As Sub-Saharan Africa faces mounting food insecurity, the Republic of Congo and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have joined forces to harness the potential of e-commerce to drive agricultural development and improve access to food. A joint ECA/Congo mission was held in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire from June 30 to July 4, bringing ...

The Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) is seeking to catalyse eco-innovation by supporting innovations likely to strengthen sustainable agriculture in the Congo Basin, which is under threat from industrial agriculture in particular. Interested companies, universities, organisations and local authorities must submit their initiatives by 29 April 2024 at the latest. Spanning six countries – ...

  Revenue decreased by 14% to R10.4 billion Operating profit decreased by 15% to R684 million Headline earnings per share decreased by 4% to 295 cents Robust financial position with an increase in net cash of over 100% to R1.6 billion Net asset value increased to R10.3 billion Strong growth in volumes in Agriculture and ...

Goodwell is pleased to announce its recent investment in Complete Farmer (“CF”) – a digital marketplace that brings together African farmers and international buyers to create a stronger, more efficient agricultural value chain in West Africa. Working in collaboration with long-term partner Alitheia Capital, Goodwell invested USD 2 million in equity via its uMunthu II ...

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will make the case for reorienting food production systems and agricultural policy at a meeting in Kinshasa from Aug. 29-31. Food security across the Congo Basin is threatened by impoverished soils, climate change, and displacement due to armed conflict, forum attendees say. Governments in the region back ...

At the Summit for the New Global Financial Deal, which closed on Friday 23 June 2023 in Paris, France, Proparco and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced the mobilisation of $1.5 billion as part of the African Entrepreneurship Initiative. The funding is earmarked for climate-smart agriculture and inter-African trade. At the same time, the two ...

Tree nursery in Yaosenge – Benjamin Bisimwa, CIFOR-ICRAF The PROFEAAC project (Promouvoir et Formaliser l’Exploitation Artisanale du bois d’œuvre en Afrique Centrale – Promoting and Formalizing Artisanal Timber Exploitation in Central Africa) has just published two guides in comic strip form to explain how to set up a nursery and plant trees, based on its ...

According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record displacement Overall, 6.2 million people have fled their homes across the country – the highest number in Africa. “The country is continental in size with ...

The United Nations has provided Congo around $1 million for agriculture projects under the supervision of the World Food Program (WFP) bureau in the central African country. The financing, over two years, was announced by Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). “This is a project for which we’re going ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina at the 2017 G7 Summit, Taormina, Italy. African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group(link is external), a distinguished team of 22 global ...