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01
Jul

South Africa Urgently Needs to Boost Local Vaccine Production for Livestock

  • Ryan Matthews / 4 months
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Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa’s agricultural sector, a leading producer on the African continent, faces a critical challenge that threatens its hard-won status: a flagging domestic capacity for livestock vaccine manufacturing. While the recent decision to allow Astral Foods Limited to vaccinate its broiler breeding stock against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is a commendable […]

26
Jun

New Plant Breeders’ Rights Act Modernises SA’s Agricultural Landscape

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa has officially ushered in a new era for its agricultural sector with the commencement of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2018 (Act No. 12 of 2018), effective from June 1, 2025. This significant legislative update, proclaimed in the Government Gazette on June 6, 2025, repeals the outdated 1976 Act […]

24
Jun

Middle East Conflict Fuels Economic Headwinds for Africa, Say Analysts

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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Johannesburg— The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is sending shockwaves through global energy markets, with African economies bracing for a fresh round of inflationary pressure and fiscal strain. Analysts warn that the continent’s long-term resilience is being tested by a convergence of geopolitical risk, rising fuel costs, and persistent supply chain vulnerabilities. Brent crude […]

23
Jun

Africa’s Agri-Trade Imperative: Standard Bank Charts Course for Continental Growth

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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JOHANNESBURG— As global trade uncertainty escalates, the imperative to unlock intra-African trade opportunities through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has never been more urgent. This is the view of Louis van Ravesteyn, Standard Bank’s head of agribusiness, who, in an exclusive interview with Engineering News, underscored the transformative potential of the AfCFTA for […]

19
Jun

Agri-Food Leaders to Converge at Dubai World Trade Centre for Premier Trade Show

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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Dubai, UAE— The Middle East’s leading event for agri-food and farming professionals is set to take place on October 6-7, 2025, at Halls 3 and 4 of the Dubai World Trade Centre. This comprehensive 360-degree agriculture trade show will gather industry stakeholders from across the globe, offering an unparalleled platform for agribusiness, innovation, and knowledge […]

Green Hydrogen Summit
17
Jun

Green Gold Rush: Ramaphosa Unveils Africa’s Hydrogen Dream, Promises Millions of Jobs

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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Cape Town—Africa is not merely on the cusp of an energy revolution; it is poised to become a global powerhouse in green hydrogen production, a transformation projected to create a staggering two to four million jobs across the continent by 2050. President Cyril Ramaphosa passionately articulated this ambitious vision this week at the inaugural Africa […]

12
Jun

Urgent Call to Action: WFP Seeks Partners for Climate-Resilient Food Security in Cabo Delgado

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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MAPUTO – The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent call for proposals, seeking strategic partners to bolster climate-resilient food and nutrition security for women, youth, and smallholder farmers in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province. With a deadline of June 30, 2025, the initiative, dubbed “SCALE UP,” aims to significantly enhance and sustain critical […]

11
Jun

Nigeria on the Brink: Climate and Conflict Threaten Catastrophic Hunger

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria is teetering on the precipice of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, as a devastating confluence of climate change and unrelenting insecurity chokes its agricultural heartland and plunges millions into acute hunger. A grim new report from SB Morgen (SBM) Intelligence, titled “Nigeria’s Food Security Under Siege: Climate Change, Conflict, and the Collapse […]

09
Jun

Africa Charts Its Own Course: From Cocoa Fields to Capital, A Continent’s Quest for Self-Reliance

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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Abidjan/Johannesburg— The scent of raw cocoa hangs heavy in the air of Côte d’Ivoire, a nation that, alongside neighbouring Ghana, supplies nearly half the world’s chocolate craving. Yet, a recent visit to Abidjan’s supermarkets by a Devex reporter fresh from the African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings revealed a telling paradox: remarkably little of that […]

07
Jun

Belarus Extends Hand to Ghana: A New Dawn for Agricultural Mechanisation?

  • Ryan Matthews / 5 months
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MINSK, Belarus – In a significant push to unlock Ghana’s vast, yet largely untapped, agricultural potential, Belarus has formally offered its expertise and modern solutions to boost the West African nation’s farming sector. The overture came during a high-level meeting in Minsk yesterday, where Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich hosted a Ghanaian delegation led […]