Funding to boost efforts in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Sudan; Sahel and Coastal West Africa also among the list of recipients The USA funds will be used to supply aid and technical assistance to smallholder farmers and livestock-dependent communities. The Food…
Climate Resilience Agriculture: CFM Seeds for the Future Transformative Impacts Highlighted
The Seeds for Future programme, a signature value chain development initiative of Crown Flour Mill (CFM) Limited, a top flour-milling firm and subsidiary of Olam Agri, has been showcased as one of the innovative solutions to food security and climate…
Environmental crisis: Organisations call for urgent intervention
The Global Initiative for Food Security Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), Coal Free Nigeria and 350Africa.org on Wednesday, called for urgent intervention to mitigate environmental crisis across the country. The Executive Director of GIFSEP, Mr Michael Terungwa, made the call at a…
Standards organisation committed to Shea butter value chain- DG
The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday said that it is committed to best practices in the country’s shea butter value chain. It said that the measure would boost consumers confidence and ensure global competitiveness for the product. Malam…
Africa Investment Conference: Japan pledges $30billion to Africa’s Development
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, today pledged $30 billion over three years for Africa in a virtual address to a development conference in Tunis aiming to counter China’s growing continental influence. The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development…
‘Jos wild life park in decline; conditions worsening,’ says Manager
The Jos Wildlife Park Manager, Mr. Sakburkya Mohammed, has decried the poor state of things at the conservation park. He spoke in an interview on Saturday in Jos. Mohammed cited poor welfare of animals due to poor feeding, lack of mates and encroachment…
AFDB: Private sector investment in Africa’s infrastructure was $19bn
Mr Solomon Quaynor, AfDB Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation has disclosed that over $19bn was invested in Africa’s Infrastructure by the Private Sector in 2020; the highest since 2016. He made the statement at a webinar organised by…
Cattle Rustling: Feuding communities in Eastern Equatoria call on the United Nations to broker peace talks
In South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, livestock equals livelihoods. Here, animals are valuable currency. However, owning livestock is not easy, as the Toposa community of Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria reveals to visiting peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…
Nigeria: Stakeholders endorse African Development Bank country strategy, urge greater engagement with Diaspora
Representatives of Nigeria’s Diaspora, national networks, and youth and women groups have hailed the African Development Bank for supporting transformational projects in the country and across Africa. The African Development Bank forum, which took place in early August, is part…
