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…
New report from AGRA also finds increased access to fertilizers helping up to 1.8 million farmers revive 3.5 million hectares NAIROBI -—With the steady drain of essential nutrients from African soils looming as a major threat to food security across the continent, a new report released today finds that over the last five years, 1.7 million African farmers in…
06/08…Regional retailer, Nakumatt Holdings, has officially opened its second, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, store as it inches closer to the opening of its 50thbranch in coming days. The opening of the 49thNakumatt store this morning, is a major milestone for the retailer which had earlier set a corporate target to open 50 branches by February 2015. Following its recent…
Standard Bank and General Electric today reaffirmed their commitment to Africa at a power financing roundtable held in Washington DC JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, August 5, 2014/ — Standard Bank – Africa’s largest lender by assets, and General Electric today reaffirmed their commitment to Africa at a power financing roundtable held in Washington DC. The partnership sees both parties aiming to…
With 2000 innovators from 48 countries entering in its first three years; IPA 2015 takes investment in unleashing and supporting sustainable African led innovation past half a million USD JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, August 1, 2014/ — The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is calling on all African innovators to submit their entries for the fourth edition of the Innovation Prize for…