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Africa's Premier Agriculture Event: Your Gateway to Tanzania's Booming Agriculture, Livestock & Food Industry

2–3 September 2026 | Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere Trade Fair Grounds, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Khushi Bisht • Aug 4, 2026

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A Tale of Two Harvests: Why Zambia's Maize Price Is Rising While Malawi's Is Crashing Down on Families

Zambia raised its maize floor price to K347/50kg off a record 5.1M-tonne harvest. Malawi's ADMARC is meanwhile selling maize at wildly inconsistent prices. Here's why.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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IFC Set to Back Ethiopia's First Private Fertiliser Plant

The IFC is preparing to support Ethiopia's first privately owned fertiliser plant, a shift that could reshape input access for the country's smallholder farmers.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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Nigerians in the UK Push to Turn Remittances Into Farmland Investment

Nigerians in the UK are organising to shift remittance money into commercial farms and agri-real estate back home, with a formal 'Farm Estates' launch planned for August 2026.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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African Ministers Back Push for a Single Continental Livestock Market

African ministers are backing a new push to build an integrated continental livestock market under AfCFTA, following the African Pastoral Markets Forum in Addis Ababa.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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South Africa on Track for Its Largest-Ever Grain Harvest

South Africa's 2025/26 maize crop is forecast at 17.3 million tonnes, its largest grain and oilseed harvest on record, according to the Crop Estimates Committee.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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Southern Africa's Uneven Harvest: Bumper Crops in Some Countries, Losses in Others

While Zambia and South Africa post record maize harvests, flooding in Mozambique and drought in Angola are cutting into the region's overall 2025/26 cereal output.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

Nigeria Weighs Mandatory Fortification of Seasoning Cubes to Fight 'Hidden Hunger'

Nutrition experts are urging Nigeria to make it compulsory for bouillon cubes to carry folic acid and vitamin B12, calling it a low-cost fix for widespread hidden hunger.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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Kenya's Millers Launch Consumer Campaign on Fortified Flour

Kenya's Cereal Millers Association has launched a consumer campaign encouraging households to choose fortified flour and pulses, building on the country's decades-old fortification programme.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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Nigeria's Renewed Hope Mechanisation Programme Puts 2,000 Tractors Into Farmers' Hands

Nigeria has begun distributing 2,000 tractors and 9,000+ implements under RHAMP, a lease-to-own mechanisation programme expected to reach over a million farmers.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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Niger State Launches 2026 Farming Season With Tractor Handout

Nigeria's First Lady launched the 2026 farming season in Niger State with 250 tractors, combine harvesters and 150,000 bags of fertiliser distributed to local farmers.

Staff Writer • Jul 27, 2026

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Africa's Youth Are Reinventing Agribusiness — And Investors Are Taking Notice

Nearly 60% of Africa's population will soon be under 25. A wave of young, tech-savvy agripreneurs is turning that demographic wave into investable businesses.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

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De-Risking Africa's Farms: Why Blended Finance Is Unlocking Billions in Agri-Investment

Private capital has long avoided African agriculture over perceived risk. Blended finance, mixing public and private money, is changing that calculation for a growing list of investors.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

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Beyond Remittances: How the African Diaspora Is Quietly Building Farms Back Home

African diaspora communities send home tens of billions of dollars a year. Increasingly, that money isn't just supporting families — it's funding commercial farms, cold storage and agri-real estate.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

How AfCFTA Is Turning Africa's Farms Into a Single Billion-Dollar Market

The African Continental Free Trade Area is reshaping how food moves across the continent. Here's what the agreement means for agribusiness investors watching intra-African trade.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

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The $50 Billion Cold Chain Gap: Africa's Most Solvable Investment Problem

Up to 40% of Africa's food is lost before it ever reaches a buyer, mostly for lack of refrigeration. Investors are starting to see that gap as a rare, fixable, high-return opportunity.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

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From Raw Crops To Real Money: Why Agro-Processing Is Africa's Biggest Investment Opportunity

Exporting raw cocoa, cashews and cassava leaves most of the profit overseas. Here's why agro-processing has become the single most attractive entry point for agribusiness investors in Africa.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

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Africa's $1 Trillion Food Market: Why 2030 Is the Deadline Every Investor Is Watching

Africa's food and agriculture economy is racing toward a $1 trillion valuation by 2030. Here's what is driving the surge, and why the window for early investors is closing fast.

Staff Writer • Jul 26, 2026

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Zimbabwe Partially Reopens Livestock Trade With South Africa as FMD Recovery Takes Shape

Cattle can move again between South Africa's Western Cape and Zimbabwe — but only under strict new certification, and only from that one province. It's a small, cautious step back from one of the region's most disruptive animal disease years.

Staff Writer • Jul 22, 2026

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Feeding 4.8 Million Children: Inside Rwanda's Push to Make School Meals More Nutritious

Rwanda's national school feeding programme reaches nearly 4.8 million students. This week, officials and NGO partners are focused on a harder problem: making sure those meals actually solve malnutrition, not just hunger

Staff Writer • Jul 22, 2026

Africa's Premier Agriculture Event: Your Gateway to Tanzania's Booming Agriculture, Livestock & Food Industry

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Africa's Premier Agriculture Event: Your Gateway to Tanzania's Booming Agriculture, Livestock & Food Industry

A Tale of Two Harvests: Why Zambia's Maize Price Is Rising While Malawi's Is Crashing Down on Families

IFC Set to Back Ethiopia's First Private Fertiliser Plant

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Africa's Premier Agriculture Event: Your Gateway to Tanzania's Booming Agriculture, Livestock & Food Industry

A Tale of Two Harvests: Why Zambia's Maize Price Is Rising While Malawi's Is Crashing Down on Families

IFC Set to Back Ethiopia's First Private Fertiliser Plant

Nigerians in the UK Push to Turn Remittances Into Farmland Investment

African Ministers Back Push for a Single Continental Livestock Market

South Africa on Track for Its Largest-Ever Grain Harvest

Southern Africa's Uneven Harvest: Bumper Crops in Some Countries, Losses in Others

Nigeria Weighs Mandatory Fortification of Seasoning Cubes to Fight 'Hidden Hunger'

Kenya's Millers Launch Consumer Campaign on Fortified Flour

Nigeria's Renewed Hope Mechanisation Programme Puts 2,000 Tractors Into Farmers' Hands

Niger State Launches 2026 Farming Season With Tractor Handout

Africa's Youth Are Reinventing Agribusiness — And Investors Are Taking Notice

De-Risking Africa's Farms: Why Blended Finance Is Unlocking Billions in Agri-Investment

Beyond Remittances: How the African Diaspora Is Quietly Building Farms Back Home

How AfCFTA Is Turning Africa's Farms Into a Single Billion-Dollar Market

The $50 Billion Cold Chain Gap: Africa's Most Solvable Investment Problem

From Raw Crops To Real Money: Why Agro-Processing Is Africa's Biggest Investment Opportunity

Africa's $1 Trillion Food Market: Why 2030 Is the Deadline Every Investor Is Watching

Zimbabwe Partially Reopens Livestock Trade With South Africa as FMD Recovery Takes Shape

Feeding 4.8 Million Children: Inside Rwanda's Push to Make School Meals More Nutritious