Government body buys rice worth US $2.8m from farmers in Mwea, Kenya
The Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) has bought rice worth US $2.8m from farmers in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, following the presidential directive...
Food Security: €188m African Development Bank loan to boost COVID-19 response
The loan will extend
additional resources to Kenya as the country takes steps to contain the spread
of the pandemic and deal with...
AfDB’s TAAT program targets 40m farmers across Africa in the next five years
The African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program (TAAT) is set to reach 40m farmers across Africa in the...
ITFC: Africa’s Trade Solutions Championing Partner in Agricultural Development
General Manager for Trade and Development, Nasser M. Al-Thekair. Mr. Al-ThekairThe International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation...
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation releases 2019 Annual Development Effectiveness Report
Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO, ITFCThe International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) , member of...
IFAD makes landmark investment in impact fund helping rural SMEs
In a continuation of its efforts to help small-scale farmers and
micro-, small and medium size rural enterprises in developing countries create
jobs and...
World Bank disburses US$ 14m for coffee revitalization plan in Kenya
The World Bank is set to fund a US$ 14m concessional
loan for a coffee revitalization plan in Kenya. The Ministry of Agriculture...
UN Goodwill Ambassadors Idris and Sabrina Elba launch appeal for IFAD’s $200 million coronavirus...
British actor Idris Elba
(L) and his wife, actress and model, Sabrina Dhowre Elba
(M), both IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors for the UN rural
poverty agency IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural
Development) speak with a...
Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems
By : Atsuko Toda and Martin FregeneWe are facing great uncertainty on the
African continent. The global spread of...
Covid-19: Professional bodies team up to feed vulnerable South Africans
Heeding President Ramaphosa’s call for a united response to the Covid-19
crisis, fifteen professional bodies from the finance industry are putting their
weight behind...