African Agriculture and Food Systems
The Revolution That Charges by the Hop: Why Kenya’s Digital Money is More Expensive Than the Cash It Was Meant to Replace By Anthony Muchoki | January 2026 I watched a mama mboga in Gikomba market last week reject an M-Pesa payment. The customer, a young professional, phone already out—looked genuinely confused. “Cash only,” she […]
A Strategic Pivot Toward Financial Innovation in African Agriculture Nakuru, Kenya – January 26, 2026 – In a decisive moment for African agricultural policy, Professor Andrew E. Temu has been appointed as the new Chair of the Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI), marking the beginning of a transformative era for the continent’s […]
🥔 The Global Potato Revolution: Feeding the World One Event at a Time Published: January 2026 | Category: Global Agriculture | Reading Time: 8 minutes Potatoes Across the World: The Humble Crop Ensuring Global Food Security In an era of unprecedented global challenges, one unassuming vegetable stands as humanity’s quiet guardian of food security. From […]
At the IGNITE 2026 National Youth Agricultural Opportunity Dialogue, one message resonated powerfully: agriculture is no longer a sector of survival—it’s a sector of enterprise, innovation, and scalable wealth creation for young people. Held on Saturday, 17 January 2026, and broadcast by Mchongo Television, the national dialogue brought together students, young professionals, agribusiness leaders, and […]
In a working session held in recent days, heads of Tanzania’s agricultural agencies gathered not to celebrate plans, but to confront them. The Agricultural Master Plan 2050 (AMP 2050)—a sweeping blueprint for transforming the nation into a $100 billion agricultural economy by mid-century—has moved from policy document into operational reality. Now comes the harder part: […]
Tanzania Bureau of Standards Suspends 106 Quality Certificates and Licences Public Warning: Non-Compliant Products Removed from Market Dar es Salaam, 20 January 2026 The Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has announced the suspension of 106 quality certificates and licences that permit products to use the TBS quality mark. The suspension, effective from the date indicated […]
By James Mwangi In the bustling agricultural markets of East Africa, a quiet but formidable transformation has been taking place across the southern highlands of Tanzania. What began over a decade ago as an ambitious experiment in public-private partnership—the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)—is now shedding its regional skin to become a national […]
In one sweeping decision, an Africa country is tackling toxic agriculture in ways the wealthy world has only talked about. But the real test comes now—can it pull off the transition? By January 7, 2026, most of the world wasn’t watching when Prof. Joseph Ndunguru, Director General of Tanzania’s Plant Health and Pesticides Authority, affixed […]
By Kilimokwanza.org The agricultural sector, historically positioned as the engine of African economic development and the primary source of livelihood for the majority of the continent’s population, is currently besieged by a systemic crisis of financing. This report presents an exhaustive analysis of the structural, legal, and operational failures that characterize the relationship between African […]
By Anthony Muchoki No one remembers the farmer’s name. That’s how you know the story is true. The way they tell it across Nyandarua, Narok, and Kinangop, a man came from the south, from Tanzania, from somewhere beyond the border where hills soften into another country. He carried potatoes in a sack that was not […]