African Agriculture and Food Systems
As we embark on the Africa Food Systems Summit 2023, hosted by Tanzania under the esteemed leadership of President Samia Suluhu, we at KilimoKwanza.org would like to take a moment to reflect on the significance of this groundbreaking event and its potential impact on the future of agriculture, not just in Tanzania, but across the […]
Tanzania: Nestled along the bustling main road from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya, lies the Ruaha Mbuyuni area, where a group of 20 young entrepreneurs is reshaping the landscape of the onion trade. The VIJANA WAUZA VITUNGUU (VIWAVI) Group, hailing from the Kilolo District, operates in the Kilombero District of the Morogoro Region. Their mission? […]
To add live reporting from Johannesburg, Kigali, Lagos and Nairobi Bloomberg Media to bring additional local programming to the region Bloomberg plans to expand its TV presence in Africa to serve the growing audience of business and financial news consumers based on the continent or interested in the region as an agent of global markets. […]
Overview Agriculture in Tanzania represents almost 30 percent of the country’s GDP with three quarter of the country’s workforce involved in this sector. Agriculture is undoubtedly the largest and most important sector of the Tanzanian economy, with the country benefitting from a diverse production base that includes livestock, staple food crops and a variety of […]
acebookTwitterEmailShare Nairobi, Kenya – AGRA has announced the opening of applications for the second cohort for the Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA)’s Advanced Leadership Programme. Designed for rising stars and established executives from across Africa’s agriculture sector in government, the private sector, and civil society, the programme is the continent’s premier leadership programme tailored […]
Nairobi: March 21, 2022 – AGRA has begun accepting nominations for the 2022 Women Agripreneur of the Year Awards (WAYA), which recognizes female entrepreneurs excelling in different segments of the agricultural value chain. To qualify, entrepreneurs need to have an innovative product or service in the agriculture value chain with evidence of impact on their communities […]
AGRA has announced a partnership with Aceli Africa to enhance capital flows to SMEs in the agriculture sector and support a financially inclusive agricultural transformation across Africa. AGRA and Aceli have signed a letter of intent committing to jointly work together to test and scale up innovations that substantially drive down the cost and risk […]
LINDI: 22:12:2020 Msajiri wa vyama vya Ushirika Lindi, Edmund Massawe ameonya viongozi wa vyama vya ushirika waliosababisha hasara katika vyama vyao kutothubutu kuchukua fomu za kuwania uongozi. Akizungumza baada ya mnada wa kumi wa korosho wilaya ya Liwale hivi karibuni, Masawe alisema kwamba vyama vya ushirika hasa vya mazao vinatarajia kuanza uchaguzi wiki ya Pili […]
By Edwin Githinji E-mail: eddy.githinji022@gmail.com 23/11/2020 Kenya recognizes the urgent need for the protection of water sources, resources and the implementation of alternative production of aquatic proteins. Kenya’s Principal Secretary State Department for Fisheries, Aquaculture and the Blue economies, Prof. Japhet Micheni Ntiba, made the statement in commemoration of World Fisheries Day. On the 20th […]
Agriculture CS Hon Peter Munya has concluded a three-day public participation meeting on Coffee Bill 2020 at Nyamathumbi Primary School, Gatundu North Constituency in Kiambu County. He was joined by the area MP Hon. Wanjiku Kibe and Secretary Administration Mr. Kello Harsama. Farmers from three sub-counties: Gatundu North Githunguri and Gatundu North, have embraced the […]