A better Freetown gateway opens belly-hold air freight for Sierra Leone’s high-value crops — but cold chain and rural finance decide who captures the value.
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Farming
Guinea-Bissau’s IMF reform programme — value-chain opening the risks and opportunities
Guinea-Bissau’s IMF programme makes cashew and fisheries processing more financeable, but rural finance and midstream capacity decide who captures the value.
Lekki Deep Sea Port in Nigeria — value-chain opening what comes next across the region
Lekki Deep Sea Port eases Nigeria’s cargo bottleneck. Ironu asks whether farmers and processors capture the value or finance and logistics gaps exclude them.
CLSG power connection in Liberia — customer demand how the market shifts for investors
Liberia’s CLSG power link, 17 November 2022, through farming: cold storage, milling and processing gains, and the finance gap that decides who captures them.
Abidjan container terminal in Côte d’Ivoire — value-chain opening for African business
As of 2 November 2022, Abidjan’s second container terminal opened — can farmers and processors capture value, or will finance and logistics gaps exclude them?
Nigeria Startup Act in Nigeria — value-chain opening what comes next across the region
Nigeria’s Startup Act, signed 19 October 2022, formalises the technology sector. Ironu asks whether agritech can now carry value down to the smallholder farm.
Benin’s Glo-Djigbé industrial zone — value-chain opening what comes next for investors
Benin’s Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone brings processing to cotton and cashew. Can farmers capture the value, or will finance and logistics gaps exclude them?
Burkina Faso’s Nagréongo solar launch — customer demand — why it matters for investors
Burkina Faso’s 30 MW Nagreongo solar plant reached commercial operation on 7 July 2022. A Farming read on post-harvest power, agritech demand and inclusion.
Leone redenomination in Sierra Leone — value-chain opening the risks and opportunities
Sierra Leone’s leone redenomination on 1 July 2022 reaches the farm value chain. Value holds, but gain and risk fall unevenly on smallholders.