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25
Feb

Zimbabwe’s Farm Compensation Under Fire Over Alleged ‘Weighted’ Favouritism

Ryan Matthews / 3 days
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HARARE – Zimbabwe’s long-disputed agricultural compensation framework has come under renewed scrutiny as human rights advocates warn that the current payment structure creates a tiered system of property rights that prioritizes foreign investors over local citizens. The criticism centers on a widening disparity between the treatment of landowners protected by Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and […]

19
Feb

Burundi Takes Helm as AU Pivots Toward Continental Water Security

Ryan Matthews / 1 week
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2 min read

ADDIS ABABA – The African Union (AU) has signaled a strategic shift in its development agenda, appointing Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye as the 2026 Chairperson during its 39th Ordinary Session. The summit, which concluded in the Ethiopian capital this week, moved beyond traditional security discourses to position water and sanitation as the foundational economic pillars […]

04
Feb

Africa Bets on Robusta and Tech to Shield Coffee Economy

Ryan Matthews / 4 weeks
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2 min read

ADDIS ABABA – The African coffee industry has pivoted from high-level policy rhetoric to a science-led offensive, as researchers at the Third African Coffee Week unveiled a suite of climate-resilient innovations designed to protect the continent’s multi-billion-dollar export sector. With the 7th African Coffee Scientific Conference taking center stage, the spotlight has moved to the […]

30
Jan

Dar es Salaam to Host Landmark Africa Agriculture Summit

Ryan Matthews / 4 weeks
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2 min read

DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania is set to become the epicenter of Africa’s agricultural transformation this week as it hosts the inaugural Africa Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (ACSAM). Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Tanzanian government, the high-stakes summit arrives at a critical juncture for a […]

27
Jan

Limpopo Macadamia Model Bridging the Smallholder Knowledge Gap

Ryan Matthews / 1 month
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3 min read

POLOKWANE – The persistent economic stagnation of South Africa’s rural smallholders is increasingly being viewed not as a failure of land access, but as a critical deficit in value-chain literacy. Despite the continent boasting some 33 million small-scale farms that provide 70% of the food supply, many local producers remain trapped in subsistence cycles. In […]

24
Jan

African Development Bank Rallies to Shield Food Systems from 20% Climate Yield Slump

Ryan Matthews / 1 month
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2 min read

ABIDJAN – Africa stands at a precarious crossroads as accelerating climate risks threaten to shrink the production of staple crops like wheat and maize by as much as 20 percent by 2050. In a high-stakes move to avert a looming food security crisis, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group recently convened over 390 global experts […]

22
Jan

Bank Lending to Ghana’s Real Economy in Sharp Retreat

Ryan Matthews / 1 month
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2 min read

ACCRA – A significant shift in the allocation of financial capital is threatening Ghana’s long-term industrial ambitions, as new research reveals a decades-long decline in bank lending to the nation’s most productive sectors. Despite the banking system’s role as a primary engine for operational funding and expansion, credit to agriculture and manufacturing has plummeted, leaving […]

12
Dec

Kerchanshe Secures Exclusive McCormick Deal, Driving Ethiopia’s Farm Modernisation Push

Ryan Matthews / 3 months
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2 min read

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s ambitious agricultural modernisation drive has received a significant capital injection following the official launch of an exclusive distribution partnership between the local Kerchanshe Group and Italian machinery giant McCormick Tractors, a brand of Argo Tractors. The agreement, unveiled on December 4, 2025, at the Sheraton Addis, positions the Kerchanshe Group as […]

11
Dec

Kenyan FMD Vaccine Smuggled, Triggers Interpol, SSA Probe into Biological Warfare

Ryan Matthews / 3 months
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2 min read

South Africa’s livestock industry has been rocked by the seizure of a second unlawful shipment of Kenyan Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine, prompting an escalated investigation by the State Security Agency (SSA) that includes serious allegations of terrorism and biological warfare. The illicit importation poses a critical biosecurity threat to the nation’s red meat and dairy […]

11
Dec

Finance Leaders Call for Unified Strategy to Bridge Ghana’s $5 Billion SME Funding Gap

Ryan Matthews / 3 months
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3 min read

Accra, Ghana – Ghana’s most influential financial and policy figures have reached a consensus that a significant intensification of coordination across the financial ecosystem is essential to close the nation’s estimated $5 billion financing gap for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This critical takeaway emerged from a high-level roundtable co-convened by CrossBoundary Advisory and the […]

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