Agribusiness

Lamola cheers as Botswana lifts veg import ban, boosting trade

Cape Town – South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola, has welcomed Botswana’s decision to gradually lift... Read more

20 Dec

Agribusiness

Illegal mining, smuggling threaten Ghana’s cocoa industry

Accra – Ghana, the world’s second biggest cocoa producer, faces a growing risk to its harvest – and blow... Read more

20 Dec, 2023

Agribusiness

North African climate change threatens farming, political stability

Sidi Salem – Tunisian olive farmer Ali Fileli looked out over his parched fields and crushed a lump of... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Agribusiness

Diving deep

The continent’s expansive coastline holds vast potential for growth through the blue economy

2 Jun, 2020

Agribusiness

Covering new ground

The continent needs to incentivise the use of biotechnology in the agricultural sector, which research shows, will improve crop... Read more

30 Jan, 2020

Agribusiness

Future planning

A Zimbabwean commercial bank has issued bonds aimed at raising agricultural funding in the wake of a poor harvest... Read more

14 Jan, 2020

Agribusiness

Field of vision

Africa needs more tech innovation in the agricultural sector to improve its levels of food security.

13 Nov, 2019

Agribusiness

Field of vision

Agriculture finance – strategically important for food security and economic development in Africa – is becoming ever more inventive

25 Jan, 2019

Agribusiness

Cream of the Crop

While Africa’s population is expected to double in the next 30 years, food insecurity is growing exponentially. The answer... Read more

28 Aug, 2018

Agribusiness

Seed money

The uptake of agricultural insurance in Africa has been given a boost, especially for small-scale farmers, by technological advancements... Read more

8 May, 2018