By BERNARD BUSUULWA Despite frequent promises to develop agriculture and promote farmers’ interests in Africa, the share of credit going to the sector remains small, mostly owing to factors outside of it. For one, lenders have found it profitable to focus on other areas, and authorities across the continent have been tinkering with interest rate ...

Expands her Operations into West and Southern Africa to become Africa’s Largest Biodigester company. Africa….. Sistema.bio, has extended her biodigester technology solutions into West and Southern Africa to become Africa’s Largest Biodigester company. Founded in 2010, the company employs and contracts over 2500 people. Sistema.bio has operations in 31 countries with its African footprint initially ...

Lin Zhanxi (R), a professor from China’s Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, visits a mushroom growing shed in Kigali, Rwanda, on Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Ji Li) The Juncao technology invented by Lin Zhanxi from China’s Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in the 1980s has benefitted over 100 countries, including Rwanda. KIGALI, At an exhibition stand ...

This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. Africa is still affected by hunger and malnutrition, despite its description as the food basket of the global system. This recurrent problem is partly due to the outbreak of COVID-19, climate change (inaction on climate change by ...

HPE Africa’s newly launched Hyundai HX380L Series crawler excavators – which are classified in the medium to large category – are now available locally. “These robust machines – already hard at work in tough African conditions – have impressive performance features that are welcomed in demanding industries, like mining, quarrying, construction and civil engineering,” says ...

Africa could become the world’s powerhouse, particularly with the African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) seeking to remove trade barriers. AfCFTA is key to implementing the Agenda 2063 goals, which include healthy citizens and modern agriculture for increased productivity and production. Here are five focus areas to drive the Africa’s agriculture and food production from ...

Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO, ESET Southern Africa. Technology has improved productivity, efficiency and communication in every industry across the globe, and agriculture is no exception. Once considered a traditionally low-tech industry, the increased use of e-mail, online monitoring tools, remote controls and payment systems – together with automated smart farming equipment such as internet-connected tractors ...

Li Yi, who is promoting agricultural technologies, works on a farm with her colleagues in Nairobi in April 2022. CHINA DAILY Li Yi and Kiprotich Wesly Cheruiyot share a common quest but are separated by the best part of 9,000 kilometers. In fact, they don’t even know one another. Yet they are the quintessential model ...

Benedict Russo, a farmer in his late 40s, was among the hundreds of visitors who attended the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, to explore the latest agricultural technology products on display. NAIROBI, May 10 (Xinhua) — Benedict Russo, a farmer in his late 40s, was among the hundreds of visitors who ...

The private sector has a key role to play in driving sustainable investments in agriculture with the potential to take African economic development to the next level. Africa is among the most resource-rich regions of the world, with 65 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land and 30 percent of the world’s mineral resources ranking among the ...