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By Debra Mallowah, Head of Crop Science, Africa at Bayer SSA Across Sub-Saharan Africa, women have long been the bedrock of families and communities – female warriors who till the land, nurture crops, and feed nations. Yet, while they power the continent’s food systems, they remain invisible in the formal agri-food economy – the vast […]
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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has announced the winners of the 2025 Fortify Forward Innovation Challenge (FFIC) — a pan-African competition supporting innovative, scalable solutions that improve the nutritional value of food through fortification and biofortification. Finalists from East and West Africa gathered at finale events held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and […]
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By Ozzy Nel, Chief Operating Officer, SA Harvest On World Environment Day 2025, as the world rallies around the call to “Drive Systemic Change for a Sustainable Future,” SA Harvest stands as proof that sustainability, when woven into the DNA of logistics and food systems, delivers measurable environmental and humanitarian results. We’re not just rethinking […]
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By Robert Kibet In a groundbreaking development, indigenous farmer communities are poised to bring the spotlight onto food systems at the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai. Recent research revealing that food systems contribute to roughly one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions has spurred a compelling call to action. Furthermore, as one-third of the world’s food goes to […]
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Experts highlight policies needed to position women as changemakers in Africa’s food systems after recent setbacks in efforts to address gender inequality and eliminate hunger and malnutrition African governments must “urgently redouble” efforts to achieve gender equality in agrifood systems, which is critical to improving women’s nutrition, health, and economic empowerment, according to a new report. The continent […]
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By Ali Conn, Chief Innovation Officer of SA Harvest In the verdant heartland of South Africa, a jarring paradox of two opposing food systems manifests – one burgeoning with excess, privilege, and waste, the other scarred by scarcity, hunger, and hardship. Born in a time of transformation, when the nation sought to liberate its food […]
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By Joyce Chimbi Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting’ang’a village in the Central part of Kenya, growing up on a diet heavy on Amaranth and pumpkin. By Joyce Chimbi The 45-year-old speaks about the shame of neighbours finding out the frequency with which her family consumed foods associated with poor and extremely food-insecure households. “Terere (Amaranth) […]
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Africa.com is featuring an online course in conjunction with HarvardX and online course provider edX. The course Food Systems Live! Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies is slated to begin on January 23, 2023, and the “live” instruction will take place online every week for 9 weeks. Unlike other online courses which involve recorded classes, Food Systems Live! will […]
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The online course will equip entrepreneurs across emerging economies with the skills they need to operate successful food systems businesses. Africa.com, the women-led digital media organisation, is featuring an online course in conjunction with HarvardX and online course provider edX. The course Food Systems Live! Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies is slated to begin on January […]
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By Hajia Salamatu Garba -Executive Director- WOFAN The UN estimates that for every dollar invested into programmes that improve women’s ability to generate income, the wider economy reaps $7 dollars in value created and growth. Thus, empowering women is both a moral imperative and an indispensable economic necessity due to its huge dividends. More so […]
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