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Botswana agripreneur turns rural roots into regional recognition

June 9, 2026

Kemo Begani tends to seedlings at her Spring Blossom operation in Kauxwi, Okavango District, where she has built a climate-smart farming enterprise that serves rural communities across Botswana.

A young entrepreneur from Kauxwi in Botswana’s Okavango District is making her mark across Southern Africa through sustainable agriculture, with her work earning international recognition from the United States, the United Nations, and regional bodies.

Sliced tomatoes laid out to dry at Spring Blossom Pty Ltd's facility in Kauxwi, Okavango District. The dried vegetable range produced by founder Kemo Begani — Sliced tomatoes laid out to dry at Spring Blossom Pty Ltd’s facility in Kauxwi, Okavango District. The dried vegetable range produced by founder Kemo Begani

Kemo Begani, founder of Spring Blossom Pty Ltd, was spotlighted this week by Botswana’s Ministry of Youth and Gender Affairs in its Entrepreneurs Monday feature, a regular series celebrating homegrown business talent.

Begani has built her enterprise around climate-smart farming while channelling her work toward empowering youth, women, and rural communities across the region.

Kemo Begani with a fresh harvest of peppers at her Spring Blossom farm in Kauxwi. The entrepreneur has dedicated her work to promoting sustainable agriculture and empowering youth and women in rural communities.

Her achievements include winning the 2025 Women in Tech Innovation Award and completing the Ignite: African Women in Agribusiness Fellowship. She was selected by SADC for Food Handling and Food Safety training in Mozambique and was part of a Government of Botswana benchmarking mission to Bangladesh. She also received a solar system from the American Embassy to support green farming practices and benefited from the Chemachema Scheme.

Kemo Begani at the BIASHARA AFRIKA trade fair in Lomé, Togo, where she exhibited Spring Blossom's dried products with sponsorship from UNDP Botswana. The event, organised under the African Continental Free Trade Framework, brought together entrepreneurs from across the continent. — Kemo Begani at the BIASHARA AFRIKA trade fair in Lomé, Togo, where she exhibited Spring Blossom’s dried products with sponsorship from UNDP Botswana. The event, organised under the African Continental Free Trade Framework, brought together entrepreneurs from across the continent.

Begani attended the BIASHARA AFRIKA trade fair organised by the African Continental Free Trade Framework in Lomé, Togo, where she exhibited her dried products with sponsorship from UNDP Botswana. She has also received a certificate of attendance in Climate Smart Agriculture through a joint MYGA and UN Women programme and completed training through EnterprenHER, formerly known as AWOME.

She is a member of the Botswana Horticulture Council, the Women Rural Assembly Zimbabwe, and Mulimi Zambia.

Kemo Begani displays her dried tomato products, part of a product line that was recently showcased at a UN Women South-South Exhibition. The range is among several innovations that earned her the 2025 Women in Tech Innovation Award.

Her most recent venture is a dried vegetable product line, which was showcased at a UN Women South-South Exhibition.

Beyond her business interests, Begani serves as Chairperson of Phomolong OVC, an organisation supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Shakawe, and regularly donates fresh produce to local schools.