Inaugural US$1.5 million agtech competition winners announced; deliver greater access to innovations for African...
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, founder and CEO of ColdHubs, a Nigerian business that provides solar-powered, walk-in coolers for smallholder vegetable farmers and Jehiel Oliver, founder and...
Green technology for irrigation launched in Rwanda
A green technology for irrigation has been launched in Ngoma District in Rwanda. The Rwf271 million hillside irrigation scheme to water fruits and vegetables...
Uganda boosts agricultural commercialization with help of Chinese technologies
About 70% of Uganda’s population derives its livelihood from agriculture and as such the country has adapted the use of modern farming technologies such...
CSIR-INSTI develops Kuafo Market Place app to improve food security
Post-harvest losses account for 30 to 40% of food wastage in Ghana, according to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.The weak connection between farmers...
FAO develops new application to combat locust outbreak in Namibia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a new application that will aid in combating locust outbreak in Namibia.The...
Kenyan farmers embracing technology to predict rainfall
The youth in Kenya are fast embracing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to modernize and improve agricultural activities in the country to keep the...
Khula closes US $1.3M seed to scale its software-for-agriculture platform
South Africa’s Khula has announced a US $1.3million seed round to scale operations across the country. Khula provides small-scale and commercial size farmers with...
Nigeria to boost Namibia’s agriculture
Nigeria is set to assist Namibia boost its agriculture sector. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) made the announcement and said they will be...
66 Farm machines handed over to farmers’ cooperatives in Liberia
66 Farm machines worth US $103,000 have been handed over to farmers' cooperatives in Liberia. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
MAG assists farmers to increase Taro production for sustainable livelihood
The Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) Programme is assisting farmers in some selected areas in the Ashanti Region to acquire improved varieties of Taro...