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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

11 Jul 2023

Africa Agri Tech 2023 to spotlight agriculture, science and technology

Africa Agri Tech 2023 to spotlight agriculture, science and technology

17 Feb 2023

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Alexander Winning 5 Oct 2022

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Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats

George Grispos and Austin C. Doctor 11 Aug 2022

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Alt-protein startups called to enter international incubator programme

17 Jun 2022

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

5 Apr 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

24 Dec 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Youth-led, African agribusinesses announced as Pitch AgriHack 2021 winners

9 Sep 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021

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Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

WorldFish, Norway collaborate on climate-smart aquaculture tech in Egypt

11 Jul 2023

Africa Agri Tech 2023 to spotlight agriculture, science and technology

Africa Agri Tech 2023 to spotlight agriculture, science and technology

17 Feb 2023

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Alexander Winning 5 Oct 2022

Source: Mathias_Beckmann via

Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats

George Grispos and Austin C. Doctor 11 Aug 2022

Source: ProVeg Incubator

Alt-protein startups called to enter international incubator programme

17 Jun 2022

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

5 Apr 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

Elgon Kenya, University of Nairobi sign MoU to develop agritech and innovation centre

24 Dec 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Youth-led, African agribusinesses announced as Pitch AgriHack 2021 winners

9 Sep 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021

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Nestlé Hatcher platform invites collaboration with African innovators

15 Mar 2021

Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa's food systems

Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021

Winners of Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge announced

Winners of Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge announced

15 Feb 2021

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

Nigerian startups make ag-tech accessible to small local farmers

5 Jan 2021

Tractors can change farming in good ways and bad: lessons from four African countries

Tractors can change farming in good ways and bad: lessons from four African countries

Thomas Daum 29 Dec 2020

Global agtech market value to reach $22bn by 2025

26 Nov 2020

Boost smallholder phone access for better crop yields

Boost smallholder phone access for better crop yields

Eldon Opiyo 19 Nov 2020

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The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

The fourth agricultural revolution is coming - but who will really benefit?

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Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

Cory Searcy and Pavel Castka 6 Aug 2020

GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize returns in 2020

GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize returns in 2020

21 Apr 2020

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution'

Siera Vercillo 14 Apr 2020

Summit to explore scaling up innovation in agriculture

5 Feb 2020

AAT appoints Brenda Tlhabane as ambassador

AAT appoints Brenda Tlhabane as ambassador

27 Jan 2020

AfDB board approves $21.783m grant for solar-powered irrigation in Sudan

AfDB board approves $21.783m grant for solar-powered irrigation in Sudan

31 Dec 2019

3 African projects to receive Internet Society Foundation grants

3 African projects to receive Internet Society Foundation grants

20 Dec 2019

Unilever unveils €85m food innovation centre in the Netherlands

Unilever unveils €85m food innovation centre in the Netherlands

9 Dec 2019

Blockchain, driven by IoT, can save food industry $31bn by 2024

Blockchain, driven by IoT, can save food industry $31bn by 2024

28 Nov 2019

#EntrepreneurMonth: How AI startup ask-jean is disrupting the SA wine tech industry

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Reshaping food systems with innovation and knowledge

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AI, changing the future of Africa's food security

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