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| Aug 24, 2026 | Prince Harry to leave board of African Parks conservation nonprofit | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is stepping down as a trustee of African Parks, a nonprofit organization that manages protected areas in partnership with authorities in 13 countries from Chad to Zimbabw... |
| Jun 14, 2026 | Malawi: AGRA, Partners Promote Post-Harvest Technologies to Reduce Food Losses | The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and its partners are scaling up the use of post-harvest technologies among smallholder farmers in Malawi as part of efforts to reduce food losses, strengthen food security, and improve ru... |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Gates Foundation Announces New Commitment for Smallholder Farmers on the Frontlines of Extreme Weather | $1.4B investment expands access to evidence-backed tools to help farmers in some of the world's poorest regions adapt and build more resilience to droughts, floods, heat waves
BELÉM, Brazil, Nov. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gates Foundation... |
| May 28, 2025 | Africa's Development Bank: A New Era Awaits | The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands at a crossroads. With the impending election of a new president, the future of Africa's premier development institution hangs in the balance. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the current president, has transf... |
| May 23, 2025 | Africa: The 'Optimist-in-Chief' Who Made Africa's Premier Development Bank a Global Powerhouse | Washington, DC — Heading the agenda at the five-day annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) that opens on May 26 is the election of the multilateral development bank's next president. Five candidates are vying to succeed Dr. A... |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Bridging the Gap: The Future of Renewable Energy and Agriculture in a Changing World | In a world where climate change looms large, the stakes are high. Renewable energy projects and innovative agricultural practices are not just trends; they are lifelines. The clock is ticking, and the need for effective communication and te... |
| Mar 17, 2025 | “FEEDING AFRICA’S FUTURE: CAN DRONE-POWERED FARMING OUTSMART CLIMATE CHAOS ?” – Sokale Moses Olumide. | In the dusty fields of northern Nigeria, a farmer squints at the sky not for rain, but for a faint buzz. It’s 2025, and that sound isn’t a swarm of locusts; it’s a drone, swooping low over wilting maize. Africa’s climate is turning on its f... |
| Feb 11, 2025 | The coming food revolution in Lagos by Reuben Abati | Over the years, a major wisdom in Nigeria is that agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, its real foundation for creating employment, livelihood and opportunities.
Truly, it was the case that Nigeria used to boast of a thriving agricul... |
| Nov 15, 2024 | SAYeTECH tackles ‘the everyday struggles of smallholder farmers’ through smart machinery development | Smart agricultural machinery has historically been the domain of large-scale farm operations that can afford the price tag that usually comes with such equipment.
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei and the team at Ghana-based SAYeTECH take a differen... |
| Apr 14, 2024 | Pula raises $20M Series B to provide agricultural insurance to farmers in Africa, Asia and LatAm | Pula, an insurtech based in Kenya, has since 2015 been keen on enhancing the access to agricultural insurance by small-holder farmers across emerging markets, shielding them against losses from pests, diseases and/or extreme weather events ... |
| Dec 15, 2023 | COP28: Every Major Food Sytems Announcement & Funding Pledge from the UN Climate Conference | 8 Mins Read The number of policy recommendations and funding announcements at COP28 was overwhelming. Here’s a list of all the major food outcomes to help you digest it all.
“Everything that makes campaigning against fossil fuels difficult ... |
| Dec 4, 2023 | COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 5 | 5 Mins Read Welcome to Day 5 of #COP28. In our Green Queen COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’.
Catch up: DAY 1 – DA... |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Farm Central Intelligence Emerges Winner at AFEX Code Cash Crop 4.0 Ag-hackathon. | Winners received prizes valued at $18,000 in total to scale agriTech solutions in East and West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria | 17th August 2023 – AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities market player, hosted its fourth annual ag-hackathon, Code Cash Cr... |
| Jun 5, 2023 | Africa: Innovations in Agriculture Can Drive Climate- Change Mitigations | Nairobi — The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29 percent, according to the World Bank. This figure climbs to 40 percent emissions produced throughout the ent... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | BREAKING: Boomitra partners with FtMA to launch flagship soil carbon project for East Africa’s smallholders | Boomitra, the California-based startup that’s powering its soil carbon marketplace with AI and remote sensing, has partnered with Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) to launch a soil carbon project in East Africa. The project is aimed at helping... |
| Mar 24, 2023 | UN Food Systems Envoy Responds To Climate Inaction | “How long will inaction define us,” ponders Dr. Agnes Kalibata. The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit has joined me via Zoom to discuss the future of agriculture in Africa. I immediately ... |
| Jan 28, 2023 | Food Security: Strengthening Africa’s food systems | Food security in Africa: Current efforts and challenges
Hailemariam Dessalegn
Former Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Board Chair, Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa
Africa’s food systems are at a crossroad... |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Weekly Economic Index: Africa needs $250b to transform its agricultural sector | The 2022 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR22) report has revealed that Africa needs between $40 billion and $77 billion yearly from the public sector and up to $180 billion in private sector funding to trigger and sustain agro-food tra... |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Meet the investor: Wangara Green Ventures thinks ag investors should focus on climate adaptation | Wangara Green Ventures is an evergreen impact and climate-focused fund headquartered in Ghana. Founded in 2019, the fund makes equity and quasi-equity investments in small and growing climate-friendly businesses.
