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Tanzania Marks Record Agricultural Achievement as AfDB President Adesina Urges Investment in Africa

Each youth is given 10 acres of land and is supported by training, already 11,000 have benefitted and this year’s harvest has begun November 4, 2024/AfDB Tanzania achieves 128% food self-sufficiency, one of continent’s two successful cashew nut processors If you are not investing in Africa, what are you doing? […]

Afreximbank Calls for Increased Collaboration to Accelerate the Green Energy Transition in Africa

The Keynote speaker at the eighth Babacar Ndiaye Lecture in Washington, D.C., Professor Yemi Osinbajo, spoke about the role of the AfCFTA in Addressing Africa’s climate Change and Development Challenges October 30, 2024/Afreximbank The eighth Babacar Ndiaye Lecture held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington D.C., on 26 October […]

USDA Launches Food for Opportunity Program

New Biden-Harris Administration Program to Promote the Use of Non-Traditional Commodities in Food Assistance Programs October 30, 2024/USDA Foreign Agricultural Service The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched the Food for Opportunity Program, or FFO, designed to expand opportunities for non-traditional U.S. commodities to qualify for various international food assistance […]