YEAR 2 | 29 JANUARY 2020

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Nigeria government seeks $1 billion loan to promote mechanized farming

The Federal government of Nigeria will be obtaining a $1billion loan from Deutsche Bank (DB), Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and Islamic Development Bank to promote mechanization of farming in the country. The loans will attract a three per cent interest, to be repaid over a period of 15 years. Mr Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and...

Côte d'Ivoire selects IGN FI to modernize its land administration system

Côte d'Ivoire has faced difficulties in administering property rights for many years. Manual processing of requests and complex procedures have been leading to delays and errors, undermining the effectiveness of administering and securing property rights for citizens. In order to address this state of affairs the Côte d'Ivoire’s Ministry of Construction, Housing...

LVFO implements E€OFISH programme for sustainable blue economy in East African-South African-Indian Ocean region

The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) is implementing the E€OFISH programme in the EAC region in Lake Victoria, whose overall objective is to enhance equitable economic growth by promoting sustainable fisheries in the East African-South African-Indian Ocean (EA-SA-IO) region. The specific objective of the project is: To support sustainable...

[Interview] Lateef Wiredu, CEO, Ilaha Ghana Company Ltd

Often regarded as one of the orphan crops as more farmers abandon it for more modern crops, the West African yam is making a big come back and conquering international markets thanks to the value addition efforts of Lateef Apau Wiredu, the owner and CEO of Ilaha Ghana Company Limited that specializes in the farming and export of agricultural...

[Column] Wandile Sihlobo: South Africa’s agricultural machinery market underperformed in 2019, how will 2020 be?

South Africa’s agricultural machinery market is one of those sectors that “feels the cold when farmers are sneezing”, and 2019 was certainly that case. South Africa’s primary agriculture underperformed because of drought and biosecurity issues, amongst other aspects. The constrained farmers’ income on the back of the aforementioned factors was reflected...

[Column] Nico Groenewald: Succeeding in agriculture in 2020

The broader agricultural economic environment is changing, and this would require us to revisit how we determine our success as well. If 2019 was the only reference point to get a glimpse of Agriculture in 2020 then "tough" is probably an appropriate description. On the supply side, drought, high temperatures, animal disease and phytosanitary challenges...

Africa Business Communities Networking Event | Nairobi | 13 February 2020

Africa Business Communities is open for networking! Every last Thursday of the month you are welcome to meet our team and network. This edition Africa Business Communities founder Bas Vlugt will join us. Please note: this is an open, informal, non-sponsored networking event. There will be no program - so no waste of time - this is pure business networking...

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