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South Africa progresses into green economy while strengthening food security
ForAfrika’s main strategy involves working with 20 mn Africans to ensure that by 2032, they would posess the necessary skills and tools they would need to support themselves
SA company to invest US$6 million in Mozambique pineapple factory
First National Choice has said it will build a US$6 million factory in Mozambique this year to process pineapple produced in the agricultural region of Muxungué
USAID and NASA renew partnership to address development and humanitarian challenges
On 4 November, Administrator Samantha Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to renew and expand collaboration on global scientific and technological solutions over the next five years
AfDB approves financing for Emergency Food Production Programme in Liberia
The Board of directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved US$5.12mn financing for the Emergency Food Production Programme in Liberia