Africa

Smallholder farmers drive Africa’s irrigation revolution

Africa, like the rest of the world, faces the threat of climate change. As unpredictable weather patterns increasingly disrupt planting and harvesting seasons, reduce arable land and cau...

2 Feb 2024 · 10 min read

Climate change hits Africa hardest

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC), or Conference of the Parties (COP28) took place from 30 November until 12 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This confer...

20 Dec 2023 · 9 min read

Africa’s agriculture influencers keep hope alive

Africa's agriculture influencers are not letting any bad energy, bad economy, or bad weather stand in the way of their drive to keep punching. The continent has had its fair share of soc...

20 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

The future of Africa’s agriculture trends

Trends to watch as Africa seeks to increase food production and climate-proof its agriculture sector will include new technologies and information sharing, researchers and agencies say. ...

20 Dec 2023 · 5 min read

Africa’s food production still lags despite many promises

A report launched by the Africa Food Systems Forum in September 2023 has lamented that targets set by African countries to meet food production and trade demands remain "far-fetched." ...

12 Dec 2023 · 4 min read

Investing in Africa: It’s about more than just hard metal with John Deere

Bridging the gap between equipment, education, and employment John Deere AME’s Construction, Mining and Quarrying Division has announced its focus on investing in industry-standard tr...

10 Mar 2023 · 4 min read

Reinke’s circles of success in Botswana: Episode 1

The six silos that can be seen when passing through Panda are the only landmarks and indications of civilisation, you really can miss it, if you blink! Even though it is small and wo...

7 Mar 2023 · < 1 min read

Introduction to spice and herb production in Africa

A rare production system farmers delve into in sub-Saharan Africa is herb and spice production. This may be due to the lack of knowledge of their value, supply chain and market linkages,...

9 Jan 2023 · 5 min read

Is Africa ready for artificial intelligence?

In a world of rapidly changing technology and creation of more efficient systems, manual labour is slowly becoming a thing of the past, and with this conception of new technology, the ap...

17 Oct 2022 · 4 min read

Uralchem to make a humanitarian shipment of fertilisers to Africa

Uralchem JSC, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of nitrogen, potash and complex fertilisers (hereinafter, the Company), will make a gratuitous shipment of its products...

28 Jul 2022 · 2 min read
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