African telecom giant MTN is looking for US and European partners to develop AI data centers

Leading mobile operator in Africa, MTN Group, is in advanced talks with American and European technology firms over plans to roll out a new generation of data centres across the continent. The facilities are designed to underpin artificial...

African Delegation Explores Wheat Advantage in Kansas

Popping a kernel of wheat in your mouth for a quick chew to test quality is almost instinctive, whether you are a Kansas farmer or the leader of a major East African conglomerate. Exploring a shared emphasis on wheat quality, as well as exploring...

Poultry farmers: A guide to selling to abattoirs

For many poultry farmers, selling live birds directly to consumers may seem like the easiest route. However, industry expert Jeremiah Jothams argues that supplying abattoirs offers greater profitability, sustainability, and security for farmers...

Shettima Unveils FG’s New Incentives To Boost Agric Investment Nationwide

* Pledges enhanced credit access, irrigation expansion, full-time rural jobs Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Federal Government on Tuesday announced fresh incentives to boost agricultural investment under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda....

Young Agripreneurs Call for Inclusion

Two young agripreneurs from Ghana, Nana Kusi Appiah, CEO of GanaFert Limited, and Bernice Agboada, Founder of Vijay Mushrooms are calling for greater investment, inclusivity, and sustained collaboration in Africa’s food systems following their...

Young Ghanaian agripreneurs call for inclusion and investment beyond Africa Food Systems Forum 2025

Nana Kusi Appiah, CEO of GanaFert Limited (L) Bernice Agboada, Founder of Vijay Mushrooms (R). Two young agripreneurs from Ghana, Nana Kusi Appiah, CEO of GanaFert Limited, and Bernice Agboada, Founder of Vijay Mushrooms, are calling for greater...

What Zimbabwe’s maize import ban means for SA farmers and exporters

South Africa’s maize industry is export-oriented. Over the past five years, the country has exported roughly three million tonnes of maize each year. One of its largest markets is Zimbabwe, typically accounting for about 18% of annual exports. But...

Record participation at this year’s Organic & Natural Products Expo Africa

The 2025 Organic & Natural Products Expo Africa is taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, Gauteng, from 18 to 20 September. This event will unite the continent’s most innovative sustainable brands, emerging township...

We train Africans in AI to solve economic, social problems – Vanuatu Trade Commissioner  

By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi Accra, Sept. 16, GNA – Prof Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, says the Commission is training a new generation of Africans in artificial intelligence to use technology in solving environmental, economic...

Don’t fear AI, use it to grow Africa’s informal sector – Dr Twumasi to experts

The Director of Research and Innovation at the Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC), Dr. Elvis Twumasi, has urged African experts to set aside fears about Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking over jobs and instead focus on leveraging the...

IFC’s new Africa vice president makes first visit to South Africa

The landscape of Africa's economic future is being meticulously reimagined, as highlighted by Ethiop Tafa, the incoming Vice President for Africa at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Tafa's recent visit to South Africa marks a pivotal...

USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins are reshaping American agriculture

In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the south end of town near the municipal airport has no grocery stores, no food pantries. Mired in a federally recognized food desert, nearby families struggled to obtain healthy food. Then, in 2019, in a once-empty lot,...

Experts urge Africa to harness AI for economic transformation at AI for Africa Workshop

The Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC) held the 2025 AI for Africa Workshop, where experts highlighted ways Africa could greatly benefit from Artificial Intelligence (AI). The event, hosted in collaboration with Kathryn Strachan Consulting,...

"Right place, right time": Lucky farmer dodges deadly puff adder’s venom

A 30-year-old farmer from Aurora in the Western Cape survived a puff adder bite without any venom being injected Quick thinking and following medical advice, like avoiding tying off the arm, helped prevent further damage after the bite Experts...

CSOs urge ECOWAS to tackle rising inequality in West Africa

Civil Society Organisations have called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to place inequality, insecurity, and climate justice at the centre of its regional integration agenda. Representatives of Oxfam in Nigeria and the...

South Africa Demands Accelerated Ozone Layer Protection Efforts

South Africa has called for intensified global action to protect the ozone layer during Tuesday’s World Ozone Day commemorations, emphasizing the critical link between ozone protection and climate change mitigation efforts. Minister of Forestry,...

Ethiopia’s Mega Int’l Airport Sets to Transform Africa’s Connectivity, Integration

Addis Ababa, September 16, 2025 (ENA) – The new Ethiopian Airlines mega international airport to be constructed in Bishoftu town is a strategic catalyst for connectivity, regional integration, and socioeconomic transformation, Finance Minister...

Upland rice from CSIR-CRI offers hope for local farmers and Ghana’s rice economy

On a small plot of land at the Fumesua campus of the Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, a rice plantation tassels, but not in its usual wetland. Rather on dry ground where wheat once grew. This is the...

FG unveils fresh farm incentives to boost food production

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced new incentives to attract agricultural investment. It also pledged reforms to expand irrigation, improve access to credit and create millions of rural jobs under President Bola Tinubu’s economic agenda....

FG launches new agricultural incentives to boost food security, rural employment

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The federal government on Tuesday announced a comprehensive set of new incentives aimed at revitalising Nigeria’s agricultural sector under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, promising enhanced credit...