NCBA Strengthens Trade Solutions for Kenya Amid Rising Export Demand
Forum brings together government, exporters and industry partners to strengthen Kenya's export ecosystem through financing, partnerships and market access
NCBA has reaffirmed its commitment to...
SADC Leaders Meet in 2026 to Accelerate Resilient, Sustainable Food Systems
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 5th August 2026, As South Africa assumes the Chairship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and hosts the 2026 SADC...
Labour-market weakness raises questions over household resilience
The labour market weakened further in 2Q26, reinforcing the view that household spending power remains constrained. South Africa’s official unemployment rate increased to 33.6%...
Cutting Out the Middleman: Madagascan Vanilla Family Finds European Market on Temu
For African producers, the distance between growing a world-class product and selling it directly to global consumers has always been the hard part. Malagasy...
AU and partners launch continental index to gauge youth empowerment in African agrifood
The new Youth in Agrifood Systems Performance Index (YAPI) will help African governments measure whether young people have the skills, opportunities, financing, and policy...
Chinese importer backs South African apples with landmark billboard campaign
In a country that produces more apples and pears than any other in the world, standing out requires more than simply supplying quality fruit....
Africa’s farmers are not unbankable, our financial systems are data-blind.
By Abraham Nyabera, Co-founder, FarmFuzion
Africa’s farmers power one of the continent’s most important industries, yet remain among its least adequately financed participants. Agriculture contributes...
The Invisible Infrastructure of Rural Morocco: Why Investing in Agriculture is Investing in Public...
By Carter Covington, Marrakech, Morocco
Throughout my time at the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), I kept noticing what I've come to think of as the...
Steady interest rates ease pressure on South African agribusinesses
The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision to keep interest rates unchanged has provided welcome relief for the country's agricultural sector,...
Record harvest knocks food inflation to a 15.5-year low of 1.4% y/y in June...
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
South Africa’s headline inflation accelerated by 0.5 percentage points from May to 5.0% year-on-year (y/y) in June...