Avenews recognized for bridging Kenya’s agricultural financing gap
Avenews, an Agri-trade fintech company transforming Kenya’s agricultural sector, has been recognized as the Leading Fintech in Agri Trade Financing
The award celebrates Avenews’ pivotal...
How Technology and Finance Can Unlock Africa’s Agricultural Potential
By Humphrey Nxumalo, Head of Programmes, Solidaridad Southern Africa
Across Africa, smallholder farmers sit at the heart of the continent’s food systems, yet many remain...
Swedfund invests USD 10 million to support MSME lending in East and Southern Africa
Swedfund, Sweden’s development finance institution, has signed a USD 10 million loan to Platcorp Holdings Limited to support lending to micro, small, and medium-sized...
Opportunity International Agriculture Finance Programming Celebrates $500 Million Invested in Smallholder Agriculture in Sub...
Opportunity International, a global leader dedicated to mobilizing capital for those living in extreme poverty and advancing economic and community development, has achieved a...
AGRA and FAO Launch US$580,000 Initiative to Transform South Sudan’s Seed Sector
Pan African agricultural development agency AGRA, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, today launched a US$580,000 program...
Loopworm Raises $3.25M Pre-Series A to Commercialize Breakthrough Recombinant Protein Production Technology
Advanced silkworm bio-factory set to disrupt protein production systems through its novel technology
Loopworm, an Indian (Bangalore-based) biomanufacturing company developing insect-derived proteins, today announced the close...
New IFAD-supported US$126.8 million project to boost food security, incomes and resilience for over...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Kenya signed a US$ 126.8 million investment project that will assist over two...
Equitable access to land is key to investing in rural development, fighting hunger and...
If the tenure of their productive lands is guaranteed, the rural population can play a decisive role as a driver of transformation of agri-food...
Tariffs, tensions and tough choices: How Ag OEMs can win
With trade protectionism on the rise, doing business across borders just got a lot more complicated. With so many variables at play simultaneously, Game...
At UN Ocean Conference, IFAD advocates to boost innovative finance for coastal communities to...
Governments, multilateral organizations and private sector actors must urgently scale-up innovative ways to drive finance to small-scale fishermen and coastal communities to boost the...