Charcoal production and onward consumption as cooking fuel are widespread in Africa with the situation very common in East and West Africa. We look at what other countries are doing to reduce the use of charcoal in their backyards and ...
African logistics have struggled to cater to the country’s growing population and dynamic private sector for far too long. New research suggests that is about to change — and the benefits for the continent’s wider economy could be transformative. That ...
Agro-processing is essential for sustained and accelerated economic growth, food security, job creation, and poverty reduction. In February 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that Ghana will no longer export raw cocoa beans and instead intends to process more and more of ...
Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, Africa’s need to import so much will be reduced, and domestic processing capacity boosted massively. Agriculture accounts for roughly one-third of the African continent’s GDP provides a livelihood for 50% of ...