“You will keep the man in perfect peace whose mind is kept on You, because he trusts in You.” ISAIAH 26:3 NLV
I trust that you are all well and have peace in your hearts in this time of turmoil around us! As we explore new ways to do business during this lock-down period, I have discovered so many wonderful online resources and information that can assist us to grow our respective agribusiness ventures across Africa. We gladly share some of this with you in this newsletter – specifically in the Business Opportunities section. More of this is coming! Please feel free to ask where you need more information, contact details of suppliers and/or other assistance.
Buffett to Build Africa’s Largest Agriculture Research Centre in Rwanda
American billionaire Howard Buffet has pledged to establish Africa’s largest centre for agriculture research and extension in the country. READ MORE
Dangote $2bn Fertilizer Plant: Countdown to opening has begun..
Dangote Fertiliser Limited has begun a countdown to the inauguration of its $2 billion Granulated Urea Fertiliser complex located in the Dangote Free Zone, Nigeria. READ MORE
Global Expert Challenges Malawi to Attract Youth to Agriculture
South Africa-based world farming expert, Dr Theo de Jager, has challenged the Malawi Government to incentivise the agriculture sector in order to attract youth involvement in food production and value chain initiatives. READ MORE
ZAMBIAFresh Market: Freshmark Systems online trading system goes live
Palabana Farm on the outskirts of Lusaka has been converted into a market pilot site and the online fresh produce trading system went live recently. It has been designed and implemented by their strategic partner Freshmark Systems, whose trading software is in use at most of South Africa’s fresh produce markets. READ MORE
AFFM launches $2.2 mill project to boost fertilizer supply to 200,000 farmers
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a $2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers in Nigeria with financial support to improve supply for 200,000 smallholder farmers. READ MORE
Why IFC is investing billions in food safety –
The Twiga Foods Case
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) last year signed a Sh1 billion agreement with Twiga Foods, a Kenyan-based technology food distribution platform, to boost food safety and quality management systems. READ MORE
Ocorian: 6 trends driving investment into Africa
Primed for trade, investment and mutually beneficial partnerships, Director Raju Jaddoo from Ocorian highlights six trends driving Africa’s economic potential and how international financial centres are helping to catalyse growth across the continent. READ MORE
Management Information: Disregarded by Executive Leaders?
Management information is the result of the process whereby technology or manually driven captured data is delivered across the value chain of an organisation to produce manual and/ or automated reports. READ MORE
COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor
Says Special Envoys Obasanjo and Desalegn: “In the long term, this pandemic underscores the need for Africa to transform agriculture and agribusiness as the surest path to inclusive economic growth, wealth generation and greater resilience.” READ MORE
Impact Assessment on Farming Business – Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania & Uganda
The COVID-19 pandemic has also greatly affected African livelihoods, with particular effects felt in agricultural-inputs delivery, production systems, food security and agricultural livelihoods. READ MORE
Growing your business during COVID-19
Growing your business on a day to day scale was hard enough. Now we figure out how to start growing your business during COVID-19 as well! All the tools, ideas and methods to grow your business can be found in this article.. READ MORE
IFDC Fertilizer Watch:
West Africa &
East and Southern Africa
IFDC and its partners are working to ensure that fertilizers and other agricultural inputs are able to move freely throughout the region – despite necessary restrictive COVID-19 measures – so that they can continue to reach farmers in time for the growing season. READ MORE
Lessons on How to Effectively Tackle a Locust Invasion
By anticipating pest outbreaks and invasions and having multi-pronged and comprehensive efforts laid out, African countries can effectively deal with pest outbreaks and invasions. Key to this is being proactive, rather than reactive. READ MORE
Air Tractor:
the Most Efficient Means of Pest Control in Africa
Without the use of crop protection products, there would be an increase in crop damage caused by insects, weeds, and diseases which would drastically decrease crop yield per hectare, and dramatically increasing the prices for the consumer. READ MORE
Robust low-maintenance Agricultural Equipment for African conditions
Erdvark, a South African-based manufacturer of agricultural implements and machinery, is offering African farmers quality solutions to their equipment needs. READ MORE
Erreppi: A New Tractor is Born to Farm!
The Erreppi Buffalo tractor, designed to perform in all types of terrain, while respectful of the environment, provides innovative solutions, especially where high power is redundant and versatility is a must. READ MORE
Agribusiness Placement Service for Africa
Agri4Africa Agribusiness Placements has teamed up with various HR & recruitment specialists to provide a unique and customized placement service for African agribusiness enterprises. READ MORE
Sweet Potatoes: ‘Magic Crop’ for Better Nutrition?
