UK invests £450 000 in West Africa’s Rice Observatory
The United Kingdom (UK) government has invested £450 000 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Rice Observatory to reduce dependency on imported...
IFAD loan to help mitigate impact of crises on small-scale producers and the underserved...
The social and economic impacts of the COVID19 pandemic and the Ukraine war are creating significant challenges for the most vulnerable people, increasing the...
Bamboo Capital Partners exits Banco Popular after triple-digit growth
Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”), the specialist impact investor operating in emerging and frontier markets, today announces its successful exit from Banco Popular, a Latin...
Africa climate negotiators to take a common position informed by science at the upcoming...
The upcoming COP27 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Egypt, starting on 6th November, will be coming towards the...
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)to provide core contribution to icipe
New partnership will boost Africa-Australia linkages; and Africa-Asia-Pacific connectionsThe Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), has signed a Partnership Agreement, with icipe, to provide...
ICIEC and CIB Convene COP27 Panel Discussion on Bankability of Climate Adaptation Projects Focused...
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) , the insurance arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, in...
Zambia-DR Congo sign US$24 mln food export deal
Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a US$24 million export deal, part of which includes supply of day-old chicks, sausages, fish, pork among...
‘’Walk the budget talk’-Farmers cry
Farmers and other interest groups in Zambia’s agriculture sector, cognisant of the effects of climate change and other crisis afflicting the global food system,...
IFAD and EU provide support to Malian diaspora to boost investments in agricultural sector
Malian diaspora is keen to invest in the development of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), especially to develop the agriculture sector, if they...
US$275 mln World Bank fund envelopes Zambia’s agriculture
The goodwill from cooperating partners for Zambia’s economic recovery programme looks sustainable to patch up economic ravages spurred by COVID 19 and the Ukraine-Russia...