Poland loans Tanzania US $10m in support of Dar’s Agriculture and Water Sectors
Poland has offered Tanzania US $10m in loans to support Dar es Salaam’s Agriculture and Water sectors. The funds will also be accompanied with...
Kenya sugarcane farmers to be paid US $25m from outstanding debts
Kenya sugarcane farmers are to be paid US $25m from outstanding debts. This is following an order by President Uhuru to both the Ministry...
IDA, Sierra Leone sign US $10m Agro-Business Financing Agreement
The International Development Association (IDA) and the government of Sierra Leone hacve signed a US $10m Agro-Business Financing Agreement for the Sierra Leone agro-processing...
USA’s CCI partners with YOTSI to set up US $25m farm in Nigeria
Cade Creek International (CCI) a company from the United States of America has partnered with Youth Off The Streets Initiatives (YOTSI) is looking to...
Kenyan maize farmers to get US $13m as payment for maize delivered to NCPB
Kenyan Maize farmers are to receive US $13m as for deliveries made to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). This is between the...
IFAD and the Lab launch new partnership to drive finance to African smallholder farmers...
Today, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) and the International Fund for...
GIC to launch US $4m agricultural finance scheme in Nigeria
The German International Cooperation (GIC) is looking to launch a new agriculture financing of approximately US $4m to aid smallholder farmers in Nigeria by...
GroCapital Holdings Limited acquires Bank of Athens
GroCapital Holdings Limited (“GroCapital Holdings”) is pleased to announce that it has obtained all regulatory approvals for the acquisition of the South African Bank...
NCPB facing difficulties in selling imported maize
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is currently struggling to sell imported maize. The maize in question was imported under the subsidy program...
GDP shocker, and a further drop in agriculture output
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business
South Africa : Following a stellar performance in 2017, South Africa’s agriculture output shrank by...