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A farmer tends to dried cannabis bundle in Ketama, in the northern Rif mountains, Morocco, 12 March 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

Morocco pardons nearly 5,000 cannabis farming convictsAhmed Eljechtimi

Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

Afreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

26 Jun 2024

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

By Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

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Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ange Aboa 27 Oct 2023

Renewed optimism as agriculture business confidence rebounds in Q3

Renewed optimism as agriculture business confidence rebounds in Q3

Paul Makube 20 Sep 2023

Source: Twitter/ @AfDB_Group President of the African Development Bank Group Akinwumi Adesina wraps up a week of learning and strengthening collaboration with the government and private sector of Korea with a visit to Busan’s port, the busiest in the world.

African Development Bank and South Korea ink $28.6m deals

18 Sep 2023

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Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

New OECD-FAO report maps future trends in global food production, trade

New OECD-FAO report maps future trends in global food production, trade

6 Jul 2023

The expo returns in September. Source: Supplied.

Organic & Natural Products Expo to return in September

30 Jun 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

Morocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Francesca Landini 1 Jun 2023

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 2023

Source: , , via Wikimedia Commons

An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen 24 Feb 2023

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Lilac Nachum 24 Feb 2023

AfDB names 25 finalists in AgriPitch competition

AfDB names 25 finalists in AgriPitch competition

11 Jan 2023

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble 9 Dec 2022

Source: Pula Advisors.

Closing the gender gap in digital microinsurance among women smallholders in Africa

Katja Hamilton 18 Nov 2022

PepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

PepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

1 Nov 2022

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

19 Oct 2022

Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production

Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production

Ahmed El Jechtimi and Angus McDowall 5 Oct 2022

Prosper Cashew hosts event to address challenges in Nigeria's cashew processing industry

Prosper Cashew hosts event to address challenges in Nigeria's cashew processing industry

30 Sep 2022

Botswana resumes beef exports from areas free of FMD outbreak

Botswana resumes beef exports from areas free of FMD outbreak

28 Sep 2022

Botswana citrus growers join CGA Southern Africa

Botswana citrus growers join CGA Southern Africa

27 Sep 2022

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Andrea Shalal 15 Aug 2022

Source:

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

7 Jun 2022

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A farmer tends to dried cannabis bundle in Ketama, in the northern Rif mountains, Morocco, 12 March 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

LegalMorocco pardons nearly 5,000 cannabis farming convicts

Ahmed Eljechtimi 21 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

FinanceAfreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

26 Jun 2024

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

ESG & SustainabilityEU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

AgricultureIvory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ange Aboa 27 Oct 2023

Renewed optimism as agriculture business confidence rebounds in Q3

AgricultureRenewed optimism as agriculture business confidence rebounds in Q3

Paul Makube 20 Sep 2023

Source: Twitter/ @AfDB_Group President of the African Development Bank Group Akinwumi Adesina wraps up a week of learning and strengthening collaboration with the government and private sector of Korea with a visit to Busan’s port, the busiest in the world.

FinanceAfrican Development Bank and South Korea ink $28.6m deals

18 Sep 2023

Image source: Arjun MJ from

ESG & SustainabilityPesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

New OECD-FAO report maps future trends in global food production, trade

AgricultureNew OECD-FAO report maps future trends in global food production, trade

6 Jul 2023

The expo returns in September. Source: Supplied.

RetailOrganic & Natural Products Expo to return in September

30 Jun 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

AgricultureNigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

ESG & SustainabilityMorocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

AgricultureAfrica needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Energy & MiningEni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Francesca Landini 1 Jun 2023

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

AgricultureAfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 2023

Source: , , via Wikimedia Commons

RetailAn international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

AgricultureFemale-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen 24 Feb 2023

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

AgricultureAfrica's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Lilac Nachum 24 Feb 2023

AfDB names 25 finalists in AgriPitch competition

AgricultureAfDB names 25 finalists in AgriPitch competition

11 Jan 2023

New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

AgricultureNew food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble 9 Dec 2022

Source: Pula Advisors.

FinanceClosing the gender gap in digital microinsurance among women smallholders in Africa

Katja Hamilton 18 Nov 2022

PepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

RetailPepsiCo to invest $40m to expand business in Ethiopia

1 Nov 2022

Nestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

RetailNestlé names Nicole Roos first female MD for East and Southern Africa

19 Oct 2022

Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production

AgricultureMorocco issues first permits for cannabis production

Ahmed El Jechtimi and Angus McDowall 5 Oct 2022

Prosper Cashew hosts event to address challenges in Nigeria's cashew processing industry

AgricultureProsper Cashew hosts event to address challenges in Nigeria's cashew processing industry

30 Sep 2022

Botswana resumes beef exports from areas free of FMD outbreak

AgricultureBotswana resumes beef exports from areas free of FMD outbreak

28 Sep 2022

Botswana citrus growers join CGA Southern Africa

AgricultureBotswana citrus growers join CGA Southern Africa

27 Sep 2022

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

AgricultureGrain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Andrea Shalal 15 Aug 2022

Source:

RetailHelping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Nigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

RetailNigerian bakers suspend production over high costs

Camillus Eboh 21 Jul 2022

African Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

RetailAfrican Beer Cup 2022: Continent's best beers awarded

7 Jun 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

AgricultureAfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

Agri companies withdrawing from Russia

AgricultureAgri companies withdrawing from Russia

7 Apr 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

EntrepreneurshipThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

RetailCPG giants Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez scale back business in Russia

11 Mar 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz and Matias Muchnick, co-founder and CEO at NotCo. Source: Kraft Heinz

RetailKraft Heinz in joint venture to drive AI-driven plant-based food innovation

24 Feb 2022

Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar in Cairo, Egypt, 1 December 2019. Reuters/Shokry Hussien

AgricultureEgypt to increase price of subsidised sugar, says minister

Sarah El Safty and Ahmad Elhamy 30 Dec 2021

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

RetailSA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

AgricultureClimate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

9 Nov 2021

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

AgricultureLessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

Agriculture2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021