Sierra Leone and IFAD to strengthen partnerships, agricultural value chains and rural finance
The Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sierra Leone are holding a half-day workshop...
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina’s take on the landmark signing
African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
This is a phenomenal event, the result of hard work of everybody to make this happen.
I want to...
African Development Bank, Credit Suisse, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Ghana Cocoa...
Agreement is a turning point for scaling up the cocoa value chain – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana; Ghana is bankable, cocoa is bankable...
2019 Africa Investment Forum Kicks Off Delivering on the Promise to Redefine and Unpack...
South Africa, $500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture; Financial close for the Africa Guarantee...
Saai to present resolution for protection of family farmers to UN
Saai announced today that the agricultural interests network will draw up a family farmer resolution that will be presented to the United Nations (UN)...
Dangote Group, Togo partner to transform Phosphate into Fertiliser
With over two billion tonnes of phosphate reserves, Togo is one of the leading phosphate producers in Africa
Dangote Industries Limited and the Government of Togo...
Wefarm secures $13 Million in funding to scale its Smallholder Agricultural Ecosystem
Wefarm the digital network for global small-scale agriculture, today announced it has raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by Silicon...
ICIPE, Mastercard launch US $55m initiative in Ethiopia for MOYESH project
The International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and Ethiopia Jobs Creation Commission (JCC), have launched a...
AGCO, Equity Kenya sign deal to finance the latter’s customers for agricultural equipment
US- based agrarian equipment manufacturer AGCO and Kenya’s Equity Bank have signed a deal that will see the latter provide up to 80% financing...
Kenyan farmers urged to plant more during the short rains
Farmers in Juja Sub-county of Kiambu County in Kenya are being urged to plant more vegetables and wind break plants over the period of...