African Agriculture and Food Systems
In mid-February 2026, an agronomist from Movement For Community Development (MCODE) visited a smallholder farm in Ruvuma, southern Tanzania. What they encountered was unambiguous: a uniform, vigorous stand…
SONGEA, RUVUMA – The Ruvuma Regional Commissioner’s office has unveiled a comprehensive strategic plan to elevate soybeans into a premier commercial and food security crop. In an official…
Kilimokwanza.org R7 The African digital narrative of the mid-2020s is dominated by a bipolar hegemony: the “Silicon Savannah” of Kenya and the “Yabacon Valley” of Nigeria. These two…
East Africa Financial Review | Special Report Microfinance • Rural Development • Tanzania The Bank That Bets on the Poor How VisionFund Tanzania is quietly dismantling a century…
By Kilimokwanza.org Correspondent | Kilolo District, Iringa The morning air over Kilolo District carried the kind of quiet that precedes something significant. Arranged across a stretch of land…
DODOMA — Tanzania’s Permanent Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. Gerald Mweli, met with Ms. Frauke Jongbluth, the World Bank’s Food and Agriculture Manager, at Government City in Mtumba, Dodoma,…
From Barren to Bountiful: How One Farm in the Southern Highlands Is Writing Tanzania’s Agricultural Future The name says everything. Rutuba — Swahili for soil fertility. But twenty…
Smallholder farmers in Sumbawanga receive financing, inputs, and real-time agronomic support in landmark partnership SUMBAWANGA, Tanzania — Equity Bank (Tanzania) Limited and agricultural technology platform MazaoHub have formalized…
Njombe RC Anthony Mtaka challenges residents to see beyond the cold, seize local opportunities NJOMBE, Tanzania — While many associate Njombe with its chilly highland climate, Regional Commissioner…
An Analysis of the Munich Security Report 2026 By James Mwaura In October 2025, construction crews began tearing down significant portions of the White House’s East Wing. For…
New ACCA research reveals how technology, geopolitics, and shifting expectations are reshaping professional trajectories across the continent Nairobi, Kenya – The predictable climb up the corporate ladder—join as…
ARUSHA: Tanga Regional Commissioner Batilda Buriani has directed regional and district leaders in Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara and Tanga to urgently identify and confirm suitable areas for productive farming,…
By Isaiah Esipisu and Anthony Muchoki The East African Legislative Assembly is advancing a groundbreaking regional legal framework for agroecology, a shift that could fundamentally reshape how food…
Ilula, Tanzania – In the rolling highlands of southern Tanzania, a quiet revolution is taking shape—one that challenges conventional assumptions about the divide between commercial agriculture and smallholder…
Registration under Chinese customs authority marks Tanzania’s largest single agribusiness market entry, positioning country as emerging force in global agricultural trade ARUSHA, February 4, 2026 — Tanzania has…
🚨 URGENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS 🚨 784,000 CHILDREN ARE STARVING WHILE THE WORLD LOOKS AWAY Kenya’s Climate Catastrophe Is Destroying Children’s Futures Right Now—Not in 2050, But Today. And…
By Kilimokwanza.org Team For years, East African avocado farmers have watched their trees mysteriously decline – yellowing leaves, stunted growth, reduced yields, and eventual death. Most assume it’s…
DODOMA, Tanzania — Tanzania has unveiled a detailed framework that could transform how one of the continent’s most important protein crops is grown. The Cereals and Other Produce…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — When Prime Minister Mwigulu L. Nchemba takes the stage at the Almasi Ballroom on February 3rd to launch Tanzania’s Agricultural Mechanization Strategy, he…
Government opens three strategic planning tracks with February 2026 submission window Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s National Planning Commission (NPC) has announced an extension for submissions related to…
By Anthony Muchoki February 1, 2026 In the bustling port of Mombasa, containers bearing the label ‘Made in Kenya’ have long been outnumbered by those arriving from Shanghai.…
Kilimokwanza.org 2026- R4 Tanzania is embarking on a landmark transformation of its agricultural sector, transitioning from a successful regional pilot to a comprehensive national strategy. The official launch…
Kilimokwanza.org 2026- R2 1. Introduction: The Global and Regional Imperative The final decade of the 20th century marked a pivotal transition in the global agricultural research architecture, particularly…
DAR ES SALAAM — In 1961, a chartered plane circled the Kilombero Valley, unable to land because the “fertile” plains had turned into an impassable swamp. Desperate to…