Agribusiness

Mastercard, Ecobank partner to digitise agricultural value chains in Africa Mastercard and Ecobank Group will deploy Mastercard Farm Pass, an award-winning, innovative solution that helps connect...

Ghana: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism extends $2m to boost farmers’ access to fertilizers The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) will extend a $2 million partial...

‘Too little too late’: Ghana’s small farmers worry fertiliser aid won’t arrive in time to avert food crisis On a 1.5-acre vegetable farm in Accra,...

Agribusinesses to receive more support through GIRSAL and DBG The Ghana Incentive-based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) announces its collaboration with the newly established...

Vegetable oil price surge hits Nigerians Many Nigerian homes are struggling to buy vegetable oil as the prices of different litres of the commodity have...

Global food prices fall again but wheat soars World food prices fell slightly for the second consecutive month in May but wheat prices rose again as Russia’s...

AfDB to send emergency fertiliser to West Africa The African Development Bank is looking to source about 500,000 tonnes of fertiliser for West Africa by the end...

African Union head to push Russia, Ukraine to unblock grain exports Senegal's president and African Union chairman Macky Sall said on Wednesday that when he...

AfDB to reduce wheat importation to Nigeria by 40% in 2023 The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the heat-tolerant wheat production technology being supported by...

South Africa: Poultry industry seeks more anti-dumping protections However, the South African poultry industry has a bone to pick with cheap chicken imports from Brazil,...