Tag: Business
Africa: COVID-19 Pandemic – FAO Urges Govts to Keep Food Chain...
Prior to the covid-19 pandemic, 113 million people experiencing acute hunger; in sub-Saharan Africa, a quarter of the population is undernourished
Tanzania: Call for Boost to Soya Value Chain
As Tanzania pushes to become a prominent soya producer in East and Southern African region, the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (Sagcot) urged...
East Africa: Uganda Poultry Ban Lifted, Kenya tighten measures
Kenya plans to institute tough measures on imports of poultry products from Uganda even as it lifted restrictions imposed in January following an outbreak...
Nigeria: $823m Abuja Metro Rail to be Ready by December
Expectations are high as the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) says the first phase of Abuja Rail Mass Transit Project will be commissioned...
Rwanda: New Deal With Indian Firm to Boost Tea Exports
The Government has signed an agreement with an Indian based company that specialises in tea manufacturing, which is expected to help boost Rwanda's tea...
Apply: Africa Agri-food Development Programme
The Africa Agri-Food Development Programme (AADP) is a joint initiative between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Foreign...
Tanzania: The Painful Politics of Agriculture
By Saumu Jumanne
When we come to the most important ministries in our country, I rank the ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries very high....
Sudan’s Agricultural Bank Signs Agreements With US Companies
The Sudanese Agricultural Bank has signed four agreements with major American companies in the fields of axial irrigation, irrigation pumps, silos, solar energy, and...
Using agriculture and agribusiness to bring about industrialisation in Africa
By: Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
No region of the world has ever moved to industrialised economy status without a transformation of the agricultural sector. Agriculture, which...
Report: The Internationalisation of East African SMEs
SMEs in East Africa have seen encouraging growth in recent years, especially in the areas of IT, with ecosystems such as the Silicon Savannah...
