Ten African countries have pledged nearly US$9 million to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), increasing their contributions to support rural development, smallholder farmers and stronger food systems across the continent. Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe announced their commitments to IFAD’s fourteenth replenishment cycle, known as IFAD14, ...

The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved two concessional loans totalling $31 million to bolster Chad’s power supply and rice production, tackling acute energy poverty and food insecurity in one of Africa’s most climate-exposed countries. Financing Breakdown Energy Sector Support Project: $15 million to expand access to clean, affordable electricity through off-grid and renewable ...

©Benedicte Kurzen/NOOR for FAO The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua New Guinea, promote sustainable fisheries in Saint Lucia, and help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall. The initiatives, designed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), were greenlighted at ...

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has announced a plan to reactivate the South Chad Irrigation Scheme aimed at providing a livelihood for the resettled communities of people affected by age long Boko Haram insurgency. The Governor made the announcement on Monday, 8 January, 2024, in Wulgo, a community in Ngala Local Government Area. He ...