These agricultural commodities have driven economic activity and shaped market trends across sectors. Analysis of these exports, using the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) Report 2024, offers insights into Africa’s competitive strengths and areas of growth. According to AATM, Most of Africa’s top exports have seen growth in recent years, except for cocoa and its ...

British International Investment (BII) has provided a US$10mn loan to NMB Bank Zimbabwe, the development finance institution’s first banking sector debt financing deal in the Southern African country.  70% of the loan will be used for on-lending to NMB Bank’s agricultural exporter clients, enabling them to invest in machinery, operational infrastructure and imports of crucial ...

Tanzania’s meat exports have seen a significant rise, jumping from 1,774.3 tonnes in 2022 to 14,701.2 tonnes in 2023, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Abdallah Ulega said Monday. Ulega said the growth in meat exports attributed to the government’s efforts to revitalise the livestock sector, including a substantial increase in budget allocation for the sector, ...

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has handed over a R2 million cheque to the Citrus Growers Association (CGA) to support their Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) Programme aimed at suppressing False Codling Moth (FCM). False Codling Moth is a phytosanitary pest affecting export crops including citrus, table grapes, and stone fruit. The programme offers immense ...

By Yulia Bychkovska Ukrainian grain exports, especially wheat, make up a large portion of African grain imports. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, in 2020, over 50 percent of fifteen African countries’ imports of wheat came from Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, for six of these countries (Eritrea, Egypt, Benin, Sudan, Djibouti, and Tanzania) more than 70 percent of their wheat imports came ...

In a significant turn of events, the horticultural sector across Africa, particularly in Tanzania, has witnessed a substantial uptick in export volumes fueled by pervasive global supply shortages. According to recent data, the continent’s horticultural exports have surged, with Tanzania’s earnings from horticulture alone climbing to $779 million in the year ending January, marking a ...

Stephen Angbulu and Chika Otuchikere, President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said that given adequate provision of lands by state governments, his administration was ready to implement a comprehensive programme to end farmer-herders clashes nationwide. Tinubu gave this assurance when he flagged off the Food Security and Agricultural Mechanisation Programme in Niger State, on Monday. A ...

The recent outbreak of avian flu that crippled the poultry industry and inflated prices has compelled the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development to seek mechanisms to avert and cushion the industry from the disease in the future. This led to an agreement to collaborate on research between Cuba and South Africa strategies ...

he area under citrus cultivation in South Africa has grown steadily over the past decade, driven by ongoing investments on relatively high earnings from export markets. As a result, South Africa is set for record citrus exports of 2.7 million tons in marketing year 2021/22. However, the expansion in citrus orchards is expected to ease ...

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and U.N. Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, sit as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, top left, and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, top right, exchange documents during a signing ceremony at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 22, ...