June 2022: Cabo Verde’s newly financed Digital Cabo Verde programme opens indirect room for agritech and rural finance. Ironu weighs access against exclusion.
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Farming
Development Bank Ghana launch in Ghana — value-chain opening the business case to test
Development Bank Ghana launches as a wholesale lender for long-term capital. What its finance means for farmers, processors and food-systems operators.
Guinea’s Simandou framework agreement — asset and corridor map — what the numbers mean
Can Simandou’s mine-rail-port corridor carry more than iron ore? Ironu applies an agri-finance lens to logistics, storage and rural credit for Guinea’s farmers.
How Israel became the Most Advanced Country in Agriculture
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, early settlers who decided to settle in the lands of Israel faced a huge challenge: how to farm in conditions of sweltering heat and minimal rainfall. The land was catastrophically barren, but the desire to make this area...
Equiano cable landing in Togo — value-chain opening what business leaders should track
Equiano’s landing at Lomé lowers Togo’s bandwidth floor. Ironu asks whether farmers and processors capture the value or fall through finance and logistics gaps.
The Nitrogen Fertilizers Gap: Russian Sanctions, Africa, and Global Food Economy
Sanctions, or talk of sanctions, toward Russia create opportunities for the African Agricultural Economy, especially fertilizer production amongst other things. Throwing threats and executing them are two different things, and what lies between must be an impact...
Russia-Ukraine Geopolitics creates Opportunity for SA Agri-Commodities
All war affects geopolitics and has a direct impact on global economics by reshaping demand and supply. From an international trade perspective, the current Russia-Ukraine dispute has created opportunity for largest African agricultural commodity exporters like South...
Goulamina lithium project in Mali — asset and corridor map the risks and opportunities
Goulamina lands in Mali’s farming heartland. Whether farmers and rural finance capture value, or land, water and logistics gaps leave the market out of reach.
PAPSS payment system launch in West Africa — value-chain opening what the numbers mean
PAPSS launched on 13 January 2022. Ironu traces what African-currency settlement means for West African farmers, processors, rural finance and agritech.