Investor sentiment on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) remained high as five listed firms recorded impressive gains in the month of October, data from the GSE indicates. The t [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

Ghana is jointly ranked 12th with Madagascar, out of 50 countries on the African continent with the high mortgage interest rate in acquiring a house, the 2021 Centre for Affordable [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

[This Day] The OCP Africa, a global leading company in the production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilizers, has deepened its partnership with Syngenta Foundation for Sust [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

[This Day] Stakeholders from the public and private sector have brainstormed on the way forward to boost cassava production in Nigeria and transform the root crop into a cash cow f [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

[Daily Maverick] The agricultural sector is not in an entirely flowery state. Rising input costs for all farmers will squeeze profit margins in the 2021/2022 period but this is lar [...]

Country: South Africa

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

[This Day] The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has stated its new strategic framework 2022-2031 is committed to strengthening the contribution of agri-food systems to reduc [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

[This Day] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, has said the ministry will continue to strategise and collaborate with security agencies, to red [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 09-Nov-2021

Olam Integrated Rice Farm in Rukubi, Nasarawa State, has announced plans to increase its production capacity from the current 120,000 tons to 240,000 metric tons of paddy per annum [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has harped on the need for farmers around the world to have access to quality [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

[WHO] The 44th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be held online from 8 to 18 November 2021 with members of the international food standards-setting body expected to [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

[Daily News] GRAPE industry is set for a boom after the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) unveiled plans to scale up financing to boost up the value chain of the crop. [...]

Country: Tanzania

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

[This Day] The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has introduced fresh standards to combat the high level of rejection faced by Nigeria's agricultural commodities at the globa [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

[Daily News] SOME Members of Parliament (MPs) are demanding new strategies aimed at further transforming the agriculture, saying for decades the sector has largely been underfunded [...]

Country: Tanzania

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

[The Conversation Africa] Climate change is touching every aspect of our lives - including our daily cups of tea. Kenya and Malawi are the African continent's largest tea producers [...]

Country: Malawi

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

[New Era] Farmers in the Leonardville area of Omaheke region have vowed to put a stop to uranium exploration by Russian entity Headspring Investment. [...]

Country: Namibia

Region: Africa

Date: 08-Nov-2021

  Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire have  signed a set of new agreements which cover agriculture; digital economy; education; consular and immigration matters; and prevention of huma [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 07-Nov-2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) when releasing the first findings of its new Global Remote Sensing Survey said agricultural expansion drives almos [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 07-Nov-2021

Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun state has revealed the Agro Cargo Airport being built by his administration would turn Ogun into an agricultural hub of West Africa when it is co [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 07-Nov-2021

About 300 fish farmers in Lagos State have received free storage and food preservation facilities including smoking kilns and iced-fish boxes from the Federal Government. The faci [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Nov-2021

The Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA) has hinted at government’s readiness to announce the base price for cashew in December. According to the CEO of the Authority, W [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Nov-2021

[Daily News] MINISTER for Agriculture, Professor Adolf Mkenda has said that the government has embarked on several strategies to address shortage of edible oil in the country. [...]

Country: Tanzania

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Nov-2021

Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have started increasing prices of fuel at the pump stations. Total has taken the lead, selling a liter of diesel and petrol at ¢6.90 res [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 05-Nov-2021

The African Continental Free Trade Area secretariat is admonishing African countries to focus on the production of consumer goods to discourage the importation of goods into the co [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 05-Nov-2021

[IPS] Urbana, Illinois -- Local, national and world leaders, and committed climate change activists are in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 05-Nov-2021

[EU Navfor] On a quarterly basis, the Operation Headquarters of EU NAVFOR Somalia presents a detailed update on the accumulated observations of fishing activities off the coast of [...]

Country: Somalia

Region: Africa

Date: 05-Nov-2021