By: Jayden Bagshaw African avocado exports recorded strong growth in 2025, with total shipments reaching 430,432 tonnes, according to preliminary data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Tropical Fruits Market Review published on Wednesday, 28 January. This represents a 16.7% increase compared with 368,845 tonnes in 2024, underscoring the continent’s growing role in global ...

Listed agribusiness and superfoods producer, Kakuzi Plc (NSE: KUKZ), has emerged as a frontrunner in the 2025 Kenya Avocado Excellence Awards (KAEA). As one of the largest producers of quality avocados for local and international markets, Kakuzi has received four nominations in the 2025 Avocado Excellence Awards reinforcing its position as a diversified and vertically ...

Njombe, Tanzania — As the China International Import Expo (CIIE) prepares to open its doors in Shanghai, Tanzanian agribusiness leader Juliana Yotham Mwalyepelo is preparing to showcase a product she calls “green gold”: organically grown avocados from the highlands of southern Tanzania. Mwalyepelo, chief executive officer of Chrises Real Solutions Company Limited, leads a diversified ...

Several East African districts have organised cluster-based avocado production models that bridge smallholder supply into export-certified packhouses, enabling farmers to access premium markets and better prices. Coordinated pruning, synced harvesting windows and consolidated pre-cooling at cooperative collection centres have allowed small growers to meet the quality and traceability requirements of supermarket buyers in Europe and ...

Kenya’s avocado industry is undergoing a quiet revolution as exporters adopt biological pest control methods to meet stringent EU phytosanitary requirements. Among them is Mary Wambui, a Murang’a-based farmer whose orchard now serves as a model for sustainable compliance. After facing fruit abortion and anthracnose outbreaks earlier this year, Wambui partnered with agronomists to implement ...

The government has finalized bilateral negotiations with the South African government concerning the export of fresh avocado fruits. Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo noted that the ministry is collaborating with avocado farmers to ensure compliance with the export conditions outlined in the agreement. The announcement was made in a speech delivered by Ministry Acting Permanent Secretary ...

The list of China’s food imports from Africa now includes avocados, soybeans, pineapples, chillies, cashew nuts, sesame seeds and spices. Photo: Xinhua Avocados and honey imports a sign of China’s growing agricultural engagement with Africa Agricultural cooperation to be high on the agenda when Beijing hosts the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit next week. South ...

In Muranga County, Kenya, avocado producers are facing a significant challenge as theft of their valuable produce becomes increasingly rampant. The local farmers, who have heavily invested in the cultivation of avocados, a crop that has gained popularity due to its lucrative market both locally and internationally, are now counting losses. According to the farmers, ...