Improving land governance through the meaningful inclusion of Africa’s youth will address challenges, like low agricultural productivity, confronting the continent, said the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Addressing delegates at a conference on land policy in Africa Collen Kelapile, UNECA Chief of Staff, said Africa’s youth holds the…
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has pledged US$250 000 to a fund which supports young African farmers. Dr Adesina, who this month was awarded the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, said engaging young Africans in agriculture is the solution to the continent’s high unemployment rate. “By empowering the…
The farming community in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Midlands have taken ownership of an empowerment initiative to ensure neglected government farms in the area are productive again. Farmers near Mooirivier want to uplift the community by reviving the farms and empowering and training people. The uMATI initiative, a non-profit organisation, will…
The president of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, is this years’ recipient of the $250 000 World Food Prize for expanding food production on the continent through policy reforms, financial innovation and modern farming practices. “I believe what Africa does with agriculture and how it does it, is not only…
In a departure from the standard ‘brain drain’ that takes so much young talent out of the continent, these young Zambians have chosen to invest their brains and their energy into contributing to the development of their own country. Mwila Lwando (32) and Kabeke Mulenga (26) were at Zambia’s recent…
The ability of African economies in sub-Saharan Africa to create enough jobs for a young and growing population rests on the urgent and successful implementation of structural reforms to increase productivity. That’s the key finding in the latest report on Africa’s competitiveness by the World Economic Forum (WEF). African economies…
A strong Africa that can feed her children, keep them healthy, safe and on par with the rest of the world is a dream that can be achieved by 2063 - if the AU (African Union) can realise its regional integration goals. According to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson of the…
