African Agriculture and Food Systems
Friday, 6 March 2026 · Established 2010 · Tanzania & East Africa Agriculture Nohémie Mawaka Doesn’t Sell Africa a Dream — She Sells Receipts Nohémie Mawaka left the DRC’s dysfunctional export landscape not to escape it, but to fix it. Her company, Lubembo Co., is building the aggregation infrastructure that turns smallholder harvests into boardroom-grade […]
EXCLUSIVE • FOOD SECURITY • GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT The $100 Billion Harvest: In the largest expansion of its agricultural transformation agenda since its celebrated debut at the World Economic Forum in 2010, Tanzania has activated three new growth corridors spanning 17 regions — a move that could reshape food systems across Africa and redefine the continent’s […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1st, 2026 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania Activates Northern, Central, and Mtwara Agricultural Corridors in Biggest Agri Push Since SAGCOT First-phase consultations spanning 17 regions across three new corridors mark the most significant expansion of Tanzania’s agricultural transformation agenda since SAGCOT simultaneously launched at Dar es Salaam and Davos in […]
In rural Kenya, where nearly 40% of the population still lacks improved sanitation, an affordable Japanese-designed toilet solution is quietly transforming communities — one pit latrine at a time. For millions of families across rural Kenya, the daily reality of sanitation is anything but dignified. Open pit latrines attract flies and disease. Handwashing stations are […]
ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT Project Steering Committee declares Africa’s largest hydropower project 100% complete as national power generation surges from 1,600 MW to over 4,000 MW — with new transmission lines advancing rapidly. By Our Correspondent | Pwani, Tanzania | February 26, 2026 IN THE vast expanse of the Rufiji River basin, where waters once flowed […]
A fifteen-year experiment in public-private partnership, once confined to a single corridor in southern Tanzania, is now being scaled across the nation — and its early results suggest a model the continent should be watching closely. For fifteen years, a quiet revolution unfolded along the fertile stretch of southern Tanzania that runs from the Indian […]
Agriculture · Trade · Policy The Invisible Billions: How East Africa’s Agro-Processing Wealth Vanishes from Farm Budgets — and Why It Matters for 100 Million Farmers A grain of sorghum grown by a Ugandan smallholder becomes Senator Keg in a Kenyan brewery and excise tax in a government treasury — yet none of that wealth […]
Kilimokwanza.org Research Analysis | February 2026 Executive Summary On 17 December 2025, Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings announced an agreement to acquire Diageo’s 65% controlling stake in East African Breweries PLC (EABL) for approximately US$2.3 billion in net proceeds, implying an enterprise value for EABL of US$4.8 billion. This represents the first time a major Japanese […]
In Mtwara, where the Indian Ocean meets some of Africa’s richest agricultural potential, leaders from Lindi, Ruvuma, and Mtwara delivered a unified message: the era of cashew dependency is over. Soybeans, avocados, sesame, and value-added processing are the future — and 150,000 smallholder farmers are the vehicle. For decades, the story of southern coastal Tanzania […]
In Arusha, at the foot of Mount Meru, Tanzania’s most export-ready agricultural regions united under a single corridor framework , with a mandate to build world-class cold chains, meet international phytosanitary standards, and transform East Africa’s premier horticultural gateway into a $100 billion agricultural economy’s northern front line. If the Central Corridor is the spine […]