Agro Food

$50,000 innovation fund targeting AgiTech startups, FarmCrew, now open for applicants

$50,000 innovation fund targeting AgiTech startups, FarmCrew, now open for applicants

FarmCrew is targeting agritech startups and innovations with a $50,000 fund. The fund will go to 10 of the top successful agritech startups operating in the last quarter of 2020.Acc…...

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Boosting sustainability in SA’s agricultural sector

Boosting sustainability in SA’s agricultural sector

Johannesburg, South Africa – 4 August 2020: Microsoft South Africa has announced an investment of up to R40 million in South Africa’s agriculture sector, which is one of the count…...

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PE fund to invest Sh535m in Kenya agribusiness SMEs

PE fund to invest Sh535m in Kenya agribusiness SMEs

Cyprus-based private equity firm Vital Capital will invest up toSh535 million in small and medium agribusiness enterprises in Kenya in partnership with the US government’s Kenya In…...

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AFRICA FOOD SHOW MAKES ITS VIRTUAL DEBUT!

AFRICA FOOD SHOW MAKES ITS VIRTUAL DEBUT!

Africa Food Show makes its VIRTUAL debut from Monday July 20 – Friday 24 July for five fabulous days, packed with the latest products and trends, thought leadership and insightful …...

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2020 Zhejiang Online Export Trade Fair (Kenya & Morocco Station-Food)

2020 Zhejiang Online Export Trade Fair (Kenya & Morocco Station-Food)

2020 Zhejiang Online Export Trade Fair (Kenya & Morocco Station-Food), hosted by Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, co-hosted by Zhejiang International Trade & Exh…...

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Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disb

Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disb

Ghana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s most essential import commoditiesABIDJAN,Ivory Coast, June 26, 2020/ — Ghana Coc…...

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MIE Events DMCC welcomes FENAGRI as a strategic partner

MIE Events DMCC welcomes FENAGRI as a strategic partner

MIE Events DMCC, is pleased to announce that Moroccan Federation of Agro-Food Sector – FENAGRI, one of the biggest food sector federation inthe kingdom has joined our list of Strat…...

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African Development Bank unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security against impacts of COVI

African Development Bank unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security against impacts of COVI

The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID…...

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Africa’s Top 100 Brands 2020

Africa’s Top 100 Brands 2020

In the midst of the euphoric and successful staging of the first FIFA World Cup in Africa when internal pride and admiration of Africa was arguably at its highest, African brands al…...

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Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis

Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis

Apollo Agriculture believes it can attain profits by helping Kenya’s smallholder farmers maximize theirs.That’s the mission of the Nairobi-based startup that raised $6 million in …...

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