By Dishant Shah The continent’s youth bulge is not a development story. It is a structural macro-investment thesis – and the window to act is narrowing....
By Juwon Akin-Olotu Africa’s agricultural economy does not need faster unicorns. It needs a fundamentally different animal. There is a particular kind of hubris that travels...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Imagine explaining artificial intelligence to a four-year-old child in rural Africa. You wouldn’t begin with algorithms or machine learning models. Instead, you...
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 Juwon Akin-Olotu Walk into any international development conference in Europe or the United States, and you will encounter the same carefully curated imagery projected onto...
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 Jean Claude Niyomugabo Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads. With a rapidly growing population, climate volatility, and persistent post-harvest losses, the continent’s food systems are...
By Danilo Desiderio In the decades since the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has emerged as one of Africa’s most compelling development success stories. From the ashes of...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo In 2019, I held a smartphone for the first time – not because I owned one, but because I rented it for...
By Des H Rikhotso Across Africa, the rhythm of life pulses through the soil. From the sun-drenched fields of Ethiopia to the fertile plains of Nigeria...
Farmerline Group has secured a US$6.4 million Pre-Series A investment and US$6.5 million debt to strengthen its supply chain for agribusinesses; reduce the cost of farming,...
A Mauritius sugarcane firm Omnicane is set to invest $250 million into sugarcane plantations in northern Ghana, creating 2,000 jobs and boosting income in the impoverished...
Partners in the Grow Africa, a program by the World Economic Forum, NEPAD and the African Union, said it doubled its agricultural investment commitments from companies...
The St Lucia Employers Federation (SLEF) is calling for the revitalization of the agriculture sector which it says is key to reducing unemployment. “We have to...
In the past two years, private equity deals solidified in Kenya have doubled, according to a Capital FM report. As outlined in the article, an East Africa...
