Africa, with its proven agricultural and natural potential as well as rich and diversified agricultural production, is seen as the world’s future breadbasket. However, ensuring that the continent’s agriculture is sustainable and accompanying it with nature-based biodiversity conservation measures appears to be a major challenge, said experts, managers and representatives of specialised African organisations on ...

In 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa decriminalised the private use and cultivation of cannabis for personal consumption in the renowned judgement of Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince; National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others v Rubin; National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others v Acton and Others [2018] ZACC ...

OCP Africa stressed the importance of its contribution in conjunction with a Rwandan delegation visit to its collaborative venture, RFC. Rabat – OCP Africa has renewed its determination to continue to contribute to the development of Africa’s agriculture, including in Rwanda. Mohamed Anouar Jamali, CEO of OCP Africa, renewed the group’s determination in conjunction with ...

  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 ...

To address food security in the long term, the focus must shift from crisis response to investment in resilient, durable systems. Finding ways to facilitate lending to smallholders, who comprise the vast majority of African farmers, is key to unlocking potential and breaking the cycle of subsistence farming. Learn more about the Sustainable Development Impact ...

On 26 June Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the Russian Federation concurrently accredited to Belarus Lesley Opoku-Ware, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission. “The meeting took place following the visit of Lesley Opoku-Ware to Minsk and the presentation of credentials ...

In the town of Gashora, 52 kilometres from Kigali in Rwanda, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen will be delivering its electric tractors to small farmers thirsting for modern, sustainable agriculture. The government of Rwanda has just signed an agreement with the management of the German group Volkswagen. The German carmaker will launch large-scale production of ...

The partnership is part of OCP Africa’s plans to strengthen and empower African farmers’ capacities, including production Rabat – As part of its long-standing efforts to support smallholder farms on the African continent, OCP Africa signed in Kigali on Thursday a new Memorandum of Understanding with Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) and Rwanda Fertilizer ...

Ms. Uwamutarambirwa calls her app the Smart Potato Greenhouse Technology (SPGT).  Fresh from undertaking a six-month training in “Internet of Things” (IoTs) at the Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR) in the country’s Huye and Gisagara Districts, 24-year-old Clemence Uwamutarambirwa developed a mobile phone application that uses sensors to monitor soil quality and temperature and can automate irrigation. ...

Africa’s fish industry faces a significant supply-demand discrepancy, with aquaculture poised to fill the gap as demand continues to grow across the continent. “The East African fish supply deficit is one of the greatest supply-demand imbalances in the global food system today,” said Kenya-based aquaculture company Victory Farms in a recent statement to announce a ...