Rethinking Aid in Rural Tanzania: How Monthly Micro-Savings Transform Lives
For years, US agencies involved in foreign aid advocated “localization.” This means relying on local people, organizations and communities to provide the kind of...
New Era for Beta Bugs: £800,000 Raised to Lead Commercial Expansion
Beta Bugs strengthens its position, with backing from existing investorsBeta Bugs Ltd., a leader in Black Soldier Fly (BSF) genetics, today announced that...
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 accessNCBA has reaffirmed its commitment to...
Africa’s farmers are not unbankable, our financial systems are data-blind.
By Abraham Nyabera, Co-founder, FarmFuzionAfrica’s farmers power one of the continent’s most important industries, yet remain among its least adequately financed participants. Agriculture contributes...
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 CommercialSouth Africa’s headline inflation accelerated by 0.5 percentage points from May to 5.0% year-on-year (y/y) in June...
Sudan launches SDG3 trillion farm financing consortium to support summer cropping season
Sudan's Finance Minister Gebreil Ibrahim (right) and Central Bank Governor Amna Mirghani attend a meeting in Khartoum on July 9, 2026, to launch a...
Côte d’Ivoire secures $50 million climate finance package to support smallholder farmers
Côte d’Ivoire has secured a US$50 million climate finance package from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help thousands of smallholder farmers adapt to...
$7 Billion Dangote Fertiliser Expansion Gets AFC Backing to Secure Africa’s Food Future
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) , the continent's infrastructure solutions provider, is helping drive a US$7 billion fertiliser expansion programme by Dangote Group designed to triple...
How AI is rewriting the rules for smallholder lending
Before sunrise, across small plots of land stretching from the temperate rural heartlands of Southern Africa to the tropical landscapes of East and West...
Agriculture, financial services sustain South Africa’s economic growth momentum in 1Q26
By Thanda Sithole, FNB & WesBank Senior EconomistSouth Africa’s economy delivered a stronger-than-expected performance in the first quarter of 2026, with agriculture and financial...