AgDevCo Announces USD 3.0m Follow-On Investment Into East Africa Poultry Company, Uzima Chicken Ltd
AgDevCo is pleased to announce a USD 3.0 million follow-on mezzanine debt investment into Uzima Chicken Limited, a poultry company operating in Rwanda and Uganda.
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe earn US $8.9m at the beginning of 2021 marketing season
Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe have earned US $8.9m in the first three days of the 2021 tobacco marketing season after selling 3.7m...
BUA Group invests over US $300m in LASUCO towards Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in sugar
BUA Group has invested over US $300m in its Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO). The investment is geared towards achieving Nigeria’s seolf-sufficiency in...
Family Bank to disburse approximately US $5m for agribusiness across 17 counties in Kenya
Family Bank has committed to disburse loans worth approximately US $5m to agribusinesses across selected 17 counties in Kenya over the next...
Bauchi State government releases US $788,436 for fertilizer blending and distribution in Nigeria
The Bauchi State government has released the sum of US $788,436 to the State Agricultural Supply Company (BASAC) as a revolving scheme...
Why Kenya and UK must cultivate trade relations in the wake of COVID-19
Baiju Kantaria: Director at Elgon KenyaFor over a century, Kenya and the United Kingdom have enjoyed strong ties...
Agriculture input cost pressures mount as fuel price increases further
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-BusinessSouth Africa : Fuel is the lifeblood of the...
Nigeria in position to export US $3Bn in Cocoa derivatives to AfCFTA
The Nigerian federal government has disclosed that by taking advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria has the capacity...
MIRAVIS® Duo is good news for members of the capsicum family (and bad news...
These potato leaves display typical symptoms of early blight, which is caused by Alternaria solani. (photo: Francois van Deventer)
Technology and simplified data on the weather and management of production processes for agribusiness...
The use of technology and simplified data on weather and management of production processes have been proven to be the key to...