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...
Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA) aims to contribute to poverty alleviation and to...
The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help...
The World Is Abundant – Success Is The Result of Cooperation Between Stakeholders
Last week we discussed how farmers could increase their profits by hundreds and even thousands of percentages in just 1 or 2 years, and...
African Development Fund (ADF-15) replenishment: Donors commit $7.6 billion, a 32% boost from last...
Donors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday agreed to commit $7.6 billion to speed up growth in Africa’s poorest nations and help...
Sierra Leone and IFAD to strengthen partnerships, agricultural value chains and rural finance
The Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sierra Leone are holding a half-day workshop...
ICIPE, Mastercard launch US $55m initiative in Ethiopia for MOYESH project
The International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and Ethiopia Jobs Creation Commission (JCC), have launched a...
AGCO, Equity Kenya sign deal to finance the latter’s customers for agricultural equipment
US- based agrarian equipment manufacturer AGCO and Kenya’s Equity Bank have signed a deal that will see the latter provide up to 80% financing...
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and OCP Africa unite for the strategic...
ITFC CEO Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol and CEO OCP Africa Mr. Karim Lotfi Senhadji sign MOU to improve agriculture in Africa
The International Islamic Trade...
Opportunities in African Food and Agriculture
It is widely acknowledged that agribusiness is the key to transforming African economies - it was certainly the core message at the 2019 AGRA...