The African Green Revolution Forum is a platform for global and African leaders to develop actionable plans that will move African agriculture forward. The 9th edition of the forum will run from September 3rd to 6th in Accra, Ghana, under the theme – “Grow Digital:
More than 2000 participants drawn from across Africa will attend Agriculture Summit Africa powered by Sterling Bank in Abuja this week. The top-level summit which brings together agriculture value chains players, policymakers, investors, development agencies, international finance institutions to unlock Africa’s huge agriculture potential holds
The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report for 2018-2019 has revealed that Africa generates $127 million with the use of digitisation services for agriculture activities. The amount will increase to $2.3 billion in the next decade. Mr Michael Hailu, Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural
AFRICAN countries import nearly $50 billion net of food annually despite the continent holding 60 per cent of the world’s arable land, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said. The bank’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human, and Social Development, Jennifer Blanke, stated this during a
“There’s risk, yes, but there are juicy returns, now is the time for all of us to run in that direction.” – Jennifer Blanke Prioritizing the digital space will help shift the development focus for Africa’s agribusiness sector and overcome its many hurdles, participants at
The Sasakawa Association will work with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), to help double rice production to 50 million tonnes by 2030. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the announcement at the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) symposium held on Wednesday during TICAD7. “Japanese technology
Determined to create job opportunities and industrialize Nigeria, the Dangote Group yesterday announced that it was scaling up its investment in agricultural sector. Fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing 2nd edition of the Agribusiness Summit in Abuja Group Executive Director, Strategy,
Japan will reaffirm in the coming days its interest to strengthen its strategic partnership with African countries by hosting the 7th Tokyo International Conference for the Development of Africa (TICAD7) on 28-30 August. Cooperation relations between Japanese and Africans date back to the 1950s, but
An African research centre said Monday it has launched a new rice project that targets to benefit 300,000 households in Kenya, Uganda and Madagascar. Africa Rice Center said the project which is expected to enhance income and food security will adopt appropriate rice technologies and
Nigerian Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA), have agreed to work together to revamp agribusiness and help Nigerian farmers engage in mechanised farming. Speaking at the weekend at the end of the investment workshop between NIRSAL and