Celebrating 25 Years of Driving Africa’s Development
AUDA-NEPAD marks a quarter-century of connecting communities, strengthening economies and improving lives across Africa
The African Union Development Agency – NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) officially launched its...
Grain SA champions financing, market expansion, and value-chain solutions at NAMPO 2026
Grain SA used the second day of the NAMPO Harvest Day 2026 to intensify discussions with government and financial institutions around the urgent financial...
Syngenta celebrates 25 harvests of partnership and innovation
Despite real challenges facing agriculture, the "extraordinary" strength, ingenuity and resilience of South African farmers create optimism and belief that the best of South...
Insurance models must connect the dots to fit a new agricultural world
Andries Wiese - Head of Agri - Hollard Insure
The 58th NAMPO Harvest Day agricultural exhibition will be held at Bothaville, Free State, from May...
New pilot supports youth-owned micro-farms to fight unemployment and food insecurity
South Africa is grappling with two interconnected challenges: persistently high youth unemployment and declining local food production. A new pilot is testing whether both...
Kenya unlocks private capital for smallholder farmers with KES 276m agri-securitisation deal
Kaleidofin, IDH Farmfit Fund and Apollo Agriculture announce landmark local currency transaction to strengthen smallholder farmer finance in Kenya
Fintech platform, Kaleidofin , has closed...
Bayer and bp to scale camelina as intermediate biofuel crop
Bayer and bp today announced that they have entered a long-term strategic alliance to jointly scale the crop camelina, under the brand name newgold™....
A further fuel hike, though modest still threatens agriculture profitability
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
Although much slower than the April hike of just over R7/l for two grades of diesel (50ppm...
Agricultural Machinery Market Shows Growth Despite Economic Pressures
In the first quarter of the year, sales of tractors (+2.7%), combine harvesters (+65%) and telescopic handlers (+46%) rose, whilst sales of trailers fell...
Bayer teams up with UN migration agency to fight hunger
Bayer is pleased to announce the delivery of high-quality vegetable and corn seed to communities in Africa and Ukraine as part of an ongoing...