Kenya ‘s horticulture earning beat the odds presented by current COVID-19 pandemic
Earnings from Kenya’s horticulture in the first half
of the year rose to US $751m against US $706m in...
Three East African entrepreneurs among 21 finalists in the nutrition pitch competition for African...
In the 2018 Africa SUN Pitch Competition final, Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics, a Nigerian SME that moves food from producers to...
African Development Fund approves UA100.4 million multi-country Covid-19 Response Support for Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique...
The Board of
Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a UA100.4
million (about $138 million) crisis budget support package to...
Vital Capital Collaborating With USAID’s Kenya Investment Mechanism to Provide Financing to Kenyan Businesses...
Vital Capital, a pioneering impact
investment, private equity fund focused on companies in sub-Saharan Africa, has
announced a collaboration with the U.S. Government’s Kenya...
Angola and IFAD to promote sustainable agriculture and boost food security in the face...
The
International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD)
today announced support for a new project to boost agricultural productivity,
improve food and...
North Africa Economic Outlook 2020: An unparalleled crisis and a conditional recovery
In 2020, the region will face an economic contraction forecast between 0.8 and 2.3%; Socioeconomic stability, social inclusion and human capital development...
Cold Solutions Kenya to invest US $70m in state-of-the-art storage warehouses in the country
Cold Solutions Kenya Limited has announced that it will invest US $70m in constructing state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled cold storage warehouses in the country....
Tanzania: African Development Bank project tripled incomes of rural producers and traders
An African Development Bank project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural finance (MIVARF) (https://bit.ly/38xRvFo) in Tanzania produced highly satisfactory results,...
Adoption of precision agriculture to match fertilizer inputs in livestock farming
Livestock farmers are increasingly adopting precision
agriculture techniques to match fertilizer inputs more closely to grassland
requirements. The techniques, underpinned by a combined package...
Development banks fund livestock farms to the tune of US $2.6Bn
Livestock farms around the world are set
to receive US $2.6Bn in funding from the International Finance Corporation
(IFC) and the European Bank for...