Donors dangle US$1 billion for Zambia’s agriculture revival
By : Jeff KapembwaZambia’s quest to diversify and maximize agriculture potential has received donor support with a staggering US$1 billion earmarked for investment in...
Modern working frameworks demand a scalable, agile and flexible ERP platform
Why bother with an enterprise resource platform (ERP) that can go mobile? Why pay attention to a technology that can be deployed in the...
Zambia’s US$11.2 bln budget, an agricultural stimulant
Zambia unveiled a K167 billion (US$11.2 billion) Friday, poised to jump-start the economy ravaged by climate change, debt and COVID-19 with focus to maximise...
NASRIA set to unveil agricultural insurance scheme
Namibia Special Risks Insurance Limited (NASRIA) through a statement announced it will soon unveil its much-anticipated new product, the Namibia Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS)...
Morocco secures €199M AfDB loan to boost cereal production
Morocco has received a loan of €199 million (MAD 2.1 billion) from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance the country’s Competitive and Resilient...
It is financing products that is sinking Landbank
Landbank proclaims that it is not its development clients that have landed it in trouble due to non-payment, but that it has already had...
Alvaro Lario, global finance executive, takes helm at UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAD President slated to expand climate action and mobilize private-sector investment in push to transform food systems and aid small-scale farmers
Development finance expert Alvaro...
Kenya disburses Sh300M for phase two of SIVAP
Phase two of the Small Irrigation and Value Addition Projects (SIVAP) in Tana River County in Kenya is set to roll out. This follows the...
Europe vegetable growers plot moving to North Africa as energy crisis worsens
Vegetable farmers in northern and western Europe are contemplating halting their farming activities there due to the financial hit from Europe's energy crisis, a...
Gates Foundation invests US$50m on ‘green super rice’
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested US$50 million to support the Green Super Rice project in African and Asian countries, which aims...