Standard Bank drives sustainable growth of Africa’s sugar value chain
Many communities within sub-Saharan Africa rely on sugar not only as a source of calorific energy, but for the employment, industrialisation, and trade opportunities...
Cameroon receives US $200M to strengthen irrigation services in Logone River Valley
Cameroon has received a sum of US $200M from the World Bank to support country’s agricultural production in the Valley of Logone, located in...
The IDC provides a lifeline for land reform funding in an ailing economy
Land Reform - The outbreak of COVID-19 and a challenging economic environment which has resulted in budgetary cuts and re-allocation of resources to other...
Solidaridad Liberia unveils loan scheme to improve cocoa farmers’ incomes
The Solidaridad West Africa Project in Liberia has launched a loan program under its Liberia Cocoa Sector Improvement Program (LICSIP) to assist farmers in...
Kenya to launch Warehouse Receipt System in Kitale
Kenya is set to launch a new Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. County Executive for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Crop...
How a rural community in Uganda is mobilizing to access banking services
Nearly 60% of Africa’s population doesn’t utilize a bank because it is out of their reach.As International Day of Banks approaches on Dec. 4,...
200 Youths, women in Guinea with agricultural implements empowered
200 youths and women with different agricultural implements in Guinea have been empowered by Senator representing Plateau South, Senator Nora Ladi Dadu’it as part...
Nigeria to increase cocoa output
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria held the Nigeria Cocoa Summit to address the challenges confronting...
Bank of Uganda seeks recapitalization of agriculture credit facility
The Bank of Uganda has asked government to urgently recapitalise the Agricultural Facility Fund to address a funding gap resulting from an increase in...
CNH Industrial acquires software engineering specialist NX9
CNH Industrial N.V. announces that it has acquired NX9, a software suite specialized in delivering ISOBUS core technologies and applications for agricultural equipment, and...