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Get the very current news on Agriculture and Farming activities in Africa.
- Feb- 2026 -6 February
AgroEknor closes new funding round to expand hibiscus market
Acumen, a global impact investor building markets to solve poverty, has announced investment in AgroEknor, a Nigerian agribusiness operating end-to-end…
Read More » - 5 February
Kenya’s Research-to-Commercialisation Programme helps universities mobilise US$4.68 million and create over 400 Jobs
A major programme designed to transform how Kenyan research reaches the market has demonstrated that systemic institutional reform is the…
Read More » - 5 February
IFC considers a senior loan to Star Bright Holdings Ltd. for Marginpar flower farms
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a senior loan of up to Sh1.8 billion to Star Bright Holdings Limited…
Read More » - 3 February
A continental shift in competition law enforcement in essential food and agricultural markets
Across Africa, 2025 was a year of heightened activity in competition law enforcement in the Agri sector, particularly in sectors…
Read More » - 3 February
Building resilient food supply chains in Southern Africa
Across Southern Africa, food supply chains are operating under increasing strain. Climate volatility, infrastructure constraints, energy instability, rising input costs,…
Read More » - 2 February
Tanzania opens major rice mill in Kahama
A new rice mill has begun operations in Tanzania, according to Tanzania Investment and Export Zones Authority (TISEZA). The facility…
Read More » - 2 February
Kenya to host Gulfood360 Africa in major boost to the country’s agribusiness investment and global food trade
Kenya is set to host the inaugural Gulfood360 Africa/Kenya in Nairobi from 4 – 6 May 2027, marking a major…
Read More » - Jan- 2026 -29 January
Mechanizing Africa’s farms won’t work unless we do it differently
For decades, Africa’s agricultural mechanization has been guided by a stubborn assumption: if tractors transformed farming elsewhere, surely, they would…
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