Nuru Named Business Fights Poverty Impact Partner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2026

Contact: Casey Harrison | info@iamnuru.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nuru is proud to announce its selection as an Impact Partner of Business Fights Poverty, a global business-led collaboration network working to advance cross-sector solutions to poverty and inequality. The partnership strengthens Nuru’s commitment to catalyzing climate-smart, market-driven approaches that equip rural communities to move beyond vulnerability and toward long-term stability.

Nuru Nigeria cooperative members at training event, 2024

Strengthening rural economies to disrupt cycles of extreme poverty requires more than standalone interventions. It demands coordinated action across business, civil society, and local leadership. As an Impact Partner, Nuru will elevate local insights from rural African communities to expand global conversations on inclusive growth, resilient supply chains, and scalable market systems development.

“Rural resilience is rooted in viable businesses. At Nuru, we work alongside farmers and pastoralists, cooperative agribusinesses, and local leaders to strengthen regenerative agriculture, build durable market systems, and expand opportunities where economic exclusion and climate risk intersect. Partnering with Business Fights Poverty allows us to bring that lived experience into global dialogues and unlock new avenues for investment and innovation that truly sustain livelihoods over the long term.” –Casey Harrison, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nuru

As a Business Fights Poverty impact partner, Nuru is pleased to learn from peers and share lessons learned from its 18 years of experience in rural African communities in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, and Nigeria. Nuru is a firm believer in the power of local businesses to transform rural economies, as it equips rural farmers and pastoralists to sustainably increase their yields and incomes, while building their resilience through member-owned agribusinesses. Nuru’s approach to agribusiness professionalization is ISO 18716-aligned, ensuring that Nuru-supported agribusinesses are built on international best practices in order to be sustainable, commercially viable, and trusted partners in agricultural value chains.

Kenyan farmers pose for a photo with tutors after Nuru-supported training at the National Beekeeping Institute, 2025

Through Business Fights Poverty, Nuru will engage in curated peer learning, thought leadership dialogues, and collaborative initiatives that align private-sector innovation with community-led development. Nuru is proud to join an alliance that reflects a shared belief that business plays a critical role in fostering equitable growth and advancing sustainable, locally-rooted prosperity.

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About Nuru

Nuru is a global collective committed to enabling inclusive and sustainable prosperity in marginalized rural communities. By identifying communities at stability tipping points, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilising connections that repair social fabric, Nuru equips local leaders and farmers to break cycles of extreme poverty. The Nuru Collective has positively impacted over 456,000 people through locally-led organisations in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, and Nigeria through climate-smart agribusiness and community resilience solutions.