Swiss company sets up US$27m medicinal cannabis farm, processing plant in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a US$27 million Swiss Bioceuticals Limited Medicinal Cannabis Farm and Processing Plant in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province.
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Rwanda’s tea sector: The Potential $8 million Savings through Responsible Digital Payments
Over 100,000 people are directly employed by the tea sector in Rwanda, making it the country's third-largest employer. The sector contributes to the livelihoods...
Tanzania and Netherlands signs MoU on horticulture production and marketing collaborations
Tanzania has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Netherlands, a move that will enable the East African country increase its horticulture products market...
Seven Kenyan agricultural companies receive over $5m from US agencies to improve the sector
A total of seven growing agricultural companies in Kenya have received, from a number of United States agencies, a grant of $5.1 million (Ksh...
Ghana launches Zero hunger strategic review report
By Nita Karume :
The Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the Ghana Zero Hunger Strategic Review Report earlier on this week. The review...
Gates Foundation invests US$50m on ‘green super rice’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested US$50 million to support the Green Super Rice project in African and Asian countries, which aims...
Food Production: African Development Bank reports strong financial health, despite Covid-19 crisis
The African Development Bank Group is progressing with financial reforms that have helped it become stronger, more resilient, and better equipped in the wake of...
Zambia to generate US$2 billion from agriculture sector by 2026
Zambia projects to more than double earnings to US$2 billion from exports of agriculture sector by 2026 following the unveiling of a five-year-blueprint to...
IRRI Donates State-of-the-art Seed Dressing Machine to Over 7,000 Rice Farmers in Kenya
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has donated a state-of-the-art seed dressing machine to over 7,000 rice farmers in Kenya to boost rice seed...
Investor dangles US25 mln for blueberries production in Zambia
Zambia's planned agriculture reform program has continued attracting global attention with an Indian renowned consortium of investors staking US$25 million for blue bellies production.
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