Teaching Africa to mind its food
Original Post: Nation Media In 2004, 17-year-old Nungari Mwangi boarded a plane for the first time in her life with a one-way ticket from Kenya to Wales, United Kingdom, not…
AGRF 2022 Summit voices
Sep 21, 2022 Read More
6 African agri-tech innovators named winners of Pitch AgriHack challenge
Original Post: Disrupt Africa Six African agri-tech innovators have been named winners of the eighth edition of Pitch AgriHack, securing a share of US$45,000 to invest in the growth of…
Sep 18, 2022
Sep 10, 2022
The Kenyan goose that lay golden egg for Rwandese poultry keeper
Original Post: Nation Media In December last year, Rwandese poultry farmer Jean Baptiste sent his two workers, one a veterinary doctor, to Nairobi for lessons on insect farming for livestock…
Sep 9, 2022
AGRF 2022 Summit Ends With Call For Urgent Action To Transform African Food Systems
Original Post: KT Press African governments need to act fast and decisively to address challenges affecting the agriculture sector and investing in key areas that will see farmers increase output…
Sep 9, 2022
AGRF calls for $200bn funding for resilient food systems in Africa
Original Post: The New Times The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) has called on global leaders to mobilise $200 billion in investment annually into adaptive food systems – able to…
Sep 8, 2022
Ghanaian expert wins $100,000 Africa Food Prize
Original Post: Graphic Online A Ghanaian plant geneticist, Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, has won the 2022 Africa Food Prize at the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) AGRF2022 Summit in Kigali,…
Sep 8, 2022
Africa’s SMEs will make or break its food systems
Original Post: African Business Opinion by Daan Wensing and Jennifer Baarn Bold actions are needed to transform the way Africa produces and consumes food, write the CEO of IDH and managing…
Sep 7, 2022
Tony Blair: World food system needs a new kind of investment
Original Post: African Business Opinion by Tony Blair Channelling patient, climate-smart investment to Africa’s dynamic agri-business sector is not only the right thing to do. There is a business case, says…
Aug 3, 2022
With eight years left to 2030, bold actions are required for Africa to feed herself
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY POSTED: Capital Ethiopia By Hailemariam Dessalegn Promising progress is being made in Africa’s agricultural transformation. On my recent mission to Malawi, I witnessed the plans to create an…