What if improving farmers’ incomes depended as much on financing the businesses that purchase their produce as it does on supporting the farmers themselves? A new investment initiative by Ground.
Rwanda is strengthening its agricultural value chain through a new investment supporting four home-grown enterprises developing solutions to food production, processing, storage and safety challenges. The four businesses have.
Uganda’s agricultural sector is exploring an innovative way to reduce production costs, manage organic waste and strengthen food security: black soldier fly (BSF) farming. By converting food and agricultural waste.
Zimbabwe is assembling a US$500 million drought protection fund to strengthen food security and prepare for the risk of severe dry conditions during the 2026/27 agricultural season. The government announced.
Nigeria is seeking to make child nutrition a lasting national priority, with Vice President Kashim Shettima announcing plans to accelerate a National Food and Nutrition Bill to protect funding and.
Africa’s agricultural opportunity is often described in terms of what the continent could produce. The more important question may be what Africa can build around what it produces. .
Artificial intelligence (AI) is finding a growing role in African agriculture. New tools can analyse satellite images, forecast weather patterns, detect crop diseases and help farmers determine when to irrigate.
Africa is strengthening its economic defences against a new generation of external shocks, with energy and food security emerging as central priorities. Rising energy, food and fertiliser costs have exposed.
Africa has an opportunity to use one of its most established social programmes, school feeding, to address a growing public health challenge. Type 2 diabetes and other non-communicable diseases are.
Africa is facing a period of heightened pressure from global energy, food and fertiliser markets. Yet the continent is also using the challenge to accelerate efforts to build more resilient.
