Beyond Participation: Women’s Economic Empowerment in African Agriculture
With equitable access to productive assets, finance, knowledge, technology and markets, women can produce more, build stronger businesses, create employment and contribute more effectively...
FNB backs women in agriculture with an accessible funding solution for sustainable business growth
Zanele Mabelane, Product Portfolio Head at FNB CommercialAs South Africa’s agricultural sector gathers at NAMPO Cape, the focus on the future of farming provides...
From Farm Records to Credit: Making African Agriculture Bankable
BY : Christopher Burke Senior Advisor, WMC AfricaA farmer may have delivered cocoa, maize, coffee or milk to the same buyer for years. A...
Equity Group and IFAD Roll Out $200M Plan to Get Climate Finance to East...
Twelve-year blended finance mechanism to reach 260,000 smallholder producers and 500 rural enterprises across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, with Equity Group matching concessional...
Bank of Kigali, IFAD Unlock $12 Million for Rwanda’s Smallholder Farmers
The International Fund for Agricultural Development, Bank of Kigali and Aceli Africa announced today that they are partnering to strengthen agricultural financing in Rwanda...
Farmers Face Fresh Cost Squeeze as Diesel Prices Climb 50%
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB CommercialSouth Africa’s sharp September fuel-price increase has arrived at a sensitive time for agriculture, just weeks before...
East Africa Pushes to Turn Agrifood Opportunities into Bankable Investments
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called on agrifood investment stakeholders to take decisive action to turn Eastern Africa’s...
World Bank approves US$60m to boost congo’s poultry and aquaculture sectors
The World Bank Group has approved US$60 million to strengthen poultry and aquaculture value chains in the Republic of Congo, in a move aimed...
Rwanda to Host Milestone 20th Africa Food Systems Forum 2026
E Paul Kagame to lead African presidents, prime ministers and global leaders in discussing investment and delivery.
More than 5,000 people from 50+...
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...