Samaila Zubairu, president and CEO, Africa Finance Corporation, outlines Africa’s infrastructure needs and opportunities the continent has to achieve for economic success and independence. What is required for Africa to meet its industrial and economic potential? The world needs an engine of growth and Africa is this engine. We have gone through a massive pandemic […]
This article was originally published in March 2018. Fall armyworm infestations in large portions of southern and sub-Saharan Africa are threatening the food supply of over 200 million people. While indigenous to North and south America, in January 2016, the species was discovered for the first time in Nigeria. Since then the fall armyworm has spread to 28 African […]
Farmer Martin Hole reflects on the death of a family member in Kenya and what this reminds us about the complications of land ownership. […]
Nominally at least, both Ghana and Nigeria are in the midst of an economic uptick. The latter is forecast to grow at 2% per annum this year as against 0.6% in 2017 and -1.6% the year before (its first recession in a quarter century). Ghana meanwhile is set to exceed 8% per annum in 2018 […]
The latest updates on Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria. […]
On the importance of soil for agriculture – and why those who own or manage land should take note. […]
