by Dianne Bayley | Jun 6, 2023 | Innovation
Africa has the necessary partnerships and technologies to eradicate hunger, says African Development Bank president Dr Akinwumi Adesina.What is needed is action including robust financing, Adesina said this week at the 8th Africa Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW)...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Innovation
Perhaps it is because I grew up in the suburbs and have never lived outside of one of South Africa’s major cities, but it seems like agriculture often doesn’t get the credit it deserves, writes By Ross Jenvey, General Partner at Kingson. Like the oxygen we breathe, we...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 3, 2019 | Innovation
The potential to increase Africa’s agricultural yields through the strategic use of data could place the continents’ farmers at the heart of tomorrow’s global economy. “New technologies readily available to Africa’s farmers mean that the continent is finally at the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 31, 2019 | Sustainability
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations forecasts that the world’s population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050 and that global food production will need to grow by 70% to feed that number of people, writes Tony Esmeraldo, Business Director at Corteva...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 1, 2019 | Featured Articles
The prospect of a fully sustainable Blue Economy for Africa gathered significant momentum following the second Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF2019) held in Tunis on 25-26 June. Fishing, aquaculture, shipping, ports, energy and finance industries all came under the...
