Africa Re, IFC Push to Insure Millions of Farmers Against Climate Risk
Most of Africa’s farmers are not insured against climate shocks, a gap that threatens livelihoods and food security across the continent.
Agro-Startup Farm to Feed Kenya Raises US$1.5 Million to Tackle Food Waste, Boost Incomes
Kenya Moves to Commercialise Genetically Modified Cassava
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has invited public comments on a proposal by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to commercialise genetically modified (GM) cassava across 18 counties. According to [...]Credit to Farmers Slumps Despite Lower Overall Lending Rates
Kenya’s agricultural sector is showing fresh signs of strain as access to farm credit tightens and production costs remain high, even as the broader economy grapples with global policy shifts [...]Kenya Prepares for Historic Global Online Coffee Auction
Kenya’s coffee auction volumes plunged sharply even as prices rose, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows, setting the stage for a radical overhaul of how the [...]GMO Crop Rollout Delays is Costing Kenya, Study Warns
Kenyan farmers are losing billions of shillings every year due to delays in adopting genetically modified (GMO) crops that promise higher yields, lower pesticide use, and stronger resilience to pests [...]Kenya’s Tea Output Drops 11% in 2025 as Prices and Key Exports Falter
Kenya’s tea production dropped 11.5% in the first seven months of 2025 to 322.29 million kilograms, down from 364.13 million kilograms a year earlier, according to the Tea Board of [...]
Kenya is Wasting 40% Of Its Harvest Even as Hunger Bites, WRI Warns
At dawn in Makueni, you can smell the paradox before you see it. Mangoes, split and overripe, carpet the red earth beneath their trees. Acres of yellow sweetness fermenting in [...]Agriculture, Water Dominate August KSh 13.8Bn Development Spending
The National Treasury disbursed KSh 13.84 billion in development funds by the end of August 2025, representing 3.4% of the KSh 407.1 billion development budget for the financial year 2025/26. [...]Kenya's Tea Output Slumps 12% as Dry Weather Bites
Kenya’s tea production fell sharply in the first half of 2025, dropping 12.39% to 283.25 million kilograms from 323.30 million kilograms in the same period in 2024, according to the [...]Kenya’s Mid-Year Harvests Have Slowed Hunger, Yet 2.1 Million Kenyans Could Face Crisis by January
1.8 million Kenyans faced acute food insecurity between July and September 2025, and a below-average October–December rain forecast could exacerbate the figure to 2.1 million by January next year, an [...]Aavishkaar Capital's US$250 mn Fund Backs Horizon Group Africa to Scale Operations
Aavishkaar Capital, a company of Aavishkaar Group, has announced its fourth investment in Africa in collaboration with KfW, the German state-owned investment and development bank, into spice processor Horizon Group [...]
