🇰🇪 Counties must lead the war on food insecurity
Kenya's chronic food insecurity—affecting an estimated 4.3 million people across arid and semi-arid counties—represents both a humanitarian crisis and...
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🇰🇪 Kenyan tea exports take 26pc hit from Sudan war
Kenya's tea industry, a cornerstone of East African agriculture and a critical foreign exchange earner for over a century, is experiencing its sharpes...
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🇿🇦 BIOSECURITY: Fears mount that provincial budget allocatio
South Africa's deteriorating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak represents a significant threat to the agricultural sector and, by extension, to Eu...
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🇰🇪 One dead, scores injured as tension rises over disputed
Kenya's sugar industry faces renewed scrutiny following a violent confrontation at a contested farm in Muhoroni, a region that produces approximately ...
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🇲🇦 Morocco's Aeronautics Boom Masks Structural
Morocco is experiencing a striking sectoral divergence that should concern European investors seeking exposure to North African growth stories. While ...
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🇳🇬 Tinubu directs nationwide distribution of rice for Ramada
President Bola Tinubu's directive to distribute rice nationwide during Ramadan and Lenten observances represents a significant intervention in Nigeria...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: POACHING BONEYARDS
South Africa's most severe wildlife crisis may be approaching an inflection point. Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, the nation's premier rhino reserve and a cr...
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🇳🇬 Cold chain infrastructure key to solving Nigeria’s food s
Nigeria's agricultural sector, which contributes approximately 24% of GDP and employs over 35 million people, faces a critical infrastructure bottlene...
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🇲🇦 Morocco Ranks Among Top 10 Global Strawberry Producers in
Morocco has quietly established itself as a global agricultural powerhouse, ranking among the world's top 10 strawberry producers and supplying fresh ...
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🇰🇪 Eyeing the best avocado price? Call the Chinese
The avocado market in East Africa is undergoing a dramatic structural shift, with Chinese traders emerging as dominant price-setters in a sector histo...
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🇿🇦 When cupboards are bare: Hunger on trial
South Africa's food insecurity has reached critical proportions, with 14 million citizens experiencing hunger in 2024 according to testimony presented...
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🇺🇬 Uganda produces 210,000 metric tonnes of honey-report
Uganda's beekeeping sector has experienced a dramatic transformation, with national honey production reaching 210,000 metric tonnes in 2024—a staggeri...
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🇬🇭 Cocoa at a crossroads: Can Ghana reclaim control of its
Ghana stands at a critical juncture in its relationship with cocoa, the commodity that has defined its economy for over a century. Once commanding nea...
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🇰🇪 Media got it wrong on avocado export restrictions measures
Recent clarifications from Kenyan agricultural authorities regarding avocado export restrictions have corrected widespread misunderstandings that thre...
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🇿🇼 Will Trump help or hinder Zimbabwe's white farmers in
Zimbabwe's white farming community has initiated a strategic diplomatic campaign to secure compensation for land confiscated during the country's cont...
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🇬🇭 Ghana's Economic Ascendancy: Why West African
Ghana is experiencing a pivotal transformation that extends far beyond its traditional role as a cocoa exporter. The country is positioning itself as ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s spend on food imports exceeds machinery by Sh61bn
Kenya's food import expenditure has surpassed its machinery and equipment imports by approximately 61 billion Kenyan shillings—a stark indicator of st...
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🇳🇬 Terror: Fear grips South-West as farmers, travellers, oth
Nigeria's Southwest region is experiencing an unprecedented security deterioration that extends far beyond traditional kidnapping and banditry pattern...
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🇰🇪 Cooking oil price up 25 percent on global rally
Cooking oil prices across African markets have experienced a significant 25 percent surge, driven by a confluence of global supply constraints, curren...
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🇰🇪 Wholesale sugar price eases on higher local production
East African commodity markets are displaying sharply divergent price trajectories, with wholesale sugar experiencing downward pressure while cooking ...
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