The Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with support from the Mastercard Foundation, has named South African startup Wala as the grand prize winner of the 2018 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in financial inclusion
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Creating a conducive environment for sustainable development in Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, outlined that during South Africa’s tenure as Southern African Development Community (SADC) chair, US$500mn was secured of committed productive investments by South African companies in each of the priority value chains across the region
APRA/AFRINT public seminar on agri-research to be held in October
The Dynamics of Agricultural Commercialisation, Diversification and Rural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa will be held at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton on 3 October 2018
Egypt seeks to improve food security and overall agricultural value chain
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have held two workshops from 17-18 July 2018 in Cairo on “Grain Market Data Availability and Quality in Egypt” and “Supply Chain Efficiency & National Food Security”
Focus on agriculture industry at fifth Agritec Africa 2018 in Kenya
The fifth edition of Agritec Africa, an international exhibition and conference on agriculture industry was organised from 20-22 June 2018 at Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) Nairobi, Kenya