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Agriculture in Nigeria: Female Farmers Fail to Get Interventions
An estimated 70% of Nigeria’s farming population are women. But when Agricultural grants and aid from the Government…
Nigeria’s Sterling Bank Launches SWAY-AgFin Targeting Women, Youths In Agriculture
Sterling Bank Plc on Wednesday launched a new product, Sterling Women and Youths in Agriculture Finance code (SWAY-AgFin),…
Zimbabwe’s President Commissions $58M Belarus Mechanisation Facility
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa, the President of Zimbabwe, on Wednesday commissioned the Belarus Mechanisation Facility worth over $58 million…
This Economy; To Diversify or Not To Diversify?
No economy thrives on mono commodity trade, none. This is a dynamic the famous Adam Smith understood so…
Chevron Nigeria Invested N4.3bn In Agriculture
Chevron Nigeria Limited invested N4.3bn into Agriculture in the country’s oil rich Niger Delta region The oil giant,…
South Sudan looks to oil earnings for agricultural sector revival
South Sudan is banking on oil earnings to revive its stalled agriculture and save its population from perennial…
DR Congo rainforest attacked on all sides
Lush rainforest covers millions of hectares of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a central part of Earth’s natural…
Tanzanian government orders $54 million misused funds repayment
The country's anti-corruption watchdog arrests 92 officials with cooperative unions for defrauding cashew nuts farmers
In Western Sahara, desert nomads are rearing an age-long passion for camel herding
In the Oued Eddahab desert in Western Sahara, Habiboullah Dlimi raises dairy and racing camels just like his…
Nigeria’s border closure sparks tension after price hike of rice
The price of rice has skyrocketed, from ₦9,000 for a 50-kilo sack, to ₦22,000, meanwhile, Nigeria's minimum monthly wage is ₦18,000