Abuja, Nigeria — In a landmark move to boost food security and rural development, Nigeria has launched a $1 billion Agricultural Transformation Fund aimed at empowering smallholder farmers. The initiative, announced at the Intra-African Trade Fair in Algiers, is backed by the Bank of Agriculture and Afreximbank and is part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ...

Source: Supplied In a major stride toward agricultural transformation, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a landmark agreement to mobilize up to $1 billion for Nigeria’s National Smallholder Farmers Fund. The deal was formalized at the 2025 Intra-African Trade Fair in Algiers, marking a pivotal moment in the ...