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...
Generation Africa launches the 3rd Annual US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition
ACCRA, Ghana, April 26, 2021/ -- Returning for its third year, the ground-breaking US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition (http://GoGettaz.africa) continues to inspire...
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.
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe earn US $8.9m at the beginning of 2021 marketing season
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe have earned US $8.9m in the first three days of the 2021 tobacco marketing season after selling 3.7m...
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...
Bauchi State government releases US $788,436 for fertilizer blending and distribution in Nigeria
The Bauchi State government has released the sum of US $788,436 to the State Agricultural Supply Company (BASAC) as a revolving scheme...
Nigeria in position to export US $3Bn in Cocoa derivatives to AfCFTA
The Nigerian federal government has disclosed that by taking advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria has the capacity...
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...