Lagos, Nigeria// — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s infrastructure solutions provider, is helping drive a $7 billion fertiliser expansion programme by Dangote Group designed to triple production capacity in Nigeria and establish a major new manufacturing platform in Ethiopia.
Abuja, Nigeria// — The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has released on Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the 2025–2027 edition of its **Regional Economic Outlook (REO)**, a flagship report that analyses macroeconomic developments across the region and highlights the challenges and opportunities related to food security and regional integration.
The Kenyan agricultural sector accounts for 23.2% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employs more than 40% of the population. It is also responsible for around 65% of the country’s export earnings.
Accra, Ghana,// — On the second day of his state visit to Belarus, President John Dramani Mahama visited the industrial city of Brest to explore opportunities for transforming Ghana’s agricultural sector.
Accra, Ghana// — The Government of Ghana, with support from the World Bank Group and development partners, today launched its AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to strengthen food security, create jobs, reduce food imports, and mobilise investment across priority agricultural value chains.
Accra, Ghana// — Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has disclosed that the government has already released 85 per cent of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s approved 2026 budget to accelerate food production, strengthen agro-industrialisation and improve food security across the country.
Accra, Ghana//-West African leaders and partners ended the West Africa Rice Investment Roundtable with a clear and strong message: the region needs more investment in rice to boost food security, cut imports, and create jobs.
Accra, Ghana//-The World Bank Group has urged West African countries to reduce their dependence on the about $5 billion annual rice import to improve balance-of-payments resilience, support rural incomes and create space for private capital to participate in a structured regional value chain.
Accra, Ghana//- The World Bank, in partnership with the Government of Ghana and the ECOWAS Commission, is convening the West Africa Rice Investment Roundtable in Accra, Ghana, at the Kempinski (Gold Coast) Hotel on 2nd June 2026.5.30
Accra, Ghana/// — A three-week training on advanced soil monitoring using Mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIR spectroscopy) has been launched at the FAO/IAEA Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear techniques in Food and Agriculture, in Seibersdorf, Austria.
