RMB named as financial adviser for SA’s Land Bank
The biggest lender to South African farmers appointed Rand Merchant Bank as financial adviser after it missed a loan repayment that triggered a cross default...
Category : Agribusiness
Food For Mzansi sees record levels of online news readership
With a record readership approaching a million users, news startup Food For Mzansi has cemented its position as South Africa’s leading digital agricultural and lifestyle...
Why Covid-19 is likely to wreak havoc on African agriculture
frican countries have, so far, been mostly spared from large outbreaks of Covid-19, but many are bracing for potentially deadly impacts on their food supplies...
What African farmers and processors say about the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns
Farmers and other key stakeholders in Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Senegal speak up about how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting them and...
OPINION: Inclusive agribusiness value chains for Africa
The agribusiness (agri-food) system has been undergoing fundamental changes transforming traditional marketing relationships in response to changing consumer needs. The agribusiness supply chains and networks...
South Africa can expect bigger summer grains and oilseeds crop
South Africa’s 2019/20 fourth summer crop production estimates data recently released by the Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) did not introduce major adjustments from the previous...
The impact of Covid-19 on South Africa’s agriculture economy
We are all living through something the severity of which we have never experienced before and are currently in the 64rth day of lockdown. There...
Another relief for the agri sector after a 50 basis points cut in the repo rate
A combination of favourable crude oil price outlook, lower local inflation with risks to the downside, and economic contraction afforded the South African Reserve Bank...
Rwanda injects Rwf 100 Billion into the economy recovery plan
Rwanda has injected Rwf 100 billion into the economy to kick start economic recovery which has been affected by covid-19. According to the Minister of...
East Africa sees second wave of locusts leaves millions food insecure
A second wave of desert locusts is threatening to ruin new crops just a few months after initial swarms hit the region, where more than...