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Harnessing Mobile Technologies Growth to Drive Smart Agriculture in Africa
By Albert Nangara Smartphone adoption in Africa remained sluggish in the latter part of the last decade. This is beginning to change as a combination of pandemic-driven demand for better connectivity and improved affordability of smartphones drive uptake. According to a report by GSAM, by the end of 2020, 495 million people subscribed to mobile ...RICA Pitch AgriHack 2022 Announces Winners
African agritech innovators from all four corners of the continent claimed victory in the 8thedition of Pitch AgriHack. The 2022 competition saw a 30% increase in completed applications with entries rolling in from 37 African countries. Representing Egypt and Tunisia in the north, Zimbabwe in the south, Ghana and Nigeria in the west, and Kenya ...FG, UN Women collaborate on digital farming
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs says it will partner with the UN Women on its digital agricultural platform to harness the benefits for rural women in Nigeria. Mrs Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, disclosed this in a statement by Mr Olujimi Oyetomi, Director, Press and Public Relations, of the ministry on Wednesday in ...From the land to the lab, tested maize products become a livelihood for rural women
BLOEMFONTEIN, 24 August 2022: “Maize is widely regarded as one of the most crucial agricultural products globally, serving as a staple food in many countries. It is estimated that by 2050, the demand for maize in developing countries would have doubled and that by 2025, it will become the crop with the highest global production,” says ...
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Harnessing Mobile Technologies Growth to Drive Smart Agriculture in Africa
By Albert Nangara Smartphone adoption in Africa remained sluggish in the latter part of the last decade. This is beginning to change as a combination of ...
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US Announces Project to Improve Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the cocoa value chain ...Nigeria: Earmark 60 Percent of Agriculture Funds for Small-Scale Farmers, Govt Told
By Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi In view of the persistent poor access by many small- scale farmers to the various funds for agriculture development in the ...Senwes ups the storage performance ante
JOHANNESBURG – September 23, 2022 – Leading South African agri-business Senwes has once again partnered with Datacentrix, hybrid IT systems integrator and managed services provider; this ...Gates Foundation pledges $100M for food crisis in Africa, South Asia
Bill & Melinda Gates The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $100 million to address the food security crisis that is disproportionately hurting communities in ...
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