The African Development Bank (AfDB), Credit Suisse AG, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) signed a US$600mn syndicated receivables-backed term loan to boost cocoa productivity in Ghana
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Wefarm secures US$13mn in funding to scale smallholder agricultural ecosystem
Wefarm, the digital network for global small-scale agriculture, has raised US$13mn in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures
Ag Biotechnology tops investors’ wishlist for 2020
New research published by technology incubator Idea2scale and Agri-FoodTech venture capital firm AgFunder has revealed that food and AgTech investors are most excited by startups in the Ag Biotechnology category
GODAN Executive Director underlines importance of data sharing and agricultural statistics
Andre Laperrière, executive director of GODAN, has underlined the importance of transparency and data sharing at the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), Gabon
Reverse osmosis set to help food processing sector
As water is an important part of the food manufacturing process and needs to be absolutely safe to be used for manufacturing purposes, reverse osmosis (RO) is set to eradicate pathogens, organic microorganisms, chemicals, TDS and suspended solids
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