Africa
Pan-African food, agriculture, and trade news
Africa Chases a $1 Trillion Food Economy
Africa is being urged to build a $1 trillion food economy by 2030, with Nigeria cast as a linchpin. Beyond farming, its food brands, restaurants, …
Agbalumo Rides a Diaspora Craze
Agbalumo, the tangy African star apple, is having a moment. Social media buzz and homesick shoppers abroad are driving demand for a seasonal fruit Nigeria …
Nigeria's African Food Trade Jumps 21%
Nigeria's trade with the rest of Africa rose 21% to $9.02 billion in 2025, with processed food, foodstuffs and urea joining crude oil in the …
Snubbed by China, US Sorghum Turns to Africa
US sorghum exports to China, once the crop's biggest buyer, collapsed by about 97 per cent in the trade war, sinking prices below $3 a …
Sudan's War Squeezes the World's Gum
Sudan supplies most of the world's gum arabic, the acacia resin that binds fizzy drinks, sweets and medicines. More than three years of war have …
China Drops Its Tariffs for Africa
From May 2026, China scrapped import duties on almost everything from 53 African countries, including Nigeria. Sesame, cashew, ginger and cocoa that once faced tariffs …
More Food Ahead, but Not for All
A new OECD-FAO outlook projects global food production to rise 13 percent over the next decade, with Sub-Saharan Africa among the engines of growth. Yet …
A Rice Glut the World Won't Buy
The world is sitting on a record pile of rice, and top exporters India, Thailand and Vietnam are competing hard to sell it. That should …
AfDB Approves $200 Million Loan to Scale Up Nigeria's Agricultural Transformation
The African Development Bank has approved a $200 million loan for the second phase of Nigeria's National Agricultural Growth Scheme, targeting a fivefold increase in …
Eight Traders Killed in Burkina Faso. Now Ghana Is Racing to Grow Its Own Tomatoes — and End a GHS 5.7 Billion Annual Loss.
A terrorist attack in Burkina Faso killed eight Ghanaian tomato traders on February 14, exposing the lethal cost of import dependency. Ghana loses GHS 5.7 …
55 Million People Will Go Hungry in West Africa This Year. WFP Can Only Reach 72,000 in Nigeria.
The WFP warns that 55 million people across West and Central Africa face crisis-level hunger during the 2026 lean season. In Nigeria, funding cuts mean …