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African sesame seeds in a market sack with Sub-Saharan farming fields in the background, representing Africa's role in the global sesame processing value chain

The Tiny Seed Powering a Billion-Dollar Global Trade

Sesame is one of the world's most ancient crops - and one of its most underappreciated commodities. As Africa quietly becomes the engine of global supply,...

Ivory Coast cocoa beans and Kenya tea exports driving Africa's agricultural trade growth

Opinion3 months ago

Africa’s Agricultural Export Revolution: A Continent Feeding the World

From Ivory Coast's cocoa fields to South Africa's citrus groves, ten nations are reshaping global food supply chains - and signaling that Africa's agricultural moment has...

Rusted tractor submerged in a river in rural Kenya, symbolizing failed Western agricultural technology transfer in the developing world.

Opinion4 months ago

Copy-Paste Farming: Why Western Tech Keeps Failing the Developing World

By Balbir Singh The rusting hulk of a 150-horsepower tractor lies submerged in a river in rural Kenya. A sophisticated pivot irrigation system, designed for the...

African woman farmer standing on a small subsistence plot, symbolizing the challenges of smallholder farming and the need for modern, scalable agriculture.

Opinion6 months ago

Why Romanticizing Subsistence Agriculture Holds Back Africa’s Progress

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...