Kenya

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Tax Accounting Lead

Kenya Rwanda Professionals

We are seeking a Senior Tax Specialist to join our Finance Division. You will work with the wider finance team and country program teams to ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations .

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Internal Audit Manager

Kenya Rwanda Professionals

Seeking an exceptional audit professional for managing and executing audits related to inventory controls, system processes, and overall business operations.

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Agroforestry Manager

Burundi Kenya Malawi Nigeria Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Zambia Professionals

The Agroforestry Manager will support a dedicated international agroforestry team and ten embedded agroforestry teams - one in each country program - and will report to the Agroforestry Director

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People & Internal Communications Manager

Kenya Rwanda Professionals

Seeking a highly skilled people/internal communications professional to drive a transformation of our people engagement experience including leading the continuous review, design/redesign, streamlining, or integration of internal communications channels.

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Growing resilience: Farmers lead the way in Kenya and Rwanda

Picture a farmer in Kenya sowing seeds of managu, an indigenous leafy green packed with nutrients her children need to thrive. Or a farmer in Rwanda planting cover crops to enrich her soil and protect against erosion. These small acts of resilience are happening against a backdrop of enormous challenges like degraded soils, and rising food insecurity.

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How the science of soil testing translates into farmer impact

Oliver Shibonje, a retired geography and music teacher from Kenya's Kakamega County, has traded in his chalk and classroom for the open fields, embracing full-time farming with a focus on maize, vegetables, and sugarcane.

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Tupande Human-Centered Design Lead (Fixed-term)

Kenya Professionals

Seeking an exceptional and experienced Lead to drive user-centered innovation, ensuring products and experiences align with customer needs. They will oversee the research and design lifecycle to deliver insights shaping Tupande's strategy and impact.

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More Than A Tree: How trees are changing Esther’s future

On most days, you will find Esther Wangari tending to her farm, located deep in the heart of Kirinyaga County, in Kenya’s central highlands. Bordering her maize and beans fields, Esther’s latest passion – tree planting – thrives. For this Kenyan smallholder farmer, her new venture is more than just about planting trees; it is also about her livelihood and securing her family’s future.

Publication

Maize Urea vs. CAN Trial

This report shares the results of a trial in Kenya to test the maize yield effect of urea compared to CAN. A secondary objective of the trial was to measure the soil acidity level effect of the different top dress options.

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Blast resistant finger millet trial

Through it's research station in Kenya, One Acre Fund conducted agricultural trials to search for better performing and more blast resistant varieties of finger millet.

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Investing in a new generation of farming entrepreneurs

Our Executive Director, Andrew Youn, shares his vision on why investing in young farmers is key to addressing the challenges we face in agriculture today – from sustainably feeding the world’s growing population to finding lasting solutions to resilient, profitable agriculture.

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Doorstep delivery: How're we're reaching farmers in new ways

At One Acre Fund, we specialize in last-mile delivery, distributing agricultural supplies within walking distance of some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s hardest-to-reach places. And in 2022, we set up our first-ever Home Delivery Unit in Kenya.

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Women in Senior Leadership: Why it Matters

Michelle, our Global Director for Government Relations and Policy, talks about her career, her journey to the top, the hurdles she’s overcome along the way, and why she thinks “good girls” can get the figurative corner office.

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A Day in the Life of a Recruiter

Here, Emilie Umuhire, Kennedy Kimiti and Olivier Irakoze speak about their experiences working in our Global Recruitment team.

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In My Own Words: Nadia Onsando

Nadia Onsando is a Human Resource Senior Specialist at One Acre Fund. She speaks about her journey to the organization, the scale and impact of our work, and the value of inclusive organizational culture.

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Evolving our Enrolment to Serve More Farmers in Kenya

When Sally, a Marketing Strategist, joined our Kenya program in 2011, we were serving 28,000 farmers. Today, that number has grown to nearly half a million. She tells the story of how our enrolment process has evolved in this time.

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In My Own Words: Atieno Cheplemindet

Atieno, a Senior Strategy Associate, describes her job as empowering teams to design systems that address stakeholders’ needs in the fastest, best way possible.