Africa needs to focus on improving its agro-industrialisation, which is important to transforming the cocoa value chain, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB)
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Kia opens ‘Green Light Project’ vocational training centre in Rwanda
With an aim to teach agricultural skills to young adults, Kia Motors has opened a new ‘Green Light Project’ (GLP) vocational training centre in Gahengeri Sector in Rwanda’s Eastern Province
Moody's affirms Côte d'Ivoire's rating on fiscal policies, lower cocoa dependence
Moodys on Tuesday affirmed Côte dIvoires sovereign rating citing the economys diversification from cocoa and the governments fiscal policies
Nuvus Corp brings its bio-agriculture and Blockchain technology to Africa
NUVUS Corp, provider of bio-agricultural automation technologies, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Kunjani Group to expand its global reach into Sub-Sahara Africa
Food security: The challenges of abundance
Ore Koren, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota in Political Science and a pre-doctoral fellow at the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College, talks to Ebin Gheevarghese, Editor, African Farming about the strange correlation between food abundance and violent conflict in Africa