African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks, institutions pledge US$17 billion...
Akinde Lorluuma, a rice farmer in Nigeria, is delighted by electronic payments via Mobile Banking at the point of purchase |...
Generation Africa launches the 3rd Annual US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition
ACCRA, Ghana, April 26, 2021/ -- Returning for its third year, the ground-breaking US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition (http://GoGettaz.africa) continues to inspire...
AgDevCo Announces USD 3.0m Follow-On Investment Into East Africa Poultry Company, Uzima Chicken Ltd
AgDevCo is pleased to announce a USD 3.0 million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a poultry company operating in Rwanda and Uganda.
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe earn US $8.9m at the beginning of 2021 marketing season
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe have earned US $8.9m in the first three days of the 2021 tobacco marketing season after selling 3.7m...
Family Bank to disburse approximately US $5m for agribusiness across 17 counties in Kenya
Family Bank has committed to disburse loans worth approximately US $5m to agribusinesses across selected 17 counties in Kenya over the next...
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share platform provides over 1 million meals for food relief, targets...
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share initiative in South Africa, which matches requests for food relief to suppliers with good quality excess fresh produce,...
Further strong GDP growth for agriculture in the 4th quarter of 2020
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-BusinessSouth Africa- The latest Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) GDP...
Cultivate Africa’s Future initiative empowers women farmers with access to finance
Female fish entrepreneurs in MalawiSince the onset of COVID-19, existing inequalities have been further exacerbated, as already...
CNH Industrial completes minority investment in Monarch Tractor
CNH Industrial announced today that it has completed its minority investment in Monarch Tractor, a US-based agricultural technology company, which will assist...
Zimbabwe’s Voedsel targets US $75m in tobacco sales
Voedsel is targeting to rake in US$75m from tobacco sales. The projections have been informed by the good rains received in various...