Gambia, Japan ink food aid agreement
The government of Gambia and Japan have sealed a food aid agreement. The government of Japan allocated about 125 million Gambian Dalasis dedicated to...
Israel eyes Ghana’s local agriculture production
Israel is eyeing Ghana’s local production, expressing readiness to partner with indigenous companies for augmentation.Ms Ayelet Levin Karp, the outgoing Head of Trade and...
African Development Bank extends €121 million food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a €121 million loan to Senegal for implementation of an emergency agricultural programme that will...
Niger farmers to benefit N78.4m wet season inputs
Niger farmers are set to benefit from inputs support worth N78.4 million from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP).Dr...
IFAD chooses its top finance executive, Alvaro Lario, as next president to lead response...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today appointed its top finance executive, Alvaro Lario, to be its next president, choosing a champion of...
KubeKo assisting smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire
One of the challenges farmers in Africa face is massive losses of produce since farmers in Africa frequently have to use primitive transportation methods...
More than 250,000 rural Brazilian families overcame poverty in 2016-2022 thanks to IFAD support
Projects funded by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) helped around 257,000 rural families to overcome poverty in Brazil from 2016 to...
World Bank earmarks US $500M for Egypt’s agriculture sector
The World Bank has approved a loan US $500 million to aid Egypt’s efforts in improving resilience in agriculture sector.The loans will see the...
USAID launches US$30m TradeBoost programme in Zambia
USAID administrator Samantha Power on Wednesday launched a US$30 million, called TradeBoost Zambia, which will advance the US government’s Prosper Africa and Feed the...
Former Mastercard vice president joins Klasha as new chief commercial officer
Klasha Inc, a San Francisco and Lagos-based technology company transforming cross-border African commerce, announces the appointment of Nile Younis as Chief Commercial Officer.Nile will...