Vodacom’s female farmer programme shines the spotlight on emerging small scale farmers in rural...
350 small-scale female farmers in Limpopo province alone have been trained through this programme to date.JOHANNESBURG - In a move that creates equal opportunities...
African Energy Chamber and Oil Industry Investors Welcome South Sudan Investment Drive in South...
South African and African private sector participants have an amazing opportunity to invest in South Sudans’ peace and make huge profits. This week the...
New CASA programme to benefit 565,000 smallholders in Uganda, Malawi and Nepal
A new five-year £30 million UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded programme is aiming to improve the livelihoods of 565,000 smallholder farmers and...
Access to finance, training and entrepreneurship critical to building SA’s black farming community
This is according to AFGRI’s recently-renamed Lemang Agricultural Services, created specifically to train, develop and mentor new era farmers, and focused on the further...
Rivatex East Africa Ltd to undergo US $59m upgrade
Rivatex East Africa Ltd is planning to undergo a US $59m upgrade. The initiative, which is set to reach completion by the end of...
WIPHOLD expands strategic footprint in agriculture with investment in grain storage business
WIPHOLD, South Africa’s premier black-women owned investment and operating company, is pleased to announce its investment in a key strategic grain storage business along...
AFGRI Group Holdings and an investor consortium create a strategic grain storage platform
AFGRI Group Holdings (“AGH”), the investment holding company with interests in food, agriculture and financial services related companies providing products and services to ensure...
Zimbabwe farmers earn US $4.6m from tobacco sales
Zimbabwean farmers have earned US $4.6m from tobacco sales. The growers have reportedly sold 2.6m kgs at the auction and contract floors. Moreover, according...
Uganda government to construct over 70,000 irrigation schemes to improve agricultural production
The government of Uganda is looking to construct more than 70,000 small-scale irrigation schemes countrywide to improve agricultural production and productivity.Mr. John Twinomujuni, the...
Ghana in need of US $40m to fill the financial gap in the agricultural...
Ghana needs approximately US $40m in order to fill the financial gap in the agricultural sector. The African Regional Programme Leader of Food and...