March 16, 2016
Africa: Too Many Boats Are Chasing Too Few Fish
Some market women milled around on a sweltering Monday afternoon at the Elmina fishing harbor near the port city of Cape Coast, in the central region of Ghana. Others sat chatting… Read more »
March 07, 2016
Africa: How to Adapt to Beat Crippling Droughts
Right now, 14 million people across southern Africa face going hungry due to the prolonged drought brought on by the strongest El Niño in 50 years. Read more »
October 27, 2015
Africa: 'How?' - Not 'How Much?' to Fight Poverty
World leaders gathered at the United Nations last month to adopt a new set of global development goals that aim to end extreme poverty, promote inclusive economic growth, and… Read more »
October 16, 2015
Africa: Food: The Centre of our Lives and the Centre of our Futures
Food often brings us together - whether it is working to harvest crops, preparing traditional recipes or over joyous celebrations. While what we eat varies, food is a constant… Read more »
October 05, 2015
Africa: We Can Defeat Poverty - Melinda Gates
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the efforts to achieve 'Millennium Development Goals' over the last 15 years "the most successful anti-poverty movement in… Read more »
October 03, 2015
Africa: 'Youth Dividend' Will Help Africa Produce Food and Jobs
Ten million young people are entering the African labour market every year. This presents both a challenge and an opportunity to take advantage of the "youth dividend" by… Read more »
September 29, 2015
Africa: Don't Just Make it Sexy, Walk the Talk on Women, Youth in Agriculture
Melissa Britz is reporting from Zambia at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF 2015), and spoke with Sylvia Mwichuli, the convener, about her expectations and hopes for the… Read more »
July 09, 2015
Africa: African Scientists Promote Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change
Leading African experts at the scientific conference in Paris which is preparing for the next round of global climate change talks in December have been discussing their work with… Read more »
July 08, 2015
Africa: Looking Beyond Money and Aid for Africa's Development
The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for Africa's youth. Every day we see images of people risking and often losing their lives in attempts to flee what would appear to be a… Read more »
June 17, 2015
Africa: Gates Foundation Changes Focus to 'Last Mile' of Delivery
AllAfrica's Juanita Williams and Melissa Britz interviewed Dr Ayo Ajayi, the director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Africa Team, about the foundation's new… Read more »
January 29, 2015
Africa: A Global Compact on Agriculture
On the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), African Union declared the year 2014 to be the Year of Agriculture… Read more »
December 30, 2014
Namibia: Windhoek - Small City, Big Food Problem
To the casual visitor, Namibia's main city of Windhoek – one of Africa's smallest capitals – seems free of the huge challenges facing the major cities of most African… Read more »
November 13, 2014
Africa: G20 Summit Can Boost African Agriculture
On the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the African Union (AU) decided to declare 2014 as the Year of… Read more »
November 04, 2014
Africa: Tackle Malnutrition Head On
Eight hundred and five million of the world's people are chronically hungry, according to estimates by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Read more »
October 02, 2014
Africa: The Role of Seed in Africa's Agricultural Revolution - Interview
Joe De Vries, Director for the Program for Africa's Seeds Systems (PASS) at the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, spoke to allAfrica at the sidelines of the Alliance for a… Read more »
September 03, 2014
Africa: Agriculture Needs to Get Smart - Climate Smart
We've heard from African leaders like Kofi Annan and Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Akin Adesina about the potential for agriculture to create jobs and transform livelihoods. A key… Read more »
September 02, 2014
Africa: Need to Create Jobs? Try Agriculture
The agriculture sector is more effective than the oil and gas sectors not only at creating jobs but boosting growth says, the Africa Progress Panel and Sipho Moyo of One during a… Read more »
September 01, 2014
Africa: 'Not a Conference, a Conversation'
Agriculture. Food security. Small-scale farmers. Agriculture research. Did your eyes glaze over? Thought so. The agriculture sector still struggles to shake the perception of being… Read more »
June 04, 2014
Africa: Panel Director Warns Against Economic Inequality
The Africa Progress Panel, an advocacy group which lobbies for equitable and sustainable development for Africa, was represented at the recent Africa Rising meeting in Mozambique… Read more »
May 15, 2014
Africa: African Awakening Will Avert Future Food Crises
Thirty years on from a famine that claimed more than a million lives, Ethiopia is making great strides towards food security. And though progress across the continent is uneven,… Read more »
May 06, 2014
South Africa: City Women Generate Food & Income on Tiny Urban Plots
"It's a lot of work", says Mama Lulama Jim as she takes respite from the wind in a makeshift container kitchen. She pauses to study her notes made during an early morning… Read more »
May 03, 2014
Nigeria: Agriculture is 'Game Changer' for Growth and Curbing Conflict - Minister
Dr. Akin Adesina, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Nigeria, is an agricultural economist with decades of experience working to make agriculture productive and… Read more »
March 26, 2014
Africa: Top Africa Think-Tank Pushes Reform - ECA's Carlos Lopes
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) drives Africa's political and economic agenda, along with the African Union – the 54-member organization of African… Read more »
January 29, 2014
Africa: Debunking Myths Around Farming in Africa
New technologies and ideas - from mobile phone information systems to new crop varieties - are rapidly transforming agriculture across Africa. Read more »
September 30, 2013
Africa: Feeding Africa Through Agricultural Innovation
After the agriculture heyday of 30 years ago, the sector got scant attention, especially from African presidents whose nations were well endowed with natural resources, like… Read more »