Uganda: Businessman turns banana crisps into sizeable snack food company Dennis Ngabirano In 2010, Dennis Ngabirano, a teacher by profession, was required to submit and execute a business plan as part of his coursework for a counselling degree in his home country, Uganda. A fried banana crisp snack, which he had sampled on his honeymoon, […]
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TikTok farmer bounces back after poor matric results While thousands of matriculants celebrate their final results, Malesela Molema remembers the anxiety when his marks were once too low for varsity acceptance. Today, his poultry side-hustle is booming – and he’s not just famous on TikTok Malesela Molema is not only a rising TikTok […]
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Flow Equity Raises $14m To Expand High-growth Poultry Business in Sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi, Kenya, 12 September 2022 – Flow Equity, a rapidly growing, high-impact, and profitable poultrybusiness targeting under served rural households, has raised a combined USD 14 million funding roundwith participation from AgDevCo, AHL Venture Partners, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) andthe Bill […]
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Insect protein farm Legendary Foods Africa clinches investment to accelerate expansion plan GHANA – Legendary Foods Africa, a Ghanaian foodtech company focused on production of insect protein for human consumption, has bagged a growth equity investment from an Africa focused private equity firm, Baylis Emerging Markets. Legendary Foods has developed a unique sustainable farming system […]
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Sudan: African Development Bank Group commits nearly $74 million to boost wheat production Picture: Daf’Allah Mohamed Ahmed is one of more than 1,400 farmers and stakeholders taking part in the TAAT program, set to expand under the African Emergency Food Production Facility program for Sudan approved by the African Development Bank Board.” The Board of […]
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How Citrus Farmers Benefit from Using the Farm Costing Solutions System Farm Costing Solutions (FCS) is a leader in hardware and software solutions for managing farm expenses. And they are seeing an increase in interest from South Africa’s citrus- farming community. FCS has been tailoring systems to suit individual micro (as few as 5 – […]
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African Agri Investment Indaba 2022 is back in Cape Town! The African Agri Council NPC (AAC) is pleased to host the 5th edition of the African Agri Investment Indaba (AAII) will feature global VC, banks, donors, DFIs, family offices, pension funds, agribusinesses and policymakers. AAII will feature selected co-located events, Investment Discovery Sessions […]
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A Basic Fertilisation Strategy to Ensure Sustainability by Pieter Raath & Coenraad Fraenkel In addition to the negative publicity that the agricultural sector faces regarding the detrimental impact of unnecessary fertilisation on the environment, the cost of fertilisers is forcing producers to pursue ways to reduce fertilisation inputs. A proper balance between unreasonably conservative fertilisation […]
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World-class blueberry farm boosts labour productivity with Farm Costing Solutions In December 2019, agricultural investment firm Primocane Capital commenced with phase one of the development of Strathbreede Berries. The aim was to convert an existing pear and plum estate situated close to Wolseley, into an 80 ha high-spec blueberry farm. It’s less than two years […]
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Farmer Benefits from Early Harvest and Safe Grain Storage provided by SBS Agri SBS Agri successfully completed a two phase installation at a Midlands farm to provide both additional grain storage and a grain drying solution, allowing the farmer to benefit from early harvesting, at a higher grain moisture, reducing on field risks. The installation […]
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