Where this is found in Africa Series – an Expository of African Cash Crops
‘Where this is found in Africa’ is our expository of the many cash crops birth by the fertile lands of Africa. Each region boasts of the […]
Agribusiness Spotlight: Cevital Agro Industrie
Cevital Agro Industrie is a leading agro-food processor that has its base at Béjaïa, Algeria. Cevital Agro Industrie owns two sugar refineries, a liquid sugar plant, […]
UN Appoints Aliko Dangote and Akinwumi Adesina to Tackle Global Malnutrition
The United Nations has appointed the president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and Akinwunmi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank. the duo were chosen as […]
AATF partners IRRI to Scale Hybrid Rice Production in Africa
The International Rice and Research Institute, IRRI has signed a four- year partnership agreement with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation AATF. This partnership will help scale […]
NARO Invents Anti-tick Vaccine for Livestock Farmers
Scientist at the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) in Uganda has developed an anti-tick vaccine. This new vaccine was produced by a team of Ugandan scientists […]
Brace Yourselves! It’s 75 days to MTFC 2019
Dear Agro stakeholders, we are pleased to announce to you that our annual agro-promotion event ‘Meet the Farmers Conference’ (MTFC 2019), is just 75 days away! […]
Alloysius Attah is the Co-founder and CEO of Farmline, an agritech startup. As a five-year-old boy, Alloysius lived with his aunt, who is a smallholder farmer […]
Is Africa truly ready for the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement? Part 2
From the previous post, we listed some of the challenges that the Africa Union need to tackle before enacting the Africa Continent Free Trade Agreement. Although […]
Is Africa truly ready for the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement? Part 1
Africa is a continent with a population of 1.3 billion people. This figure, expected to grow to 2.5 billion by 2050, bodes larger markets and increased […]
Personality of the Week: Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru
Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru is a farmer and agribusiness entrepreneur. She founded Honeysuckles, intending to sell processed agricultural produce to certain food chains and restaurants. Inadequate supply […]
