NIGERIA – FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Nigeria’s leading dairy processor has made huge strides in the dairy industry, recording an increase in fresh milk collection from farmers to hit an all-time high record of 40,000 litres of milk per day. The rise in milk output by the farmers was attributed to the producer

The Rwandan authorities are about to launch a project to build a factory to manufacture several products, including toilet paper from bamboo. Negotiations are under way with several investors to finance the project. Bamboo valuation is about to take on a whole new dimension in Rwanda. The authorities of this

A year before the Covid-19 pandemic caused havoc in the world’s food supply, venture capitalists plunged $125 million into a company that breeds mealworms. Ynsect in northern France, which turns the grubs into animal feed and fertilizer, needed cash to build the world’s largest insect farm, a robot-staffed plant that

The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID-19 crisis through a raft of immediate and longer-term measures. The Feed Africa Response to COVID-19 (FAREC) paves the way for a comprehensive

The COVID-19 pandemic has a major impact on startup development and venture capital investments in Africa as well as globally. At the same time, the “new normal” of social or physical distancing is also a window of opportunity to leapfrog digital business models and solutions for various economic sectors, including

The Mozambican government has expanded the remit of the Cotton Institute of Mozambique, transforming it into the Cotton and Oilseeds Institute of Mozambique (IAOM). Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, at the end of a meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), the Minister of Agriculture, Celso Correia, said the IAOM