Nigeria-based Starlink Global gets $20.8 million to construct and operate cashew processing factory
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$20.8 million financing facility for Nigeria-based Starlink Global & Ideal Limited to enable the company construct and...
Solidaridad Provides Over 80,000 Tea Seedlings to Uplift Farmers in Thyolo District, Malawi
In a major step towards empowering smallholder farmers in Thyolo, Malawi, Solidaridad has provided over 80,000 tea seedlings to more than 1,000 farmers across...
VIV Africa 2024 Concludes in Kigali with Record Numbers and Industry Engagement
With over 150 exhibitors from 35 countries and more than 1732 visitors from 60 countries, this year’s edition broke new ground, underscoring the importance...
Another growing season for Grodan and Signify to pioneer additional energy efficiency improvements and...
Grodan, the global leader in supplying innovative, sustainable stone wool growing media solutions for the professional horticulture industry, has teamed up again with Signify,...
Standard Bank launches the 7th edition of its Finance and Farm Management textbook, contributing...
Standard Bank has announced the launch of the highly anticipated 7th edition of its Finance and Farm Management textbook, reinforcing its commitment to agricultural...
Engineer follows his passion and builds a thriving agro-processing business
By Terrena Rathanlall
Transitioning from a stable corporate career to entrepreneurship is a bold move, and for many, it can be an uphill battle to...
Antonio Marzia appointed to lead Topcon Agriculture as executive vice president and general manager
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced the appointment of Antonio Marzia as executive vice president and general manager of Topcon Agriculture. Marzia succeeds Albert Zahalka — who has...
Lamb Champs 2024: The Free State hosts a celebration of local lamb excellence
The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) is excited to announce the winners of the Lamb Champs Reitz 2024 competition, where the finest lamb meat...
75 percent of farmers are open to innovation to cope with climate change, global...
75 percent of farmers are already impacted by climate change or worried about its impacts, and 71 percent of them report reduced yields as...
Maize harvest falls below 13m tons for the first time in 5 years.
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial
Monitoring the 2023/24 harvest forecasts has been interesting following an El Nino-induced heat that decimated crops earlier...