Kenya’s Agriculture and Livestock Development Minister, Mutahi Kagwe, has taken a strong stand against miraa cartels accused of exploiting farmers by purchasing miraa (khat) at unfairly low prices and selling it abroad at exorbitant rates, particularly in Somalia. During a visit to Meru County, Kagwe highlighted cases where traders bought miraa for as little as ...

FAO high-level delegation met people affected by conflict, as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale up effective responses to persistently high levels of hunger.©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol visits the Rusayo 2 Camp for internally displaced people, Rusayo, Goma, DR Congo Goma – Today, FAO Deputy Director-General, Beth ...

The African Development Bank will help the DRC to significantly increase production of the most consumed foods in the country and reduce large-scale imports, including rice. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a loan of $260.4 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help finance the Project to ...

Farmers check the growth of peanuts at the Choro Farm in Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana, Kenya, June 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen) Refugees living in the Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya undertake agriculture, transform the dryland into a fertile zone. KAKUMA, Kenya, June 24 (Xinhua) — Deep in an expansive farm, Abdulaziz Lugazo makes ...

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 – ...

Maksym Subkh, Ukraine’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa. Image: Andisiwe Makinana War-torn Ukraine wants to increase investments and expand its grain exports to more African countries. The country’s economy has been ravaged after the invasion by Russia. Since Ukraine gained independence in 1991, its focus in Africa has been on northern and eastern ...

Democratic Republic of Congo: African Development Bank to lend $117 million to support agricultural transformation The financial support comes from the African Development Fund, the Bank Group’s concessional lending window, and includes $78.6 million from the Transition Support Facility BIDJAN, Ivory Coast, March 4, 2024/ — Meeting in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board ...

  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 ...

Since colonial times, African trade has been dominated by the export of commodities to more developed countries outside the continent. Raw materials such as petroleum from Angola, lithium from the Democratic Republic of Congo and copper from Zambia are transformed into higher-value products in Europe, Asia and North America. With limited possibilities to turn them ...

African Development Bank Director-General for Central Africa Serge N’Guessan and his deputy Solomane Koné, the Bank’s Manager for DR Congo, actively participated in the Forum with other Bank officials. The Democratic Republic of Congo aims to invest $6.6 billion over ten years in its Agriculture Transformation Programme (PTA) to fulfil its commitment to becoming Africa’s breadbasket. ...