Agribusiness e-Academy

Welcome to the Agribusiness e-Academy!

You are entering the online learning academy of Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF).

We have prepared self-paced learning offers for you to foster your knowledge and skills on agronomy, entrepreneurship and economics needed for successful agribusiness. To this effect, we have combined internationally recognised tools and experience based on many development programmes over the last 12 years with innovative instruments for self-paced learning.

We hope you will enjoy your learning journey. Through the completion of knowledge tests, you can earn scores and certificates for each course. Your new skills will allow you to become a more successful entrepreneur or to improve the trainings on agribusiness that you provide to others.

For our offers in French, Spanish and Portuguese, please select the respective language in the upper right corner of our header picture.

We will continuously expand the Agribusiness e-Academy course offer and additional opportunities for agribusiness professionals. Please stay tuned and keep track of all news on LinkedIn and  Facebook!

If you are satisfied with your learning journey, please recommend the Agribusiness e-Academy to your fellows and partners. In case of questions regarding the content of the Agribusiness e-Academy, please contact us at ABF-eAcademy@giz.de.

We wish you an insightful learning journey and hope to welcome you as active member of the ABF network smile

ABF is a project of German Development Cooperation launched in 2020 and designed as a pan-African knowledge and advisory hub. Our interdisciplinary and international team of advisors is based in Germany, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and South Africa. Together with the GIZ project MOVE-ComCashew, ABF is implementing the Joint Action “Business Support Facility for Resilient Agricultural Value Chains”, a combined effort of the EU Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA), Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and German Government through the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).


Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness

Agriculture as a Business - Part 1


In this self-paced course, you as an extension officer, teacher, trainer, ministry staff or agripreneur will learn about farms as economic units and enterprises, management tools for planning, analysis, investment decision making, monitoring of your business, and when to apply which tool and how to use them in your own enterprise. It will take you about 1 - 3 hours to complete on session of this
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Agriculture as a Business - Part 2: Deep Dive


In this self-paced course, you as an extension officer, teacher, trainer, ministry staff or agripreneur will learn about farms as economic units and enterprises, management tools for planning, analysis, investment decision making, monitoring of your business, and when to apply which tool and how to use them in your own enterprise. It will take you about 1 - 3 hours to complete on session of this
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Business Model Canvas for Agribusinesses

In this 2-3 hour self-paced course, you, as a (future) agripreneur in the primary, secondary or tertiary sector will learn about a tool to analyse and improve your future or existing agribusiness.Who is this course for?This course is intended for (future) Agripreneurs, in the primary, secondary or tertiary sector that want to develop their business further, as well as for ATVET graduates and
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Value Chains in a Nutshell

In this 3 to 3.5 hour self-paced course, you, as an extension officer, teacher, trainer, ministry staff, or agripreneur will learn about how your business is connected to markets along the value chain, how value is added to agricultural products and how to identify important business opportunities for improving your profits. Who is this course for? This course is intended for extension officer,...
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FBSInnova: Getting started

In this 45 minutes self-paced course, you will learn how to use the smartphone application FBSInnova and what it offers to you. This will help you to succeed in farming as a business.
Who is this course for?This course is intended for agripreneurs / farmers, trainers, teachers and extension agents. What will you learn?You will be able to understand and navigate the smartphone application...
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Courses on GAP & nutrition

Maize - Good agricultural practices

In this self-study course, you will learn about how to produce quality maize and increase your income. You will get to know the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and how to store the yield correctly. 

Who is the course for?
Micro, small and medium sized agricultural entrepreneurs who grow Maize or want to start growing Maize.  Also for agribusiness trainers, professionals and
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Cassava - Good Agricultural Practices

In this self-study course, you will learn how to produce quality cassava and thereby increase your income. You will get to know the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and how to store the yield correctly. It will take about 30 to 60 minutes of your time and you will receive a certificate. This is a course of the Agribusiness e-Academy developed by Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)!
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Cocoa - Good Agricultural Practices

In this self-study course, you as micro, small or medium-sized agricultural entrepreneur will learn how to produce quality cocoa and thereby increase your income. It will take you about 30 to 60 minutes to complete this course and you will earn a PDF certificate once you successfully completed all modules. This is a course of the Agribusiness e-Academy developed by Agri-Business Facility for
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Safe use of pesticides

In this self-study course, you will learn how to use pesticides safely.  It will take about 30 to 60 minutes of your time and you will receive an PDF certificate. This is a course of the Agribusiness e-Academy developed by Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)! 
Who is this course for?
Micro, small and medium sized agricultural entrepreneurs. Also for agribusiness trainers,
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Healthy nutrition

In this self-study course, you will gain knowledge on the importance of healthy nutrition. You will be introduced to the different type of food that is necessary for a good and balanced nutrition. It will take about 30 minutes of your time and you will receive a certificate. This is a course of the Agribusiness e-Academy developed by Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)!

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Market access

Organic Certification under the SADC EU-Economic Partnership Agreement

In this self-paced course,  you will learn to understand and utilize the potential of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU. The course will focus on Organic Certification.In June 2016, the six SADC states Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The EPAs are a set of trade agreements
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