OCP Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have announced this Monday a partnership to strengthen value chains of rice in Côte d’Ivoire and millet in Senegal, and to help improve the living conditions of thousands of smallholder farmers. These crops, essential to ensure food security in these […]
The fifth Arab-African Summit, initially scheduled for March 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been postponed to a later date, announced on Monday the Arab League. The Arab and African countries will agree on a new date, added the pan-Arab organization, noting the postponement was decided at the request of the African Union to ensure […]
Russia significantly boosted its agricultural exports to Africa in 2024 by 19%, reflecting the country’s growing economic influence across the continent amid the continuing war in Ukraine. During the previous fiscal year, Russia’s agricultural exports to Africa surpassed $7 billion, according to a statement released by the Agricultural Export Center (Agroexport), with Egypt, Algeria, and […]
