Smart tech can lead to transformational change for smallholder farmers
By; Matthew Margetts,the Director of Sales and Marketing at Smarter Technologies.
Agricultural development has the potential to boost...
The 2020 African Agriculture Status Report debut
The
2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) was at the African Green
Revolution Forum (AGRF) virtual summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
The
report...
Transitioning from subsistence to a smallholder farming business
By: Levi Letsoko
Growing up in an agricultural setting along with years of service accumulated in a...
100% Moringa Juice looks to create more jobs.
By:Levi Letsoko
Powerful African plant moringa has been around for centuries. Popular for its medicinal purposes, moringa is...
Agricultural investment:the key to the war on pandemics
Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, measures have been taken in an attempt to curb the pandemic: lockdowns and economic shutdowns. Kenya is...
Seed stage investing and why it matters for Africa’s startup and innovation community
Amadou Daffe from Gebeya (An Ethiopian EdTech company training top talented African Software Engineers specialized in several industries including AI,...
Mobile phones to help 1.7 million small-scale farmers increase production during COVID-19 economic slowdown
Some 1.7 million small-scale
farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalized
agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to...
How innovative techniques and solar power can be used to benefit farming
Farming is a tough business where success depends on a range of factors, including the weather. Hard frosts and flooding can be...
Potato farmers in Kenya suffer losses
Potato farmers in Nakuru,
Kenya are counting losses following low prices of the commodity amid high
production costs. The output...
IFAD invests €77.7 million in Niger for food and nutrition security and climate change...
The
International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD)
today announced a new project that will boost support for about 210,000 poor
rural...