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  Nairobi, Kenya — According to data issued by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), exports to Ethiopia increased by 68 percent in the third quarter of 2021 compared …

Kenya’s exports to Ethiopia have increased by 68 percent as a result of increased food shipments. Read More

Rwanda intends to build a bulk blending fertiliser and storage factory at Bugesera Industrial Park, which will produce, market, and distribute fertilisers, among other things. The development is the result …

Rwanda’s Fertilizer Plant Is Scheduled to Be Completed Next Year Read More

In a boost for smallholder farmers, the Export Trading Company (ETC) Group is poised to get a US$150 million financing facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to meet its …

The AfDB has provided ETG Group with a US$150 million loan to help boost its value chain. Read More

The Tanzania government is committed to assisting local industrial investors in order to help the country achieve its industrialization goals. Prof Adolf Mkenda, the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, made …

Tanzania government has pledged to assist local investors. Read More

Apollo Agriculture (Apollo), a Kenyan ag-tech that combines machine learning and automated operations technology to help small scale farmers access the tools they need to maximise their profitability, has received …

The high impact Ag-Tech Apollo Agriculture receives USD 1 millions from ABC funds Read More

The $2.4 million in funding recently secured is aimed at improving food and agricultural waste management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricycle Global, based in Wisconsin, USA, raised the funds in a …

Agricycle receives $2.4 million in funding to recycle food and agricultural waste in Africa Read More

The government is dedicated to assisting farmers in increasing their yields in order to maintain food security while also reforming the country’s food systems and, ultimately, achieving all of the …

Tanzania’s government has pledged to improve food security and food systems. Read More

According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), by the end of 2021, the bank expects to have granted close to $500 million, with $150 million going to women in Africa’s …

The AfDB’s $150 million fund will benefit women in agriculture. Read More

The government plans to invest in irrigation farming covering 11,700 hectares surrounding the Ngono River Basin in Kagera Region over the next five years, a project that will assist the …

Tanzania’s government invests in irrigation farming programmes in order to expand the country’s food basket. Read More

Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) will work collaboratively with the Ministry of Agriculture to hold their second National Ecological Organic Agriculture Conference in October of this year. The conference, which …

Movement to Encourage Organic Farming in Tanzania Read More