To mark World Food Day 2020, we share a message from African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Champion H.E. Andry  Rajoelina, President of Madagascar who reflects on the challenges of his own country in fighting hunger and malnutrition. President Rajoelina also emphasises the need for united action to combat stunting. The ALN Secretariat is hosted by the Bank to foster opportunities for high-level engagement… Read More

Cela fait 30 ans que Paulina Barbosa vend du poisson à São Tomé, la plus grande île de l’archipel. « J’accompagnais ma mère, qui vendait du poisson. J’ai appris avec elle. Elle vendait dans la rue, portait le poisson sur la tête, sans hygiène, se souvient Paulina. À l’époque, il n’y avait pas autant de clients qu’aujourd’hui. » Depuis 2014, la… Read More

Quick facts on the African Development Bank’s Feed Africa High 5: Approvals for the Feed Africa priority totaled UA 884.7 million in 2019. Twenty-nine percent went to non-sovereign operations. The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Africa, is an African Development Bank initiative launched in a continent that holds 60% of the world’s arable land; yet we remain importers of… Read More

World Food Day 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization, but celebrations this 16 October are muted due to the coronavirus. COVID-19’s multi-sectoral impact should have governments and development institutions rethink investments in food security, healthy diets, and building infrastructure that supports how food is grown, processed, traded, delivered, sold and consumed. COVID-19… Read More

Kenyan Francis Nderitu’s Raino Tech4Impact cold storage start-up finished second in the African Development Bank’s AgriPitch competition last June, surprising the young man whose company brings farm-grown fish to market. Despite not getting the top prize at AgriPitch, designed to train young African “agripreneurs” in how to pitch investors and scale up their business, the runner-up title turned out to… Read More

A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location in the country’s northern savannah ecological zone. Isaac Papanko, CEO of Idan Agro Ventures Papanko, started off farming maize on 8 hectares and largely credits his success to training provided by the African Development… Read More

Voir David Beasley, dans un tweet récent, assis par terre dans le bureau du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) au Niger, entouré de membres du personnel de l’organisation et célébrant un prix Nobel de la paix bien mérité, a réveillé en moi des souvenirs. C’était en 2005. J’étais en mission au Niger pour l’agence Associated Press. Je couvrais une crise alimentaire… Read More