Up to 40,000 youth from 15 African nations are benefiting from over $490 million investment program by the African Development Bank to enable them grow…
The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity has launched an Agribusiness Challenge Fund, calling for proposals from agricultural SMEs that can create work opportunities…
Competition The 2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is inviting agrifood entrepreneurs from across Africa to showcase their startup business ventures. The competition seeks innovative founders…
SunCulture, a leading provider of solar-powered irrigation solutions and agricultural technology for smallholder farmers, has raised $27.5 million in its Series B funding round. The…
“There is sufficient stock of good quality fertiliser to meet farmers’ demand”, President William Ruto assured this week, while warning unscrupulous traders behind fake fertiliser…
Africa’s agrifood sector holds significant untapped potential to deliver jobs and livelihoods for the continent’s rapidly growing youth population, states a new report. The latest…
They were majestic, huge, sturdy, and strong, beautiful to look at. One by one they came. The Boran, Sahiwal, Jersey, Ayrshire, Friesian, Guernsey, and Magic50…
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) and Trademark Africa (TMA) have launched a three-year project to facilitate export-oriented staple grains trade in Kenya, Tanzania, and…
Small-scale farmers in East Africa and their families are set to benefit from a transformative banana breeding project. This follows a pact between the International…
Apple snail, a highly invasive pest which was first reported in 2020 in Kenya at Mwea Irrigation Settlement Scheme (MIS) has increasingly become a matter…
In Laikipia County, an innovative approach is being employed to tackle the spread of the invasive prickly pear cactus, Opuntia engelmannii. This troublesome cactus, also…
A latest report by Heifer International, a global nonprofit working to end hunger and poverty through sustainable farming, has indicated that tens of thousands of…
