Agro Boye/Trade Hub Partnership to Increase Production of Key Crops in Senegal, Support Food...
Through a $1.1 million co-investment grant from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub), Senegal-based agribusiness firm Agro Boye will increase...
USA invest US $2M in Ghana’s poultry sector
The United States Department of Agriculture has invested about US $2million in the Ghana’s poultry sector.According to Technical Lead of the project, Raymond Denteh,...
Upgrading the value of animal protein to invest in the future
Population growth, income growth, urbanization and shifting protein preference will lead to higher animal protein consumption in the future. Despite the increasing demand, the livestock sector...
Zimbabwe issues ultimatum for defaulting farmers
Farmers financed under Command Agriculture have until November 30 to deliver their maize to the Grain Marketing Board or face being blacklisted from access...
Africa Re, IFC partner on agric insurance in Nigeria
Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have sealed an agreement to develop...
Namibia opens bids for agricultural machinery
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform in Namibia has called for tenders for the supply and delivery of 160 mahangu and maize...
Zimbabwe to benefit from US $6.9M animal health project
Zimbabwe is set to benefit from a US $6,9million animal health project launched recently to combat animal trypanosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by biting...
COCOBO, Ghana inks US $1.5bn syndicated loan agreement
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a US$1.5 billion syndicated loan agreement with a consortium of international and local financial institutions for the...
Stubbornly high meat prices lift food inflation in August 2021
By: Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business
After showing signs of moderation for the second half of 2021 with the July 2021 food...
AFSIC – INVESTING IN AFRICA taking place as a hybrid physical-virtual conference in London...
AFSIC - Investing in Africa, one of Africa's most important investment events, and a significant conduit of investment into African businesses is to take...