COTE D'IVOIRE Chocolate puts Ivory Coast on top in Africa's agriculture trade[Wandile Sihlobo] Chocolate can certainly get one some brownie points, and no way is this truer than in Ivory Coast which in 2018 reported the largest agricultural trade balance in value terms in Africa, an amount of $5.1bn... | |
NIGERIA Nigeria surpasses South Africa as sub-Saharan Africa's leading maize producerImage via Wandile Sihlobo | |
GHANA Ghanaian agritech startup Cowtribe planning nationwide coverage[Tom Jackson] Ghanaian agritech startup Cowtribe hopes to cover all 10 regions of the country in the next 18 months with its solution that helps farmers access animal vaccines quickly and reliably... | |
NIGERIA How Nigeria's Thrive Agric is crowdfunding farmers[Tom Jackson] Nigerian startup Thrive Agric is using a crowdfunding platform to provide farmers with the finance they need to grow their businesses and offer ordinary people the chance to invest in agriculture... | |
NIGERIA Nigeria's Yesharvest launches agri-commerce platform[Tom Jackson] Nigerian startup Yesharvest has launched a zero-inventory e-commerce platform for fresh farm produce that allows users to purchase from farmers... |