By Sheena Raikundalia Consider the humble lobster. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was fed to prisoners and indentured laborers – so despised that colonial...
By Balbir Singh There is a question that haunts every serious observer of international development: with billions of dollars flowing into agricultural programs across Africa and...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Before the latest escalation in the Middle East, the baseline forecasts looked manageable, if uneven. Global average food inflation was projected at...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo The dazzling machines on display in Kentucky made one thing clear: the real frontier of agricultural AI is not in the field...
By Juwon Akin-Olotu ₦2.2 trillion (US$1.6 billion) allocated for agriculture. Record budget figures. Renewed hope for food security. These were the headlines that dominated Nigeria’s agricultural...
By John Dale The promise of agricultural technology often comes wrapped in seductive rhetoric: disintermediation, direct-to-consumer models, blockchain traceability that “cuts out the middleman.” Yet this...
By John Dale For decades, Africa’s agricultural challenges have provided fodder for countless panel discussions, media interviews, and development conferences. The narrative is familiar: inadequate infrastructure,...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo A few days ago, on a farm in Nebraska, I watched a revelation unfold. A farmer demonstrated his tractor – a sophisticated...
By Balbir Singh For decades, academic papers, NGO briefings, donor reports, and media commentary have repeated a single storyline: Africa is chronically food insecure. It is...
By Victory Azimih For much of the past half-century, analysts speculated about when Africa would “rise.” That question is now obsolete. The real issue is how...
By Dishant Shah Africa is home to nearly 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land – roughly 200 million hectares lying fallow across the continent....
By Curtis Akunfu In an era dominated by risk-averse capital and volatile markets, investors are searching for stability, returns, and long-term resilience. Surprisingly, the answer may...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo When most people think of maize – commonly known as corn – in Africa, they picture a golden cob on a plate,...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo While the world races to invest in AI-driven agriculture, the real story unfolding across Africa is far more grounded – and far...
By Dishant Shah The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is spearheading an ambitious initiative to revolutionize agriculture across the continent through the establishment of Special Agro-Industrial...
By Dishant Shah Africa boasts a vast agricultural market with enormous potential, yet it remains underdeveloped. The continent is home to 60 percent of the world’s...
The African Union (AU) has unveiled a new agricultural development strategy to boost agri-food output by 45 percent by 2035, transforming the continent’s food systems. This...
Can investors get rich by backing Nigerian agriculture? An increasingly loud chorus of voices say that answering this question may be the most pressing challenge facing...
