Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group boosts efforts towards...
African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)...
Tanzania and Netherlands signs MoU on horticulture production and marketing collaborations
Tanzania has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Netherlands, a move that will enable the East African country increase its horticulture products market...
Africa has technology and innovation to achieve zero hunger -AfDB
Adesina said African food systems have the potential to unleash $1 trillion in value over the next seven yearsAfrica has the necessary partnerships and...
A further deterioration in agriculture GDP outcomes turn negative in the 1st quarter of...
As widely expected, South Africa posted a pedestrian GDP growth of 0.4% in the first quarter of 2023 thus avoiding a technical recession. While...
AfDB allocates funds to facilitate access to fertilizer for smallholder farmers
A $528,600 grant will be provided to cover 94% of the project’s recurrent costsDate of approval: 24 May 2023Project name: AFFM Partial Credit Guarantee Provisioning...
Uganda, Kenya coffee export posed to increase in 2023/24 marketing year
Uganda and Kenya are set to increase their coffee export in 2023/2024 marketing year thanks to the governments’ efforts to increase production and good...
Nampak invests in world class scanning electron microscope
Nampak, Africa’s largest packaging company, has invested in a state-of-the-art scanning electron microscope (SEM). The newly acquired microscope is housed at the company’s Research...
Baler: Unleashing Productivity in Farming with Advanced Baling Technology
How big is the baler market?The global baler market size reached US$ 4.3 Billion in 2022. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to...
No respite for farmers as debt servicing costs escalate following another 50-basis points hike
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced another 50-basis points interest rate hike thus bringing the repurchase rate to over a decade high of...
B2B agritech marketplace launched in Kenya to link farmers to commercial kitchens
Smallholder farmers in Kenya are set to benefit from a B2B agritech marketplace that has been launched to link them to commercial kitchens easing...