AfCFTA’s operational phase launches in Niamey. The Farming lens: can West African farmers and processors capture the value, or will finance gaps exclude them?
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Farming
Cocoa income differential in Côte d’Ivoire — market impact the risks and opportunities
Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana introduce a $400-a-tonne cocoa differential. Ironu examines whether the premium reaches Ivorian farmers and who captures the value.
Cocoa income differential in Côte d’Ivoire — regional opportunity for African business
The Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana cocoa differential tests producer coordination. Ironu reads the regional opportunity for value chains and AfCFTA-era processing.
Funding Farmer Stella: The Complexity of Agri-Financing in Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe) - Meet Stella Masukume, in the middle of her field of cabbages almost ready for the market. She is a farmer in Nyabira, a farming community just outside Harare on your way to Chinhoyi. She grows vegetables, maize, beans, tobacco and chickens, with ability...
Airline privatisation in Cabo Verde — value-chain opening why it matters for investors
Cabo Verde’s airline privatisation widens the market for perishable produce — but cold chain and rural finance decide whether local farmers capture the value.
Senegambia Bridge opens in The Gambia — value-chain opening for founders and investors
As of January 2019, the Senegambia Bridge opens a regional food corridor. Ironu on value capture, rural finance and cold chain for Gambian farmers.
Ghana’s Year of Return tourism — value-chain opening what comes next across the region
Ironu traces Ghana’s Year of Return into the food system: hospitality as a farm-gate market, and whether logistics and finance gaps exclude local farms.