Livestock Identification and Recording Vital for Food Security Sub-Saharan African countries have adopted a declaration on animal identification and recording, a move that is expected to improve food security,... 11/05/2015
World Bank projects 60% growth in food demand in Africa by 2030 Food demand in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, is projected to grow over the next 15 years by about 60 per cent and 30 per cent in South As... 11/05/2015
Trade volumes soar in African ports despite challenges, says report A new report has described African ports especially those in West Africa as the least efficient globally. However, the report explained that trade... 11/05/2015
West Africa and compliance with ECOWAS Protocol As Nigeria looks forward to expanding its export market, the Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA... 11/05/2015
Nigeria and West African Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP) Prof. Damian O. Chikwendu, the National Project Coordinator of West African Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP) Nigeria, speaks on what nece... 11/05/2015
West African shippers forced to gamble as port reliability fails to improve The extremely poor chances of a container arriving reliably at its African import destination are no better than they were three years ago, accord... 11/05/2015
Cassava value chain/ Nigeria – Capacity building for rural farmers on cassava production More than thirty farmers from rural communities were trained at the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) under support of Addax Petroleu... 20/04/2015
Rice value chain/ Nigeria: Olam boosts Nigeria's rice supply with local brand The quest for rice self-sufficiency in Nigeria received a major boost as dealers in the staple received tonnes of locally produced rice, Mama's Pr... 20/04/2015
Support grows for African factoring firms African factoring firms have received lines of credit worth US$48mn from the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) in the last two years. Speak... 31/03/2015
Africa regional trade increases Latest statistics show that the combined intra-trade of the three regional economic communities (RECs) for the period 2004 to 2014 grew from $30 b... 31/03/2015