Changing the narrative on Africa.
Kenya has completed its first private-sector securitization of smallholder farm loans, testing whether agricultural lending can be transformed into an investable asset class capable of attracting institutional capital.
For Congolese entrepreneur Tisya Mukuna, the story of Congolese coffee reflects the country’s broader economic trajectory. She would know; she’s become famous for bringing Congo’s
African nations are shifting poultry from a marginal commodity to a strategic industry, using finance, skills, and policy to transform local production. This continental repositioning aims not only to cut imports but also to strengthen food security and create jobs.
New technologies are changing how agricultural risk is measured, priced, and managed across Africa, enabling insurers to potentially reach millions of previously excluded smallholder farmers.
Morocco’s avocado surge is reshaping Africa’s export map, with North Africa overtaking East Africa in a trade long dominated by Kenya.
Morocco has begun exploring the use of hemp in animal feeds as demand for organic and antibiotic-free poultry products rises in one of Africa’s largest poultry markets. Early January, Morocco’s cannabis regulator, the National Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis-Related Activities (ANRAC), rolled out a 10-month research programme to test the use of Cannabidiol (CBD), said to be a non-intoxicating compound from the cannabis plant in poultry feeds.
Kyenpiya Deshi had no thought of becoming a grape farmer until local demand for the grapes in her back garden pushed her to go “commercial”.
Pay-as-you-store models and climate-backed finance are transforming Africa’s cold chain into an investable asset and shifting millions of tons of food from waste to market.
After a nearly fatal accident left him wheelchair-bound, a Cameroonian welder turned to greenhouse farming to pick up the pieces of his life, serve his
More farmers are going digital to cash in their harvest, thanks to new credit plans being rolled out in several countries in Africa to streamline