Kilimo-Viwanda Scholarship programme in Tanzania creates bright future in Agriculture
The agricultural sector in Tanzania accounts for 27% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 25% of foreign currency. The industry also provides 60% of...
The need for developing new EU-African agricultural trade policies
Agriculture is one of the most critical industries globally, and it's one of the essential industries in Africa. It accounts for many jobs and...
Zimbabwe launches Zim Commodities Exchange
The government of Zimbabwe has officially launched the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX), an agricultural commodities trading platform with automated electronic warehousing and receipting capabilities.
The...
Investment in youth & technology key to reverse dismal youth engagement in African agriculture
Survey from Heifer International finds budding crop of young Africans rapidly producing new high-tech farming tools—and identifies new ways to connect them with farmers; study also...
Jatu attracts 10,000 new investors through IPO
Youth-led agribusiness company, JATU Plc, has recorded 10,000 new investors through its just-closed Initial Public Offering (IPO) as it moves to register its shares...
Bayer selects 100 youth leaders from around the world to help “Feed a Hungry...
100 delegates from more than 40 different countries will make up Bayer’s 2021 Youth Ag Summit cohort this November. The global forum and biennially...
Ethiopia, Japan ink US $2.7M grant for food security
The governments of Ethiopia and Japan have signed a Grant Aid for Economic and Social Development Program /Provision of Rice amounting to US $2.7million...
Civil Society Organisations’ Ripple Effects
By: Refilwe Pico
2020’s COVID-19 hard lockdown exposed the reality of South Africa’s long-standing levels of inequality, deep poverty and food insecurity. And for...
ERG Africa’s Chawama community agricultural project set to ramp up food security in Haut-Katanga...
ERG Africa-led initiative empowers farmers from Kimfumpa and Kabumba
Communities near the Frontier mine in Haut-Katanga are currently reaping the benefits of a new agricultural...
Three Entrepreneurs in Botswana, Zambia, and Malawi Beat over 1,000 Applicants to Win Prestigious...
Wuchi Wami, Kwasha Indimi Cooperative Farmers, Zambia
A Botswanan company which trains farmers to use bees to stop elephants destroying their farms, a Zambian business...