The African Development Bank and the government support a financing agreement to develop agricultural...
Cameroon’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriel Mbairobe and the General Manager of the Commercial Bank of Cameroon, Léandre Djummo, have signed, on...
Madagascar: Yields increase for youth enterprises, thanks to an African Development Fund Project
Launched in 2016, the Young Rural Enterprises Project in the Central West of Madagascar has helped improve agricultural yields. Yields of rice and maize...
Sustain Africa, an emergency response and resilience initiative supporting Ugandan farmers with affordable inputs...
This article outlines the launch and expected impact of an agricultural support initiative for rural farmers in Uganda called Sustain Africa. The initiative is...
Roeslein Alternative Energy Wins $80 Million Grant to Develop New Climate-Smart Agriculture Value Chain
A partnership of 14 public and private entities led by Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) has been awarded $80 million from the federal government’s first...
Afreximbank dangles US$6bln for Africa’s food security
TO foster Africa’s food security, continent’s Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has staked US$6 billion in development financing to benefit and strengthen Africa’s food security prospects...
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...
Mobile remittances to lead digital revolution in marginal rural areas in five African countries...
To harness the development benefits of using mobile channels to send and receive remittances, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today...
INVL fund’s forests in Lithuania receive FSC certificate
The INVL Sustainable Timberland and Farmland Fund II (“STAFF II”), which invests in forests and farmland in the Baltic Sea region and the Central...
Tanzania invites investors in grape farming, wine production
Tanzania is inviting investors in grape farming and wine production, particularly in the country's leading grape-growing region of Dodoma.Rosemary Senyamule, the Dodoma regional commissioner,...
Generation Africa awards US$100,000 to two young agripreneurs
After impressive on-stage pitches to an expert panel of judges earlier this week, Esther Kimani founder of FarmerLifeLine Technologies in Kenya and Mark Musinguzi...