Africa spends $75 billion annually importing food it could grow itself. Underinvestment in agriculture, poor infrastructure, and policy failures are s...
CGIAR, IFAD, and bilateral donors are scaling climate-smart agriculture technologies including drought-tolerant seeds, precision irrigation, and digit...
South Africa produces 1 billion litres of wine annually and exports $600 million worth, primarily to the EU. A few East African boutique wineries are...
Zambia and Tanzania's soya bean production is growing 15-20 percent annually as feed demand from poultry sectors drives processing investment. South A...
Nigeria and Ghana import over $500 million annually in tomato paste from China and European sources. Industrial-scale tomato farming and processing in...
Ethiopia is Africa's largest honey producer at 60,000 tonnes annually. Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia also produce significant volumes. Forest honey comm...
Kenya surpassed Mexico as the world's second-largest avocado exporter in 2023, with $300 million in export revenue. South Africa and Ethiopia are expa...
Africa's food systems must feed a population growing from 1.4 to 2.5 billion by 2050 while generating agricultural trade surpluses. The investments ne...
Integrated poultry producers controlling breeding, hatchery, feed, growing, slaughter, and distribution are expanding African operations. South Africa...
East Africa produces 13 billion litres of milk annually but only 20 percent enters formal channels. KCC, Brookside, New KCC, and Meru Dairy are invest...
Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee and Africa's largest producer. A new generation of exporters, specialty roasters, and government policy is turnin...
Modern retail is expanding rapidly across African cities, with Shoprite, Carrefour, Nakumatt successors, and local champions replacing informal market...
Indonesia and Malaysia supply 85 percent of global palm oil. West and Central Africa, the crop's origin region, could reclaim market share through sus...
EU and US Sanitary and Phytosanitary rejections of African food exports cost the continent an estimated $670 million annually. Mycotoxin contamination...
Africa's processed food market is growing 8 percent annually, driven by urbanisation, rising incomes, and changing dietary preferences. African FMCG c...