Agricultural potential

World leaders call for innovative private sector partnerships to finance Africa’s agri

In a special session Monday at the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2023, Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto, offered a grim assessment of the current situation of agriculture on the continent: Agricultural production in Africa is currently the lowest in the world, with severe implications on nutrition and food security. As of the …

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ABE chillies offer farmers sweet returns

By George Munene African Birds Eye chilli farm­ing for the ex­port mar­ket is as prof­it­able a farm­ing ven­ture as you will find. Des­pite this, it re­mains un­tapped with sup­ply hardly scratch­ing the sur­face of mar­ket de­mand. “We have had to un­for­tu­nately turn down many African Birds Eye chilli ex­port­ers; one was seek­ing 7,000kgs of ABE …

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