Addis Ababa gets organic vegetables restaurant
Natani Café, Bar, and Restaurant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia introduces a new restaurant with only seasonal organic vegetables,…
Agribusiness
Smallholder farmers in Mali secure finance
More than 440,000 smallholder farmers in Mali will soon have better access to rural financial services thanks to…
IFAD to assist Sudan’s rural transformation
Sudan’s economic future may rest in the hands of its smallholder farmers. Two thirds of the country’s population…
Mozambique rural enterprises secure $62 million funding
A new funding is set to help more than 287,700 rural people engaged in agriculture, fisheries and small…
Malawi launches new project to reduce extreme poverty
The Government of Malawi and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launch a new project that aims…
Continental bank issues Feed Africa bond
African Development Bank, which is rated AAA-rated by Moody’s/S&P/Fitch/Japan Credit Rating Agency, issued its second “Feed Africa” bond…
Innovations for rural transformation key says IFAD
Concluding a five-day visit to Kenya the Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Cornelia…
Morocco agribusiness gets EUR 200 million
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved EUR 200 million loan to support inclusive…
Angolan farmers secure funding to improve food security
A new financial agreement, signed today between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Angola, is to…
Report stresses agriculture’s significance in transforming African economy
A new report, entitled, Agriculture, Powering Africa’s Economic Transformation’, by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) –…
Germany promotes agricultural mechanization technologies in Ethiopia
The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) today host a field day in Ethiopia at the Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center…
Korea helps to improve rural people lives in Cote D’Ivoire
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire – Multiple projects financed by the Korean government and implemented…
Experts set to discuss regional fisheries, aquaculture strategy
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is set organized a two days meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to…
Islamic Bank of Guinea launches financing product for agricultural inputs
The Federation of Fruit Planters of Lower Guinea (Federation) organizes the distribution of fertilizer to planters who subscribed…
Corporation launches Africalease to promote leasing in sub-Saharan Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today formally launches ‘Africalease’, an association…
Capital markets, high impact sectors in Africa secure funding
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and ALCB Fund Board Members have signed a…
Mauritanian President to discuss agricultural investment with IFAD boss
Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is set to meet Mauritanian President…
African Food Security Prize Launched to Stop Devastating Crop Pest
Feed the Future, supported by Land O’Lakes International Development and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, has…
IFAD president, Angolan President to discuss investment in rural youth employment
Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is set to meet Angolan President…
German supports coffee, honey projects in Ethiopia
Today, the German government’s programme for private sector involvement in emerging markets, develoPPP.de, brought its projects for developing…
Agricultural investment impacts women, girls lives
Investment in agriculture and rural development may be among the best ways for Canada to realize the goals…
Investing in climate-resilient agriculture eradicates malnutrition – report
Investing in climate-resilient agriculture not only improves food security but contributes to eradicating malnutrition, according to the findings…
USAID Launches Livelihoods for Resilience Program in Ethiopia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners CARE Ethiopia and Catholic Relief Services, along…
Maputo set to host African agribusiness summit
In two weeks over 300 visitors from 28 different countries are set to join senior government figures and…
Brazil set to train African youth in cassava processing
The Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched an initiative that aims to train…
U.S. Borax introduces mobile crop guide to help agronomists
U.S. Borax Inc, part of Rio Tinto, has launched a mobile crop guide to help agronomists, growers and…
African smallholders can seize $1 trillion food market- report
The power of entrepreneurs and the free market is driving Africa’s economic growth from food production, as business…
UN food agency chiefs visit drought-hit Ethiopia
The heads of the United Nations food agencies made a joint call for greater investment in long-term activities…
60,000 Angolans set to benefit from a new project
The Government of Angola and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launch a project that will generate…
USAID launches new activity in Ethiopia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity to…