By Murimi Gitari, 10 June 2022 Africa-focused agribusiness incubator 2SCALE marked its 10th anniversary in Nairobi this week, with key speakers calling for increased support and innovations to make small-scale farming profitable on the continent. International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) ch...

The initiative will leverage exponential digital technologies as a key component in the design of signature programs covering 11 countries of Heifer’s operations in Africa. By Murimi Gitari April 27, 2022 Heifer International has unveiled a Digital Agriculture Champions (DAC) initiative. The initi...

By Murimi Gitari, November 10 2021 Dr. Agnes Kalibata, the President of The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has been conferred with the Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service by the African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) at the second Plant Breeders Conference that is underw...

By Murimi Gitari, 9th August  2021 Heifer International and the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) have launched the Pitch AgriHack 2021, a competition focusing on accelerating entrepreneurial growth and job creation in the agriculture sector. Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President for Africa Pro...

By Murimi Gitari ,July 9, 2021 The Kenya government has called on the private sector to embrace green energy to keep up with global efforts for a safer environment. Betty Maina, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development said that the government is commi...

By Verenardo Meeme, 2 July 2021 A few years ago, Alvin Nyaga, 29, used to ride a boda boda, a popular public motorcycle transport service in rural and urban Kenya, but quit riding along with some of his youthful colleagues to venture into producing biochar from rice husks along the Mwea Nairobi road...

By Murimi Gitari June 23, 2021  Playbook on Anti-Corruption Collective Action will help companies work with others to fight corruption  The UN Global Compact launched the guidance on fighting corruption for companies and other stakeholders from civil society and the public sector on 17 June 2021 d...

By Murimi Gitari, June 14, 2021 The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Peter Munya, has called upon the youth, farmers and potential investors to invest more on dairy farming as it is a promising profitable enterprise. Speaking during the launch of the...

By Murimi Gitari, June 10, 2021 KAM launches Extended Producer Responsibility Organization  Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has today launched the Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility Organization (KEPRO) to address post-consumer waste in Kenya.  KEPRO brings together players in th...