Ariston business interests span a variety of crops including tea, macadamia, banana, apples, peaches, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, maize, soya beans and it has poultry and beef cattle. The operations of the tea growing units are fully integrated with the Blended Tea...
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Farming
The Agriconomy of South Africa
South Africa is a diverse agricultural economy made up of 40,000 commercial farms according to the recently published Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA) of 2017 Report. An agricultural powerhouse that feeds Africa, its economic health affects many other countries...
Benin’s Digital rural transformation — value-chain opening the risks and opportunities
As of June 2020, Benin’s World Bank-backed Digital Rural Transformation Project opens rural value chains. Who captures the value, and who risks exclusion.
Kandadji programme financing in Niger — value-chain opening for founders and investors
Kandadji’s irrigation could open a farming value chain in Niger. Ironu traces who captures the value, and the finance and logistics gaps founders should close.
Guinea-Bissau’s Solar access programme — customer demand what comes next for investors
Guinea-Bissau’s solar programme could unlock cold storage and processing for cashew and farm produce. Who captures the value, and where the finance gaps remain.
Electricity modernisation in The Gambia — customer demand why it matters for investors
As of 14 May 2020, The Gambia’s electricity modernisation makes cold chain and processing viable, raising who captures value in food and agritech.
Albatros power plant in Mali — customer demand how the market shifts across the region
Ironu traces how the ~90 MW Albatros plant near Bamako could firm Mali’s cold chains, agro-processing and rural finance, and who captures the value.
Mauritania’s Tasiast 24k expansion — asset and corridor map for founders and investors
As of 16 Sept 2019, Tasiast 24k turns a mine camp into an anchor food buyer. Ironu maps off-take, cold chain and agri-finance for Mauritania’s farmers.
Liberia’s Roberts airport terminal — value-chain opening what comes next for investors
Liberia’s new Roberts airport terminal, opened 25 July 2019, reshapes agriculture’s connectivity, cold-chain and rural-finance calculus for operators.