UK invests £450 000 in West Africa’s Rice Observatory
The United Kingdom (UK) government has invested £450 000 in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Rice Observatory to reduce dependency on imported...
IFAD loan to help mitigate impact of crises on small-scale producers and the underserved...
The social and economic impacts of the COVID19 pandemic and the Ukraine war are creating significant challenges for the most vulnerable people, increasing the...
Adapt or starve – UN Agricultural Fund calls for urgent climate finance for small-scale...
With the negative impacts of climate change becoming more frequent and severe, including devastating droughts and floods affecting the poorest rural communities in the...
Zambia’s 1.2 mln ton food security under microscope
Agriculture interest groups have raised eyebrows over the Government’s assurance of the country’s food security until 2024 without qualifying what crops are in strategic...
Bamboo Capital Partners exits Banco Popular after triple-digit growth
Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”), the specialist impact investor operating in emerging and frontier markets, today announces its successful exit from Banco Popular, a Latin...
Africa climate negotiators to take a common position informed by science at the upcoming...
The upcoming COP27 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Egypt, starting on 6th November, will be coming towards the...
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)to provide core contribution to icipe
New partnership will boost Africa-Australia linkages; and Africa-Asia-Pacific connections
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), has signed a Partnership Agreement, with icipe, to provide...
ICIEC and CIB Convene COP27 Panel Discussion on Bankability of Climate Adaptation Projects Focused...
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) , the insurance arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, in...
Zambia-DR Congo sign US$24 mln food export deal
Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a US$24 million export deal, part of which includes supply of day-old chicks, sausages, fish, pork among...
IFC, FMO partner to invest in South Africa’s blueberry sector
IFC and the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank (FMO) have announced a partnership that will see the two strengthening South Africa’s blueberry sector.
The partnership agenda...