AATI: an innovative initiative to transform African agriculture
As the current crises and disruption in food networks lay bare most African countries’ dependence on food imports, it has become critically urgent to...
China, Ethiopia in discussion on agricultural cooperation
The government of Ethiopia and China are in discussion over cooperation in the agriculture sector. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia announced that Ethiopia’s...
John Deere invests in Hello Tractor
Deere & Company has made a minority investment in Hello Tractor, an ag-tech company based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Hello Tractor connects tractor owners with smallholder...
US$6 bln earmarked for Africa’s agriculture transformation
By Jeff Kapembwa
A staggering US$6 billion to revitalize Africa’s economies decimated by COVID 19 and create resilience against future shocks has been mooted by...
Zambian breweries courts BNCOAZ during plant visit
Following the announcement of its massive US$ 80 million investment, Zambian Breweries held a consultative meeting and tour of its Mungwi road brewing plant...
FRA receives requests for agricultural, climate change investment funds in Egypt
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has received two requests to establish investment funds in agriculture with a value of EGP 2billion, and the other...
Three problems with EU’s ‘Global Gateway’ to Africa
The EU's investment package for development, the “Global Gateway”, which the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen described as the "future of the...
UN agency IFAD reaches record level of support for world’s rural poor: 2021 annual...
Amid rising challenges posed by climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic shocks, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) doubled down...
IFAD and France join hands on Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission initiative
In the current context of emergency, France and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) yesterday reaffirmed their joint commitment to averting a global...
IFC approves $35m to Nigeria’s Jubaili Agrotec for food security
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is offering a $35 million financing package to Jubaili Agrotec, a Nigeria-based agrochemicals manufacturer and distributor, to increase smallholder...