Kampala, Uganda: As the young men and women took to the stage to showcase their talent, no one except the event organizers could tell their HIV Status. Their blazing faces beaming with a future captivated the cheering audience, a reassurance to everyone that contracting HIV/AIDS was no more a death sentence as it were in yesteryears. And when the…
Smallholder farmers are the mainstay of food production across sub-Saharan Africa-” Ms. Jane Karuku, president of AGRA. The small scale African farmers need all the tools and know how necessary to adapt agricultural practices to ensure resilience in the face of changing climatic conditions and to sustainably increase agricultural productivit, declared John Kufuor, former president of Ghana launching the…
“Many times all what the farmers need is development of markets ,” By Anthony Muchoki Is he a star? Yes, he was at the High Level Policy Dialogue on Food, Income and nutrition Security that took place on 1st September 2014, Addis Ababa. I am talking about Nigerian Ministers of Agriculture. A highly impressed Kenyan Journalist Mr Isaiah Esipisu…
Africa must focus on creating markets for farmers, taking a whole value chain, and investing in new product development to add value to crops. By Anthony Muchoki, Addis Ababa Innovative, spot on, out of box and large scale solutions are needed for lifting Africa’s agriculture from great potential to profitable outputs for the continent’s children to sing “better at…
By Antony Muchoki For income generating small-holder farming initiatives to be more viable in Africa, considerable efforts must be directed to building up credible and forward moving farmer organizations. Farmer leaders from across the continent during the 4th AGRF in Ethiopia were all in agreement that stronger farmer organizations were a key ingredient in taking green revolution in the…
African Leaders to Identify Investments and Actions Needed to Ensure Smallholder Farmers are Prepared for New Challenges to African Food Security Posed by Climate Change ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia– With African leaders promising unprecedented action to energize the continent’s crucially important but often neglected agriculture sector, the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) begins today (1/09/2014) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, offering…
Dubai- Dubai-based flydubai (http://www.flydubai.com) has announced the addition of three new East African routes, bringing the total number of destinations in the carrier’s network to 80. With the launch of flights in September 2014 to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda, flydubai will fly to nine destinations in Africa. Commenting on the launch of these…
African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) holds its annual conference in Nairobi, to discuss its results from 2013 and to announce new partnership with the World Bank. NAIROBI, Kenya (28 August 2014) — Over 740,000 households, or 3.7 million people, are US$90 better off as a result of the African Enterprise Challenge Fund’s (AECF) activities in 2013. These are some…
Photo Charles Brewer CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, August 28, 2014/ — Despite a challenging global economic environment, import and export trade volumes for DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa (http://www.dpdhl.com) remain strong and are forecast to grow. This is according to Charles Brewer, Managing Director for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, who adds, “The first half of 2014, revealed strong continuing growth for…
Dar es Salaam: As part of the visit by the “Public and Private Joint Mission for promoting Trade and Investment to Tanzania”, the Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF), will conduct a half day seminar titled “Japanese enterprises introduce themselves to Tanzanian partners” to be held on Saturday 30 th August, 2014 at…