Voi Special Export Zone in Kenya set for take off
The Voi Special Export Zone is set for take-off. The County Government of Taita Taveta handed over 240 acres of land in Voi Sub...
Zambia breweries showcases sustainable plant upgrade
Zambian Breweries has unveiled further details of its US$80 million investment plan that will see the company’s Mungwi Road plant in Lusaka double its...
Liberia’s Agriculture, Health, WFP, Partners launch nationwide rapid food security assessment
Liberia's Ministries of Agriculture and Health, along with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and sector partners have launched rapid food security and...
African Development Bank Group Board Approves More Than $1 Billion for Emergency Food Production...
Facility targets 20 million African smallholder farmers to end reliance on food imported from Russia and Ukraine
The African Development Bank Group’s , Board of Directors...
Emirates Flight Catering Opens World’s Largest Vertical Farm in Dubai
Bustanica is the commercial brand name for ECO1 – the joint venture between Emirates Flight Catering and Crop One. Investment: worth US$40 million in...
African Development Bank Group approves $73.5 million to boost food production in Tanzania
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Friday approved $73.5 million to finance a program that will boost Tanzania’s food...
Rossiya Segodnya hosts virtual conference discussing Africa’s food security
The US and EU sanctions war against Russia targeting food and fertilizer exports, and constraints on Ukraine’s grains exports caused by the ongoing military...
FAO in emergency response to the outbreak of Quelea quelea birds in Tanzania
An estimated 21 million red-billed (Quelea quelea) birds are currently ravaging rice, sorghum, millet and wheat fields in eight regions in the southern highlands,...
IFC and Zambeef Partner to Boost Food Security, Strengthen Agribusiness in Zambia
IFC and Zambeef Products PLC, one of the region’s leading agribusiness companies, are joining forces to boost food security and strengthen Zambia’s agricultural sector...
Malawi seeks agricultural diversity
Few places depend on maize cultivation as much as Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries.
Around 80% of households are rural, and most of...