Phatisa and Partners Acquire Southern African Agricultural Solutions Provider FES
Holistic, cost-effective agriculture solutions are required to sustain and increase smallholder farmer yields and minimize the risk of crop failure. Lilongwe...
World Bank disburses US$ 14m for coffee revitalization plan in Kenya
The World Bank is set to fund a US$ 14m concessional
loan for a coffee revitalization plan in Kenya. The Ministry of Agriculture...
UN Goodwill Ambassadors Idris and Sabrina Elba launch appeal for IFAD’s $200 million coronavirus...
British actor Idris Elba
(L) and his wife, actress and model, Sabrina Dhowre Elba
(M), both IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors for the UN rural
poverty agency IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural
Development) speak with a...
Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems
By : Atsuko Toda and Martin Fregene
We are facing great uncertainty on the
African continent. The global spread of...
Covid-19: Professional bodies team up to feed vulnerable South Africans
Heeding President Ramaphosa’s call for a united response to the Covid-19
crisis, fifteen professional bodies from the finance industry are putting their
weight behind...
Generation Africa launches second annual US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize to find, inspire and support...
Africa’s go getters: Isaac Sesi from Sesi Technologies Ghana (left) and Bonolo Monthe of Maungo Craft, Botswana all smiles after...
Burkina Faso: African Development Bank committed to fighting malnutrition and poverty in the Sahel
Increasing numbers of women can be seen around the goat and sheep pens of Saria, in the province of Boulkiemdé, in Centre-West...
Further relief for the agriculture sector after the SARB’s surprise repo rate cut of...
Comment by
Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business
South Africa: In a surprise move earlier today, the South...
Southern African Agri Initiative welcomes assistance to farmers, though state initiative lacks insight
By Dr Theo De Jager
South Africa : Any assistance to farmers during the current lockdown should be welcomed.
African Development Bank approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries...