsanje.

UMODZI also facilitated market linkages for the registered cooperatives

Conducted business management trainings.

Developing business plans for cooperatives

UMODZI Consulting was engaged to build the capacity of the cassava farmer organisations in business planning and marketing

Coached and Mentored cooperatives for a period of 4 months

Conducting business planning training to farmer organisations

Developing business plans

UMODZI Consulting was engaged to conduct needs assessment of the women seed companies and then develop and deliver trainings in standard operating procedures of a business.

UMODZI Consulting was engaged to provide business management training to area mechanics and spare parts shops in Chikwawa and then developed business plans.

Developing business plans for area mechanics and spare parts shops

UMODZI Consulting was engaged by IRLADP to work with over 40 farmer-based organisations in Chikwawa, Nsanje, Phalombe, Blantyre, Nkhatabay and Rumphi

UMODZI Consulting carried out a quick assessment of the targeted FBOs highlighting capacity gaps and opportunities.

UMODZI Consulting developed training materials on the basis of gaps identified.

UMODZI Consulting facilitated business and financial management trainings

UMODZI Consulting facilitated the development of bankable Business Plans for all FBOs

UMODZI Consulting was engaged by the Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains project funded by USAID to facilitate the development of business plan for 10 farmer cooperatives in Mchinji and Lilongwe.

UMODZI Consulting consultants facilitated Business plan development workshops, capacity building training workshops in financial management, marketing, negotiations, leadership, conflict resolution

UMODZI also facilitated the registration of Milk Bulking Groups, Farmers Associations to cooperatives through providing expertise, linking the milk bulking groups to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

We also assisted in mentorship and coaching in the areas of financial management, farmer group registration, leadership and management. This aspect helped the cooperative and farmer organisations to be sustainable in their business activities.

UMODZI Consulting designed and conducted training in entrepreneurship, marketing and financial management for a group of fish farmers who received loans from AEM.

UMODZI Consulting then provided business coaching in financial management and records keeping by visiting the fish farmers to provide further advice depending on their individual needs in Blantyre, Thyolo and Zomba

Facilitated development of a Business Plan

UMODZI Consulting was engaged to train and profile farmers on Esoko platform, a Market Information Systems that helps to improve the agricultural value chain through dissemination of market information using mobile phones and also build Fair trade of farmers. UMODZI Consulting trained 27 rice farmer groups on Esoko in Salima and Nkhotakota.

UMODZI Consulting further assisted the farmers-based organisations along the value chains of Rice and Cassava on how they can work with the private business to enhance the supply chain. UMODZI Consulting developed business plan in production of HQCF and did feasibility studies for rice puffs and animal feeds from rice husks.

UMODZI Consulting facilitated business plan development and management workshop to players in cassava and rice value chains in Salima and Nkhotakota

UMODZI Consulting conducted series of workshops, (environmental scanning and strategy formulation workshops) to understand the performance of the association as well as the needs and expectations of the association and its members. This helped in the development of strategic plan

UMODZI Consulting developed training materials and conducted series of workshops in financial management, sales and marketing, action planning for members of Grain Traders Association of Malawi

UMODZI Consulting also facilitated business plan workshops to the members of Grain Traders Association in Lilongwe and Blantyre with a focus on financial management and record keeping, sales and marketing, business planning, leadership

UMODZI Consulting delivered a range of consultancy services to Business Group Scheme's clients. Some of the services UMODZI Consulting provided included, Business Plans, Mentorship and coaching, Marketing Plans, entrepreneurship skills development trainings, organisational review and feasibility studies

Some of the BUGS clients UMODZI Consulting worked with included: Donga Traders, Horizon Health Ltd, Kabula Industrial Safety Services Ltd, Mathepa Transport Ltd, Circles Enterprises Ltd, Nali Ltd, Sophar Private Schools etc.

Conducted a feasibility study for a groundnut processing and exporting business, and later on developed a Business plan for an organisation carrying out the business

Development of Business Plan, which included conducting feasibility study for commercial production and marketing of vaccines and other medicines used in animal farming.

Provision of business plan review, mentorship and coaching, and market and financing linkages to 42 agricultural cooperatives and associations in 6 districts across the country

Developing of Business Management Training Manual