The firm recently made an i... |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Tushop secures $3m pre-seed funding to scale affordable community eGrocery in Kenya | Tushop, a female-founded digital platform that aggregates Kenyan consumers into groups to buy groceries more cheaply, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding.
The investment was led by early-stage investment firm 4DX Ventures. Other inve... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Yara International : US$110,000 Awarded to Young Agrifood Changemakers in the Third Annual Generation Africa GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition | Fourteen inspiring, young entrepreneurs from across Africa, pitched their innovative agribusinesses to influential judges and delegates at the pitch finale of the Generation Africa GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize (https://GoGettaz.africa) compet... |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Yara International : US$110,000 Awarded to Young Agrifood Changemakers in the Third Annual Generation Africa GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition Two agribusinesses working towards food systems transformation in Africa win grand prizes in the third annual GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition | Fourteen inspiring, young entrepreneurs from across Africa, pitched their innovative agribusinesses to influential judges and delegates at the pitch finale of the Generation Africa GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize (https://GoGettaz.africa) compet... |
| Feb 11, 2021 | OPINION: Bill & Melinda Gates can create the world’s biggest agrifoodtech testbed – but they need to win over farmers first | Last month, US land investment magazine The Land Report published research indicating that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda own the largest stock of farmland in the US.
About 242,000 acres of it in fact, and part of a broad... |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Gates can create world’s biggest agrifoodtech testbed, but needs to win over farmers first | Last month, US land investment magazine The Land Report published research indicating that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda own the largest stock of private farmland in the US.
About 242,000 acres of it in fact, and part of... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Brief: Bill & Melinda Gates revealed as largest private farmland owners in US | Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have amassed the largest portfolio of private farmland in the US, according to The Land Report.
The Gates’ own an estimated 242,000 acres of farmland as part of a broader 269,000-acre land p... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | BRIEF: Bill & Melinda Gates revealed as largest private farmland owners in US | Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife have amassed the largest portfolio of private farmland in the US, according to The Land Report.
The Gates’ own an estimated 242,000 acres of farmland as part of a broader 269,000-acre land portfolio... |
| Mar 3, 2020 | Agrocenta named a winner at the 2020 Sankalp Awards in Nairobi, Kenya | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), March 2020. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Agrocenta has been named the winner at the 2020 Sankalp Awards, help at the Sankalp Africa Summit 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. The innovative Gh... |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Pitch AgriHack 2019 winners awarded a total of €60k in prizes | Seven startup that came out tops at the Pitch AgriHack 2019 competition earlier this month have been awarded a total of €60 000 in prizes.
Pitch AgriHack aims to support the growth of business services offered by agritech startups as well a... |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Pitch AgriHack 2019 winners awarded a total of €60k in prizes | Seven startup that came out tops at the Pitch AgriHack 2019 competition earlier this month have been awarded a total of €60 000 in prizes.
Pitch AgriHack aims to support the growth of business services offered by agritech startups as well ... |
| May 14, 2019 | Pitch AgriHack 2019 winners to be awarded funding of up to €15 000 | African innovators behind startups that provide digital services to agricultural sector have until 24 May to enter Pitch AgriHack 2019 — where winners will be awarded up to €15 000 in funding from the competition’s organisers.
The competit... |
| May 14, 2019 | Pitch AgriHack 2019 winners to be awarded funding of up to €15 000 | African innovators behind startups that provide digital services to agricultural sector have until 24 May to enter Pitch AgriHack 2019 — where winners will be awarded up to €15 000 in funding from the competition’s organisers.
The competiti... |
| How can a food crisis be avoided in Africa? | Charles Dietz
August 31st 2022 •
Africa •
Agribusiness & ManufacturingFood prices are soaring across the world
Before the Russia-Ukraine war, global food prices were already rising, driven by factors such as climate change and the Covid... |
