The continent loses enough grain each year to feed 48 million people. The solution is hiding in plain sight.
By Daki Nkanyane For most of modern history, security meant soldiers, fortified borders, and the threat of armed enemies crossing lines drawn on maps. A country...
By Franco Bonghan When Burkina Faso banned fresh tomato exports to feed its own processing plants, it did more than protect a crop. It quietly repudiated...
The continent's coming workforce explosion demands a new kind of farming - and technology may be the catalyst that makes it possible.
The continent is on track to house nearly four billion people by century's end. Whether that becomes the world's greatest economic opportunity- or its most destabilizing...
By Victory Azimih The first three parts of this series established a doctrine – spare in language but weighty in implication. Infrastructure builds capacity. Industry builds...
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 Jean Claude Niyomugabo Every algorithm powering precision agriculture. Every autonomous drone mapping field boundaries. Every self-navigating tractor optimizing fuel consumption. None of them materialized overnight....
By Curtis Akunfu Right now in Ghana, farmers are sitting on surplus while households struggle to eat. Rice, maize, and soybeans are piling up in warehouses...
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 The year 2025 tested agribusiness leaders across Africa with relentless volatility: devastating floods in northern regions, stubborn inflation eroding margins, and supply chains...
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 Ajay Wasserman The world came to Africa in 2025 – but not everyone showed up. That, however, turned out to be beside the point. While...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Africa stands at the cusp of a dairy revolution – one that could reshape its agricultural landscape, bolster food security, and drive...
By Dishant Shah When pundits discuss Africa’s economic future, they often fixate on familiar themes: mineral wealth, youthful demographics, or the rapid adoption of digital technology....
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 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 Jean Claude Niyomugabo For generations, African farmers have fed nations with little more than hand hoes, resilience, and deep agrarian knowledge. They have sustained food...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Did you know that rural women produce more than half of the world’s food – yet remain among the least empowered when...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo In rural Kenya, a self-taught farmer manages 50 acres of maize and dairy cattle – feeding his community and turning a steady...
By Ajay Wasserman Africa is home to 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land – yet it spends more than US$60 billion annually importing food....
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Did you know that Africa’s agricultural productivity remains roughly 50 percent below the global average – despite the continent holding 60 percent...
By David Coleman Africa is being asked to sprint before it’s learned to crawl. While the continent grapples with foundational challenges – access to clean water,...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Over the past three years, I have walked through greenhouses in China, olive groves in Italy, high-tech farms in the UK, and...
By Dian Baldé Africa’s push for agro-industrialization has long been framed as a race to build factories, attract investors, and export value-added goods. But too often,...
By Dishant Shah Africa feeds the world – and yet, it struggles to feed itself efficiently. Consider this: the average journey of food across the African...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Agriculture remains Africa’s largest employer, and the continent’s next wave of millionaires will emerge not from luck, but from modern agribusiness. Unlocking...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo While the world races to dominate artificial intelligence, a far more transformative revolution is quietly taking root across Africa – one that...
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...
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 Africa stands at a crossroads. We can continue relying on fragmented systems, food imports, and outdated perceptions of farming – or we...
