uMsinga emerging farmer invests in high-tech agriculture solutions that will benefit local women-run farming...
Six months ago, founder and chairman of the Bahle Zondo Foundation, philanthropist and entrepreneur Dr. Bahle Zondo walked into the AGCO Africa office announcing...
Econet, Yara launch Generation Africa, to inspire young Africans to become agri-entreprenuers.
Econet and Yara International ASA have launched "Generation Africa", a partnership initiative to inspire young African entrepreneurs to join the agri-food sector for its...
Uganda among countries set to benefit from COMESA, UNDP US $3.49m grant on climate...
Uganda is among the five countries that are set to benefit from Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and United Nations Development...
Devenish Nutrition to invest US $2.2m in Kenya’s small-scale farmers
Devenish Nutrition, an Agri-technology company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, announced is looking to invest approximately US $2m in Kenya’s small-scale farmers. Sidai Africa,...
Vodacom’s female farmer programme shines the spotlight on emerging small scale farmers in rural...
350 small-scale female farmers in Limpopo province alone have been trained through this programme to date.
JOHANNESBURG - In a move that creates equal opportunities...
Climate-smart, conservation practices pays off in Zambia
Through a Community Markets of Conversation (COMACO) model for rural development, 179,000 farmers across eastern Zambia – 52% of whom are women – have benefited...
New CASA programme to benefit 565,000 smallholders in Uganda, Malawi and Nepal
A new five-year £30 million UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded programme is aiming to improve the livelihoods of 565,000 smallholder farmers and...
Access to finance, training and entrepreneurship critical to building SA’s black farming community
This is according to AFGRI’s recently-renamed Lemang Agricultural Services, created specifically to train, develop and mentor new era farmers, and focused on the further...
IFAD launches global campaign to close gender gap in agriculture and amplify the voices...
On International Women’s Day, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will kick off a campaign aimed at closing the gender gap...
Homegrown African seed companies outperform multinational peers in serving smallholder farmers
East African Seed and Seed Co top Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Southern Africa
Seed industry efforts to reach smallholders...