Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism commits more than $2 million to improve farmers’ access to...
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will provide a $2 million partial trade credit guarantee and a $219,000 grant funding to Nairobi-based Apollo Agriculture Limited to...
Caritas Nairobi launches Ksh150 million milk processing plant to benefit over 5,000 dairy smallholders
The relief and development agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, Caritas Nairobi has launched a Ksh150 million milk processing plant at Limuru in...
Fruitbox Ltd. confirms their position as market leader with modern cold storage facility in...
In a major boost for fruit security in Eastern Africa, two South African fruit exporting companies together with local Kenyan partners, recently opened the doors...
DLG Impulse Pitches Inhouse Farming Feed & Food 2023 Lite + Fog from...
(DLG). Lite + Fog GmbH from Berlin is the winner of the DLG Impulse Pitches 2023. The start-up company won the final round of...
African Development Bank supports small livestock farmers in Zambia to adapt to climate change
The Climate Resilient Livestock Management Project, implemented by the African Development Bank in Zambia between 2017 and 2022, has helped to equip small livestock...
USAID to invest $100M in supporting youth in agribusiness initiative in Tanzania
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to invest up to $100m (Sh250bn) in supporting the Tanzanian government’s Building a Better Youth...
COP28: Kenya Agriculture Innovators join $13B UAE-US govt co-led initiative, the Agriculture Innovation Mission...
By Zablon Oyugi
Kenya and Pan-Africa based Innovation partners will be joining the $13bn UAE-US government co-led initiative, the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM...
Uganda unveils e-animal identification system to ease livestock tracking
The government of Uganda in collaboration with Makerere University has launched an electronic livestock identification and traceability system, an innovative system designed to track...
2023 Ashden Awards – African climate solutions lead the way in clean energy, nature...
Africa was centre stage in the 2023 Ashden Awards with four of the five global South winners being African low carbon innovators and one...
Agriculture defies the odds with a 10% y/y increase in jobs during Q3 of...
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
Today’s update on the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) data from Statistics South Africa confirmed the resilience...