Author: Fairtrade Africa
![Felix Ouma, a member of the Fairtrade Africa Premium Alumni Association (FAPAA) at his campus- Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri, Kenya where he is undertaking his degree in Mechatronics Engineering.](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Felix-Ouma-banner-Credit-Fairtrade-Africa-768x384.jpg)
Felix Ouma: dreams fulfilled and plans for the future
When Felix Ouma graduates from university next year he will have completed a nine-year journey with Fairtrade that began in 2014
![Two farmers face each other with arm raised in a wave gesture. They are holding bananas and cocoa pods with plants in the background (illustration)](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Climate-Justice-for-Farmers-Fairtrade-2-1-768x384.jpg)
How well did the G7 do? Fairtrade Africa responds
How well did the G7 do – and what do we still need to fight for
![Anne Abuke portrait](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Anne-Abuke-1-768x512.jpeg)
International women’s day 2021: growing change on flower farms
This International Women’s Day we shine a spotlight on the rights won and the challenges still faced by women working…
![Rickety wooden structure used by vanilla farmers in Madagascar](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wooden-structure-Madagascar.jpg)
Why there’s nothing vanilla about vanilla farming
by Fairtrade Africa. What has this picture got to do with ice cream?. You wouldn’t imagine it would you
![Evalyne Nyawira with her coffee bush](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Evalyne-Nyawira-Story-box-768x512.jpg)
Four Heartbreaks and then coffee
Marriages end all the time, yes, but for me, it wasn’t just a marriage that ended, it was a process, a big happily-ever-after plan that had ended. Like many who had attained university education, I had migrated to the city of lights from a little village called Kamutira in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.