Africa Agribusiness
05-26-2022 | 11:50:45
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) will grant a $3 billion envelope to Egypt to enable it, among other things, to make its wheat purchases in a context of rising grain prices
05-26-2022 | 11:30:00
L’industriel marocain spécialisé dans l’agroalimentaire, Oland Group, a inauguré quatre nouvelles lignes dédiées à la production de fromage fondu, dans le cadre d’une convention étatique pour la promotion du made in Morocco.
05-26-2022 | 11:19:00
Depuis près de 15 ans, le secteur ivoirien de l’hévéa est sur une pente ascendante. Portée par le développement de l’industrie de la pneumatique, la production continue de croître.
05-23-2022 | 16:33:41
With The Rockefeller Foundation's support, this information will make it easier for countries around the world to navigate the unprecedented challenges connected to the current global food crisis.
05-23-2022 | 09:26:00
Au début des années 2010, Godelive Ngalula, commerçante à Kikwit, en République démocratique du Congo, mettait une semaine pour effectuer quelque 350 kilomètres en direction de Tshikapa, dans la province du Kasaï.
05-23-2022 | 09:08:00
In the early 2010s, Godelive Ngalula, a trader from Kikwit, the main town of Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, spent a week to travel the 350 kilometres (km) to Tshikapa in Kasaï Province and 50,000 Congolese francs (about $24.5) on food.
05-19-2022 | 15:00:00
The President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, has been selected as one of 16 eminent members of the Climate Overshoot Commission.
05-16-2022 | 15:53:26
The plan seeks to avert a looming food crisis in Africa caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
05-16-2022 | 15:49:46
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called on G7 nations to help anticipate future food shortages, as the war in Ukraine squeezes supplies, pushes prices to record highs and threatens already vulnerable nations across Africa and Asia.
05-16-2022 | 13:01:00
Grâce à un investissement d’un milliard de FCFA nouvelle station d’empotage permettra également à Bolloré Transport & Logistics d’améliorer sa qualité de service, avec un potentiel d’accroissement de 30 à 50 % du volume de cacao traité à ce jour, sur cette base logistique.
05-16-2022 | 09:37:59
The merger would create an over $900 million annual revenue and highly profitable Nasdaq-listed Fintech and Agri-Fintech company serving the African and Asian markets.
05-13-2022 | 13:13:58
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), a player in innovative partnerships, breeding and agronomic science for sustainable agri-food systems, will lead the project.
05-12-2022 | 11:56:00
Le Mali redevient premier producteur de coton en Afrique avec un record de production de plus de 760 000 tonnes au titre de la campagne 2021-2022.
05-12-2022 | 09:15:00
L’Egypte est prête à accompagner la Côte d’Ivoire dans sa volonté d’améliorer la performance de sa filière aquacole et renforcer l’offre en poissons sur le marché intérieur.
05-09-2022 | 13:26:55
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a license to the Embu Coffee Farmers Marketing Agency to operating as a coffee broker at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange.
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05-18-2022 | 10:30:00
Kenya’s cost of living has hit unprecedented highs with prices of basic commodities being out of reach for many citizens.
05-16-2022 | 09:05:00
Grâce au DRD, 516 milliards de FCFA ont été payés aux planteurs ivoiriens au titre de la campagne 2020-2021 pour une production de 2,225 millions de tonnes de cacao
03-08-2022 | 09:07:20
Claudia Castellanos is the Co-Founder and CEO of Black Mamba, an Eswatini-based brand that manufactures and distributes specialty food products such as chilli sauces, pestos, chutneys and jams among others.
03-03-2022 | 12:50:00
Stephen Oehley is the CEO of Xtendevent, an infrastructure for organising trade shows, digital expositions and corporate events.
03-02-2022 | 11:35:00
The unprecedented population boom in Africa, the highest world over, continues to put more pressure on food producers as they grapple with having more mouths to feed.
02-24-2022 | 13:04:55
The so-called potato shortage that impacted KFC in Kenya last month reveals less about supply issues, and more about the longstanding forces that hold back the diversification and professionalisation of the country’s potato sector.
02-04-2022 | 09:55:00
Africa’s trajectory to emergence and self-sufficiency has seen significant progress in achieving global and continental milestones such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Malabo Declaration.
01-28-2022 | 09:50:56
Cane is supplied from the company’s fields and the rest through an outgrower scheme with the neighbouring farmers
01-25-2022 | 11:06:15
Kikombo Avocado Farm is a Tanzania-based company that deals with farming and selling of avocado and seedlings targeting both local and export markets, research and farmer trainings, consultation and management of avocado farming project.
01-19-2022 | 15:36:32
Climate change, which is expressed in terms of drought, floods, and changing rainfall patterns and increased variability, is expected to hit sub-Saharan Africa most.
12-02-2021 | 08:09:45
Tanzania’s people are its greatest asset, followed by its natural resources, which need conservation and protection from climate change hazards.
11-23-2021 | 07:46:21
From a labour-force perspective, 11 million young people enter the job market every year, but only 3.7 million jobs are created to accommodate them.
11-08-2021 | 12:59:28
More than 2 million smallholder farming families contribute to the economy of Malawi, but they struggle to sustain, grow and diversify their farming business.
11-03-2021 | 06:15:00
But it is not Unilever, Kraft or Danone. Instead, the largest private-sector player in food and agribusiness is in fact the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers, who are responsible for around a third of global food supplies.
10-29-2021 | 09:51:27
While the spotlight shines on our rural grandmothers, mothers and daughters, it is also an opportune time to declare that, as a continent, we must now do all it takes to alleviate the strife that our women in agriculture undergo to keep us well nourished, while securing a better future for coming generations.