Co-operative Bank of Kenya signs US $4.6Bn financing deal with Yara EA
Co-operative Bank of Kenya has signed a US
$4.6Bn financing deal with fertiliser Company Yara East Africa Limited. This is
aimed at facilitating Yara...
Another stellar contribution by agriculture to SA’s GDP outcomes in the 2nd quarter of...
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-BusinessFollowing a good start to 2020 with first quarter agriculture...
Bayer East Africa donates US $923,178 to curb Desert Locusts in Kenya, Uganda
Bayer East Africa has donated US $923,178 to assist with the fight against desert locusts in Kenya and Uganda. Bayer East Africa Chairman Dr. Chris Kirubi said that food security has to...
IITA, EAGC partner to tackle aflatoxin contamination in grains
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) Tuesday have partnered to tackle aflatoxin contamination of...
Low milk production in Kenya to warrant imports
The
milk production in Kenya is wanting, to an extent that Kenya could be forced to
turn to imports should the situation remain the...
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina re-elected as President of the African Development Bank Group
Dr.
Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second fiveyear term as
President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org)
on Thursday, August...
Agricultural investment:the key to the war on pandemics
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, measures have been taken in an attempt to curb the pandemic: lockdowns and economic shutdowns. Kenya is...
Regional Integration as a Tool for Wealth Creation in Africa
By Khaled SherifThe COVID-19 pandemic and its health and economic impacts has forced a global rethink of the...
Seed stage investing and why it matters for Africa’s startup and innovation community
Amadou Daffe from Gebeya (An Ethiopian EdTech company training top talented African Software Engineers specialized in several industries including AI,...
Battery cage rearing system in poultry farming: a necessary evil?
There are different systems of rearing chicken namely free-range, semi-intensive, folding units and intensive systems. To a large extent, chicken production especially...