Powering Tanzania’s Agribusiness: PASS at 25 and the Future of Value Chains
Dar es Salaam – When the Private Agricultural Sector Support Trust (PASS) opened its doors in 2000, few could have imagined the scale of transformation...
The Corridors of Power: Inside Tanzania’s Audacious Plan to Remake Itself Through the Soil
Kilimokwanza Correspondent The air at Mtwara Port, thick with the salt of the Indian Ocean and the sweet, earthy scent of raw cashew nuts, tells...
Ethiopia’s Feathered Economy: How Women’s Backyard Chickens Underpin Rural Livelihoods and Reveal a Hidden Economic Truth
The Unseen Economic Engine By Kilimokwanza.org Reporter In a small village in Ethiopia’s Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR), a woman named Abeba begins...
AFSF 2025 Puts Youth at the Centre of 44 Value Chains to Rewire Africa’s Food Economy
The Dakar summit moves beyond a narrow focus on production to champion a complex web of economic ecosystems, from climate-resilient indigenous crops and insect-based proteins...
Mastercard Foundation Deepens Commitment to Youth-Led Agri-Food Revolution at AFSF 2025 in Dakar
A major force in empowering Africa’s next generation, the Mastercard Foundation arrives in Senegal for AFSF 2025 with a robust agenda, building on its billion-dollar...
Kofi Annan’s Blueprint Was Right. Our Follow-Through Has Been a Failure.
Thirteen years after a landmark call for action, Africa has frameworks and pilots, but hunger is stubborn, diets are unaffordable, and climate finance is a...
At AFSF 2025, Leaders and Innovators Unite to Build a Shock-Proof Food Future for Africa-Insuring the Harvest
With over a billion Africans unable to afford a healthy diet, a major push at the Dakar summit focuses on de-risking agriculture through national insurance...
The Africa Food Systems Forum: The Billion-Dollar Question for Africa’s Smallholder Farmers
Over 15 years, the Africa Food Systems Forum has evolved from a bold idea into a powerhouse for agricultural transformation, mobilising billions in investment and...
Dakar Summit to Champion Youth-Led Transformation of Africa’s Food Systems
By Anthony Muchoki The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) 2025 Summit, hosted in Dakar, Senegal, under the leadership of H.E. President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye,...
Tanzania’s Sunflower Transformation: A National Push to End Costly Edible Oil Imports
With a $250 million annual import bill, the East African nation is mobilising farmers, processors, and strategic policy to achieve self-sufficiency and become a regional...