Zambia’s US$11.2 bln budget, an agricultural stimulant
Zambia unveiled a K167 billion (US$11.2 billion) Friday, poised to jump-start the economy ravaged by climate change, debt and COVID-19 with focus to maximise...
Morocco secures €199M AfDB loan to boost cereal production
Morocco has received a loan of €199 million (MAD 2.1 billion) from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance the country’s Competitive and Resilient...
It is financing products that is sinking Landbank
Landbank proclaims that it is not its development clients that have landed it in trouble due to non-payment, but that it has already had...
Alvaro Lario, global finance executive, takes helm at UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAD President slated to expand climate action and mobilize private-sector investment in push to transform food systems and aid small-scale farmers
Development finance expert Alvaro...
Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria set for improvement
The Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria is set for improvement. Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Mission Nigeria, Gerald Smith, announced that the United States...
Vendease secures $30 million to transform procurement and business operations for restaurants across Africa
Vendease, a Y Combinator-backed digital platform that allows restaurants in Africa to buy supplies, access financial services and power their business operations, has raised...
ASSAPIN seeks for 60% agriculture funds earmarked for small-scale farmers
The Association of Small- Scale Agro Producers In Nigeria (ASSAPIN) has called on the federal and state governments to earmark at least 60% of...
‘Donors dangle US$55 million for Africa’s climate adaption’
AFRICA’s relentless effort to mop resources, adopt and become climate change resilient has received a fillip from cooperating partners with a pledge to provide...
The African Development Bank and the government support a financing agreement to develop agricultural...
Cameroon’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriel Mbairobe and the General Manager of the Commercial Bank of Cameroon, Léandre Djummo, have signed, on...
Madagascar: Yields increase for youth enterprises, thanks to an African Development Fund Project
Launched in 2016, the Young Rural Enterprises Project in the Central West of Madagascar has helped improve agricultural yields. Yields of rice and maize...