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VALUE4HERConnect creates an avenue through which women agripreneurs and those who support them and seek to do business with them can easily reach out to one another, share and access strategic resources and services, as well as to offer and pursue opportunities for business and trade. It serves as an important business development and capacity development resource for members of the multifaceted community.

VALUE4HERConnect provides valuable market information related to market access and domestic, cross-border and international business expansion, and is meant to serve as a first point of call for women who desire to business and trade information on African and global agricultural markets, available sources of finance, investment and joint-venture opportunities, improved equipment and technologies, and practical training and capacity development resources.

Key aspects of platform include the provision of:
1.\tWomen2Women Community: a feature that allows women to chat, interact, trade and share information with one another;
2.\tMarket Information: This includes, but is not limited to: country profiles (including trade policies and regulations), buyer and supplier information, commodity prices, market entry requirements (including standards/certification), branding, labelling, etc.;
3.\tFinance Resources: Information on agribusiness focused financiers, including: banks, investment funds, development finance institutions, impact investors, crowdfunding, etc.
4.\tCapacity Building Resources: Human capital development resources, including: online and off-line training and educational programs; webinars; skills development consultancies and incubators/ accelerators.

In addition, VALUE4HERConnect also includes information about agribusiness events, exhibitions and conferences on the continent and internationally, and offers selected publications and blogs that are intended to provide useful information about developments in the African agribusiness ecosystem that would be of relevance and interest to women stakeholders and those who support women in agribusiness.