The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed two agreements to finance agri-business development projects through the Agriculture Fast Track Fund
In the preface of The African Transformation Report 2017: Agriculture Powering Africa’s Economic Transformation, Yaw Ansu Chief Economist at ACET highlights how agriculture can lead economic transformation in many countries in Africa—if farm productivity is raised and farming is linked to manufacturing and other sectors of the economy through agroprocessing, other agriculture-based manufacturing, and finance, logistics, and other upstream and downstream services
More than three million Tanzanians in rural areas will be connected to safe water supply, while another four million people will gain access to improved sanitation through World Bank’s new IDA credit for a Rural Water and Sanitation Programme
A total of 315,198 cattle were exported from Namibia in 2017, as compared to 164, 220 in 2016, said Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun, board chairperson of Meatco cattle
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has made a request for a US$500mn funding package with the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), as part of efforts to resolve the foreign currency shortages affecting the economy, reports The Herald