‘Having the right people on the ground who really understand the sector is probably the single most important thing; it's more important than money.’
Why did a UK foundation buy two tea processing factories in Rwanda? The UK-based Gatsby Charitable Foundation is one of a handful of foundations mentioned in Monitor Deloitte’s Beyond the Pioneer report as carrying out a role as a market facilitator. How did they come to do this, Caroline Hartnell asked Gatsby’s executive director of Africa Programmes, Justin Highstead.