Africa’s growing egg market hatches untapped benefits
Three companies that are part of the Zero Hunger Pledge appeared in a Forbes article about the potential of poultry to feed and empower local communities.
"The high-pitched voices of babies and young children fill the air like music across the wide expanse of Mukinga field in Rwanda’s Musanze district. Under a vibrant canopy of colorful umbrellas, dozens of parents— mostly mothers— gather to escape the blazing afternoon sun. Their children, gathered in nearby tents, are being served eggs as part of an initiative to address the region's ongoing malnutrition crisis. This simple yet vital meal offers hope for a healthier future for the community’s youngest members.
“I don’t know why, compared to other children the same age, my child doesn’t gain weight,” laments one mother in the local language of Kinyarwanda. “Whenever I get money, I try to get him all I can afford.”
A selection of vulnerable families who have expressed similar concerns for their children are provided with thirty eggs each— part of the “One Egg Per Child Every Day” nutrition drive, designed by the Heza Egg Hub."