Over US $17bn pledged to increase food security in Africa
Over US $17billion in financing has been pledged by a coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners to address rising hunger...
AGCO Africa presents Africa Agribusiness Qualification to tackle youth unemployment
AGCO Africa is driving a skills development initiative under the banner of Advancement in Agricultural Education
Last year...
Youth are Africa’s best asset; invest in them !
A boy at work in a maize field, Ethiopia. Photo credit: C. Robinson/CIMMYT
African Development Bank President Adesina
Sub Saharan Africa and Asia rice sector players seek innovative ways of boosting local...
Africa has become a major consumer of rice with an estimated annual import cost of over 5 billion USD. Between 2010 and...
African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks, institutions pledge US$17 billion...
Akinde Lorluuma, a rice farmer in Nigeria, is delighted by electronic payments via Mobile Banking at the point of purchase |...
African Development Bank, IFAD and partners redouble efforts to stop hunger in Africa and...
Madagascar Cabbage Farmer, IMAGE : IFAD
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
AgDevCo Announces USD 3.0m Follow-On Investment Into East Africa Poultry Company, Uzima Chicken Ltd
AgDevCo is pleased to announce a USD 3.0 million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a poultry company operating in Rwanda and Uganda.
BUA Group invests over US $300m in LASUCO towards Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in sugar
BUA Group has invested over US $300m in its Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO). The investment is geared towards achieving Nigeria’s seolf-sufficiency in...
Family Bank to disburse approximately US $5m for agribusiness across 17 counties in Kenya
Family Bank has committed to disburse loans worth approximately US $5m to agribusinesses across selected 17 counties in Kenya over the next...
Technology and simplified data on the weather and management of production processes for agribusiness...
The use of technology and simplified data on weather and management of production processes have been proven to be the key to...