AFEX tops agriculture and commodities list in FT’S rankings of Africa’s fastest-growing companies
AFEX, Nigeria's leading commodities market player and the country's first private sector commodities exchange, is proud to announce it has secured first place in...
Climate change storm threatens Kenya’s tea production
Kenya’s tea production is likely to drop significantly within the next decade because of climate change, threatening the country’s foreign earnings from the crop.
This...
Nigeria, Ghana commence consumption GMO crops
Nigeria and Ghana have commenced the consumption of first genetically modified BT cowpea with a view to enhancing scientific bilateral collaboration to boost food...
Gabon launches new economic zone
Gabon has launched the construction of a new special economic zone (SEZ), the Mpassa-Lebombi, in the south-eastern province of Haut-Ogooué.
The new zone aims at...
FAO to tackle infestation of locusts in Namibia
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is supporting the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform in Namibia to step...
Cameroon launches agricultural campaign
The government of Cameroon has launched the launched the 2022 agricultural season in the southern region under favorable weather conditions.
Minister of Agriculture, Gabriel Mbairobe...
Morocco opens tender to stockpile grain
Morocco’s National Interprofessional Office for Cereals and Legumes (ONICL) has launched a tender on for grain suppliers to secure Morocco’s stock of cereals.
With this...
SA’s Eastern Cape farm workers run riot, demand R30 per hour
Two farming towns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Kirkwood and Ado, were this Friday shutdown as farm workers demanded a minimum wage of...
KZN Farmers take rural roads, food security into their own hands
Tired of waiting on local government to repair key rural access roads that are crucial to financial livelihoods and sustained food supply in and...
Kenya launches campaign against destructive armyworm
The government of Kenya has launched a nationwide campaign to contain the African armyworm that is destroying maize crops, while spreading rapidly countrywide.
The Ministry...