By Mark-Anthony Johnson Can a West African nation plagued by poverty replicate Asia’s most audacious economic miracle? In the pantheon of ambitious national rebranding exercises, few...
By Danilo Desiderio On December 18 2023, the Financial Times published an article that had an international resonance, which argued that Africa cannot grow without increasing...
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...
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Shaib Kyari, led a delegation to Zimbabwe to study its successful agricultural strategies, particularly those driving record-breaking wheat...
By Mary Alorh Africa’s food security remains a significant developmental challenge, with food inflation continuing to rise and exacerbating hunger and poverty across the continent. In...
Rice holds deep cultural significance in Sierra Leone, where a meal without rice is considered incomplete. However, surging rice prices have forced many to sacrifice other...
By Godfred Zina The military junta in Burkina Faso has faced criticism regarding issues of democracy, freedom of speech, violence, and authoritarian governance. However, it is...
By Danilo Desiderio A paper from the Morocco-based Policy Centre for the New South explores which development model Africa should adopt to enhance its economic growth...
By Gregory Simpkins As I have written about previously, as many as four billion people globally experience water shortages for at least one month a year,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In recent years, food insecurity has emerged as a significant concern across Africa. Earlier this year, Nigeria declared a national emergency on...
Barbados has made history as the first country to introduce a national AI Agronomic Advisor, setting a groundbreaking precedent in the global agricultural sector. This innovative...
AFP | Crouched next to a pile of fresh mangoes, Senegalese farmer Mame Abdou Diop shoots a TikTok clip hoping it will be a hit with...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In recent times, food insecurity has become a major security issue in Africa. Earlier this year, Nigeria declared an emergency on food...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Agriculture life in Africa has been around for millennia after communities in the continent transitioned from hunter-gatherer status to crop growing and...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
By Victor Oluwole The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the launch of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Alliance (SAPZ), a groundbreaking project aimed at mobilizing...
Jamaica-based H&L Agro and Guyana’s Agricultural & Public Health Solutions (APSOL) have signed an agreement to help develop and sustain agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
By Ryan Elcock In recent years, the agricultural sector in Guyana has experienced significant growth and development. As part of the country’s efforts to enhance food...
The Holness administration is making its largest-ever capital investment in agriculture with more than J$12 billion (US$96 million) to be spent across the fiscal years 2022/23...
The Exchange Africa| The EU insists that food and fertilizer are not part of the sanctions it has imposed on Russia due to the ongoing conflict...
Energy Capital & Power| The meetings saw Mohamed bin Twar discuss investment opportunities between Qatar and Uganda with Minister Abu Bakr that will serve to encourage Qatari...
By Jukka Pirttilä, Mari Kangasniemi and Partners Over half of Zambia’s population lived below the national poverty line in 2015. In rural areas, where 89 percent...
By Gregory Simpkins I have worked on analyzing Africa issues for more than 40 years, and during that time, I have constantly heard appeals for humanitarian...
Enabling Africa’s digital transformation requires homegrown enterprise solutions that address the continent’s unique realities.
Wider smartphone and Internet access has allowed technology firms to reach remote African farmers with apps providing veterinary diagnoses, crop planting guidance and virtual marketplaces. Human...
Kenya is committed to ensuring food security, creating jobs, flood control and water harvesting. Previously agriculture has been an underfunded sector when compared to education and...
More than 3.5 million South Sudanese are facing a severe famine situation, aid agencies have warned. They said the current fragile ceasefire could help in relief...
Several agriculture projects in Tanzania have been awarded grants worth almost 650,000 US dollars by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT). “The AFT has granted two...
The World Bank will offer $1 billion in financing to help Angola rebuild infrastructure and develop its agriculture, an official at the Washington-based lender said on...
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...
The government has a mission to use a strong state to build infrastructure and develop the industrial and agricultural sectors. It argues that it could repeat the...
Early in the morning, Rudy Manuel accompanies his father to the farm of their Chinese agricultural partner to sell the rice produced in his father’s land....
African countries south of the Sahara are poised to enjoy a surge in growth in their banking and trade systems in the upcoming decades. According to...
Ghana will begin the free distribution of fertilizer to cocoa farmers this year in a renewed effort by the world’s second largest exporter to boost crop...
Zambia needs faster economic growth than its current single-digit annual rate to tackle rampant poverty, the country’s finance minister said. Zambia’s Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said...
A new study suggests the design of policies and greater investment in eight priority areas will enable Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to raise agricultural...
By Olusegun Obasanjo When Nigeria announced recently that it had become Africa’s biggest economy, you could be forgiven for thinking that oil was the only reason. After...
Rwanda has committed itself to driving policies and reforms that will attract investment and promote growth in the country. According to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, “It’s...
Nigeria now has the largest economy in Africa, the government announced on 6 April. With a gross domestic product of $500.9 billion, Nigeria should attract more...
The African Progress Panel is set to release its latest report on Africa unleashing green and blue revolutions in agriculture and fishing. The report, which will...
The Ethiopian government says the country’s economy will grow by 11.3 percent this year. Ethiopia’s economy grew by 9.7 percent during the 2012/13 financial year and...
Through investments in African agriculture, the continent has the potential to feed not only itself but the world. According to the World Bank, agriculture is essential...
One of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, Fidelity Bank, has raised its lending to 50 percent by 2017 from 28 percent in 2013. “Our approach is total...
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...
Five years ago, as world spot gold prices began an unprecedented rally to around $1,900 an ounce in late 2011, poor cocoa farmers woke up to...
According to Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda, Zambia’s economy is in dire need of diversification. And instead of mining — which doesn’t always show immediate real returns —...
Millions of East Africans consume unsafe amounts of the carcinogenic fungus, aflatoxin, daily through their food. Aflatoxin poisoning in East Africa has become an epidemic, particularly...
Nigeria has a strong, buoyant economy receiving billions of dollars of foreign and domestic direct investment in power, petrochemicals, agriculture and consumer goods, but it needs...
Technology and shifting populations are changing the economics of Johannesburg’s, and sub-Saharan Africa’s, real estate markets, IndependentOnline reports. So far, the South African government has promised...
Aliko Dangote, Founder, President and CEO of the Dangote Group. PHOTO/Mike Hutchings/Reuters The Dangote Group, the Nigerian company founded and run by Aliko Dangote, plans to...
Akinwumi Adesina – Nigeria’s minister for Agriculture. PHOTO/Getty Images Nigeria’s minister for Agriculture Akinwumi Adesina, was earlier this week named 2013 Forbes Africa person of the...
Akinwumi Adesina – Nigeria’s minister for Agriculture. PHOTO/Getty Images When President Goodluck Jonathan was elected two years ago, he pledged reforms that would transform the lives...
Major international companies are in South Sudan for a summit aimed at showcasing the new country’s potential to investors. Investors received presentations from different ministers across...
(Reuters) – Mozambique’s economic growth accelerated to 8.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from 6.5 percent in the third quarter, data from the National...
Irrigated farming in Tanzania. PHOTO/Peter Arnold, Inc./Ron Giling Good technologies generated from agricultural research in Africa have been beneficial in improving crop yield and economic growth...
African agriculture is held back by Western scientific illiterates whose well-paid jobs involve frightening people about biotechnology. African agriculture must play a major role in any...
