World leaders support IFAD’s urgent call for increased investment in rural communities and future...
We have reached a critical juncture in history.Global temperature rises and related climate shocks are having unprecedented and possibly irreversible effects on agricultural systems,...
Member States set IFAD on track to largest replenishment ever to tackle poverty, hunger...
At a time when climate change and conflict are fuelling greater food insecurity in many developing countries, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...
AfDB approves $105-million loan to improve the productivity of smallholdings and reduce food imports
Meeting in Abidjan on 13 December 2023, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a loan of $105.19 million to...
Headline inflation cools but food remains sticky on the upside, up 9% y-y in...
A big monthly decrease in the fuel price index by 5.5% in November underpinned the recent pullback in headline inflation. The annual fuel rate...
SA’s fruit industry invests to ensure survival through load shedding
As the country regularly plunges into load shedding and with 2023 being the worst year on record for South Africans enduring power cuts, the...
African Development Bank lends nearly €82 million for wastewater reuse in agriculture, strengthening climate...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement the Treated Wastewater Quality Improvement...
Bamboo Capital Partners launch BUILD Fund to support and empower SMEs in Zimbabwe
Today marks a pivotal moment in Zimbabwe's economic landscape as the BUILD Fund, along with its ‘companion’, the BUILDER Technical Assistance (TA) Facility, was...
EIB, Bank of Kigali outline €100 million finance plan to enable smallholders adapt to...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bank of Kigali have outlined a new €100 million finance initiative aimed at enabling Rwandan smallholder farmers...
EAC and TradeMark Africa Unveil Innovative App to Revolutionise Trade by Eliminating Non-Tarriff Barriers
In a groundbreaking development for regional trade, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat today unveiled a new mobile application (App) dedicated to the elimination...
BII, Shell Foundation invest $2.6M to support 9,000 Kenyan smallholders increase farmland productivity
Some 9,000 more smallholder farmers in Kenya are poised to increase farmland productivity in a sustainable way and contribute to the region’s goal of...