KENYA – Five coastal counties in Kenya are set to benefit from a Sh10 billion (US$98.5m) funding from the World Bank to develop fisheries sector and harness opportunities in the blue economy. Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, […]
MALAWI – The Norwegian Government acting through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has injected an additional US$4.4 million (about K3.2 billion) towards the Malawi Second Agriculture Sector Wide Approach Support Project (ASWAp SP II). The […]
ANGOLA – The World Bank in collaboration with the French Development Agency, AFD (Agence Française de Développement) will avail an overall US$230 million in November, for the financing of projects to boost local production and […]
INDIA – India has partnered with the World Bank in a US$417million (INR$30 billion) collaborative program that seeks to revolutionize the country’s food manufacturing sector. According to an Economic Times report, the programme will receive […]
GHANA – The World Bank and Ghana have agreed to work together in a five-year programme that seeks to reduce carbon emission and promote climate-smart cocoa production. The five-year Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) under […]
NIGERIA – The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) is set to raise over US$391.03 million (N140 billion) to finance agriculture in six states across the country over the next three years. An […]
KENYA – The World Bank and India have promised to help Kenya adopt new agricultural technology to boost food production and cut reliance on imports. Ashok Dalwal, chief executive officer in the Ministry of Agriculture […]
TANZANIA – The government of Tanzania in partnership with the World Bank, Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a 12-year plan that seeks to boost rice production. Dubbed […]
MALAWI – The government of Malawi has secured a US$83.76 million (K61bn) credit facility from the World Bank as it seeks to commercialize the country’s agriculture sector through the Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) Project. According to […]
KENYA – The World Bank will inject US$7.93 million (Sh800 million) in establishing abattoirs across major pastoralism areas in Kenya in a bid to promote the local and export market for livestock products. Harry Kimutai, […]
