Food & Agriculture

Guinea’s ruling junta has suspended the export of several agricultural products, including rice, potatoes, and palm oil, for six months to preserve its “food sovereignty” Read More

 Andermatt, the leading Swiss biological agricultural product manufacturer, has set up an office in Kenya as it seeks to spread into the region with its Read More

By Eunice WAWUDA In March 2022, NutriFish, a fish processing project of CultiAF, a partnership of the International Development Research Centre, Canada, and the Australian Centre Read More

By Monica MUEMA Faulu Microfinance bank Monday announced a series of new measures aimed at financing farmers to acquire farm inputs for both livestock and Read More

By Monica MUEMA AFEX, Africa’s commodities exchange and commodities market player, has announced its expansion into Uganda, seven months after it first entered the East African Read More

With the help of images taken via satellite and smartphones, ACRE Africa’s Picture Based Insurance (PBI) project is working to make smart insurance accessible to Read More

By Monica MUEMA The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has partnered with ResponsAbility Investments AG (responsAbility) to offer a Loan Portfolio Guarantee facility amounting to USD 5 Read More

Kiva together with MasterCard Foundation have on Tuesday announced a $7.9 million partnership to expand financial access among smallholder farmers and rural populations in Africa Read More