Across Africa, women contribute up to 70% of agricultural work, yet they earn significantly less.

Fortunately, there are a large number of influential organisations working hard to rectify this, including UN Women and Farm Africa. Changing this gender disparity is a cause we at Moyee are deeply committed to. A key focus of our FairChain approach, where we are striving to provide living incomes for female workers.

Across our supply chains in Ethiopia and Kenya, women now make up over 55% of our roasting and wet mill teams. Women also make up just under 39% of the farmers we have trained in regenerative agriculture practices through our programs. We continue to expand access to mobile technology (for digital payments and farmer ID), co-fund daycare centers like the one launched on our Mizan farm in 2024, and support women’s cooperatives with income-generating activities like gooseberry farming and compost production.

This is not a reaction but a mission. 

Just as FairChain aspires to share 50% of the value of every cup of coffee with our local supply chains, so too are we dedicated helping women to become 50% of our workforce. 

For more information on gender equality read The United Nations Generation Equality Accountability Report 2024 at: https://africa.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2024/11/generation-equality-accountability-report-2024