Econet Wireless has developed a weather-indexed drought insurance service enabling smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe to buy insurance for as little as US$0.08 per day
Agriculture
Zimbabwe to host first traditional and organic food festival
Zimbabwe will host its first traditional and organic food festival at the Botanic Gardens in Harare on 7 December 2013
Tanzanian initiative boosts tractor sales for Indian manufacturer
India-based Escorts Group have sold more than 800 tractors in less than three years following the roll out of the Kilimo Kwanza initiative in Tanzania
Pesticide safety warning for Rwandan farmers
Farmers in Rwanda have been warned to take more care when handling pesticides so as not to risk their lives
Tobacco farming in Zimbabwe 'vital in combatting food shortages'
Farmers in Zimbabwe can improve food security through successful tobacco farming, according to British American Tobacco Zimbabwe Limited managing director Lovemore Manatsa