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WEBFood Security. Nigeria’s AFEX sees food import waivers continuing in 2025, urges self-sufficiency A national fertiliser policy is key to lasting improvement in Nigerian agricultural production, says AFEX commodities exchange CEO Ayodeji Balogun.
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WEBPolitics: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. Un-stacking the court. Zambia: Three top judges suspended as Hichilema cleans house While the suspension of three judges in Zambia’s final court for elections will affect the shape of the 2026 general election, others see it as a corr...
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WEBZimbabwe: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. conspicuous absence. SADC summit: Hichilema’s absence and late arrivals in Harare expose cracks in regional body The absence of Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema and the late arrival of South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa at the SADC summit in Zimbabwe show ...
US‑ Africa: The missing link in the age of great power competition
WEBFeb 27, 2023 — Russia has sought to strengthen its ties with Africa through its Africa Summit, which took place in Sochi in 2019, where it offered nuclear power plants, fighter jets and missile defence systems amongst others, to the different countries on the continent, in $12.5bn worth of deals.. Beyond the US’s financial pledges, made during the ALS 2022, it remains to be seen whether these will yield ...
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WEBNigeria: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. From Lagos with love. Nigeria’s Tinubu expected in Paris for full state visit end November President Bola Tinubu heads to France to see Emmanuel Macron on his first state visit, as …
Africa can feed the world, but only if we invest in it
WEBAug 25, 2023 — Growing working-age populations without productive jobs or food security is a recipe for discontent. Africa’s yield gap, the difference between average farmers’ yields and those of the most productive farmers, is 90%. This means Africa could feed itself, and become a major food exporter if the average farmer could invest in increasing their yield to levels of the most productive.
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WEBGhana: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. setting standards. Ghana: Accra mayor Elizabeth Sackey hopes for a legacy of cleaner, greener city Accra’s mayor Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey has sought inspiration from Rotterdam and Singapore to make the capital climate resilient and environmentally f...
Ethiopia: Three scenarios following peace deal with Tigray
WEBNov 23, 2022 — A peace deal signed in November has given Ethiopia’s government a victory in its two-year struggle against the Tigray region. The Africa Report looks at three possible scenarios following the deadly conflict, which some estimates say has killed up to 1.2 million civilians and combatants.
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WEBSlash and Burn. Old Mutual sees slowing South Africa inflation clearing way for faster interest-rate cuts Eskom’s 36% tariff increase demand is a possible cloud on the horizon …