ITFC recognized as Best Islamic Financier at the International Trade Finance Global Trade Awards...
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) , a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has been named ‘Best Islamic...
A rate cut, downside inflation outlook and supportive rand boost agriculture rebound
In the midst
of a recessionary domestic economy, favourable inflation outlook and lower oil
prices, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) got room to...
Open call for innovators to apply for Ag innovation challenge launched by the world...
The World Bank Ag Observatory supported by Draper University has opened the application period for the three challenges to support agriculture and...
Sudan: African Development Bank signs first private sector loan, DAL Group to receive up...
The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with DAL Group, one of Sudan’s largest conglomerates, for the provision of up...
“You have been in the trenches with us,” Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia tells...
The African Development Bank’s support for the west African nation Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy, the country’s...
Commentary on Agriculture :Budget Speech
Dawie Maree, Head of Information and Marketing at FNB Agriculture ,Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agriculture
IFAD to provide US$43 million to boost aquaculture in Mozambique
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced support for a new project to reduce poverty and increase production and incomes...
Agribusinesses to shift from importing to self sufficiency
In November 2019, the African Agri Council (AAC) held the fourth edition of the African Agri Investment Indaba (AAII), hosted by the South African...
GCB Bank invests US $66m in Ghana’s agricultural sector
GCB Bank has invested approximately US $66m in Ghana’s agricultural sector. Of the total amount, US $65m was channelled into the cocoa industry in...
Ethiopia and IFAD to increase access to financial services in rural areas threatened by...
A new US$305.7 million programme will help more than 13 million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable farmers to increase and diversify their incomes, access financial...