When local growers in Sierra Leone switched from white- to orange-fleshed sweet potatoes with support from SLARI and Helen Keller International, they noticed that it led to larger crop yields and healthier children.. READ MORE
Chosing the Right Winter Vegetables to Grow
In these times with the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to make an informed choice when deciding which crops to grow. Producers should make sure that they know all that is required to grow a specific crop and what the market demand is for various crops. READ MORE
Rwanda on Course to Become Self-sufficient in Seed Supply
After a decade of various attempts, the country is now on course to achieve its target of being self-sufficient in seed supply. It is also exploring the possibilities of exporting seeds. READ MORE
Wheat, Micronutrients and Liebig’s Law
Micronutrients are required for optimum crop production. The term micronutrient refers to the relative quantities required for plant growth and does not mean that they are any less important to plants than other nutrients. READ MORE
Why “home garden” projects don’t always work. Insights from Ethiopia
To increase the availability of fruits and vegetables, the government of Ethiopia is promoting home gardens at a large scale across the country. READ MORE
How to Store and Manage Fertilizer
Fertilizer management is not as simple as it looks. Proper storage and housekeeping practices are vital to the quality of the fertilizer. READ MORE
A hand pump to bring water to Africa
The Jooste hand pump is a revolutionary breakthrough, designed to be easier to use than any other hand pump on the market. It has a relatively short stroke, for rapid operation. With its adjustable leverage, it is designed to lift water as high as 10m above the surface from a depth of 60m deep boreholes. READ MORE
Cherry Irrigation Namibia offers smart irrigation solutions and strategies
In 2019 Cherry Irrigation opened an operations base in Windhoek, headed up by Namibian-born Willem Mostert. They are now offering smart & effective irrigation solutions and best-in-class expertise to local growers. READ MORE
ROTRIX:
Simply Irrigating Africa
Rotrix Africa manufactures a full range of water-powered, linear travelling irrigation systems at their factory in Worcester, South Africa to suit most farming irrigation requirements and crops. The larger Rainmaker Agriculture models can be ordered to accommodate 300m, 250m and 200m run, while the smaller units are better suited for smaller lands, sports field and golf courses. READ MORE
Aquamat Water Solutions: Containerised Water Treatment Plants across Africa
Since 1968, Aquamat has been at the forefront of delivering innovative water management solutions by leveraging the latest advancements in technology and raw materials. Complex water treatment projects have been executed in over 30 African countries. READ MORE
Containerised Chicken Rotisserie and more from CONTAINER WORLD
The Containerised Chicken Rotisserie was built by Container World for “Birdz”, a company specialising in providing healthy and sustainable diet choices. READ MORE
ALVAN BLANCH Mobile Crop Processing Systems for Africa
The leading UK manufacturer of agro-processing solutions has designed and perfected quality mobile processing solutions for fruit juice, grain and seed cleaning and drying, flour milling, oilseed pressing, and more.. READ MORE
Mobile Fruit Processing: Bringing the Factory to the Field with BEVERATECH
With the Voran 500 mobile press from Beveratech it is now possible for the fruit processing factory to come to the fruit, and not the other way round. READ MORE
A turn-key container solution by Elead:
FREEZE DRYING
Freeze drying is a multipurpose process capable of drying fruits & vegetables (whole, sliced, diced or puree), herbs & plant extracts for medical purposes, ready to serve meals, drinks and smoothies, meat, nutraceuticals and more.. READ MORE
The Amazing MAIZE MASTER MM3500 Container Mill
The revolutionary MM3500 container mill by Maize Master is specifically developed to serve communities in Africa and offer them a high-quality super maize meal at more affordable prices. READ MORE
Mobile Cassava Processing Technology
By DADTCO Philafrica
Our patented innovative mobile processing technology has changed the way cassava is perceived, grown and processed in Africa. Instead of transporting the perishable roots over long distances, we process fresh cassava on-farm or nearby. READ MORE
Amazing Success Stories & Everything You Need to Know about this
Lucrative Business
Though rabbit meat may not be as common as chicken, beef or pork, there’s no doubt it’s a very lucrative business; every year, over one million tons of rabbit meat is consumed worldwide! READ MORE
Hydraform:
Setting a Block Yard for Commercial Success
While most Hydraform clients are NGOs or governments looking for affordable, quality building solutions, some clients are commercial operations that use the technology to get a competitive edge. One such is Yo Limba Block & Bricks Limited in Zambia… READ MORE
How to start a successful bread bakery business in Africa’s fast-growing
bread market
Ever considered one of the bread bakery business opportunities in Africa? You’re about to learn several reasons why you should. Everyone eats bread… READ MORE
Baking Solutions
from Africa’s Leading
Bakery Equipment Supplier
Macadams is proud to be aligned with Africa’s leading suppliers and manufacturers of food services and solutions. With a state of the art manufacturing facility in the Western Cape, Macadams is strategically positioned for efficient distribution into Africa and across the globe. READ MORE
