A report by the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) call on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, not to support genetically modified (GM) crops in Africa. The report recommended that intensive agriculture that made Europe, the Americas and many parts of Asia food secure should not be applied in Africa, instead, that the continent Read More …

More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice that supporters say could reduce Vitamin-A deficiencies causing blindness and death in children in the developing world. Read More …

Factory Fresh: The Future of Agriculture If agriculture is to continue to feed the world, it needs to become more like manufacturing, and that is already beginning to happen. Though the problems of African farming are by no means purely technological—better roads, better education and better governments would all help a great deal—technology nevertheless has Read More …

Rwandan public transport switching to cashless payment Going digital is saving Rwandan bus operators between 40% and 50% of lost revenue. Meanwhile the Smart Rwanda Master Plan (SRMP) should see all government financial transactions done electronically by 2018. This was Mr Ngarambe’s dream. He moved to Canada aged eight and returned home to Kigali in Read More …

An African born banker with extensive experience working for British banks across Africa tells Joris Luyendijk how banks have lost touch with simple financial transactions. This blog is one of a series of monologues in which people across the financial sector speak to Joris Luyendijk about their work experience and lives. It was first published in the Guardian. “I Read More …

Africa can feed itself in a generation. It can do so by harnessing abundant technologies that are available worldwide, expanding internal regional markets and expanding rural infrastructure. But to achieve this, African leaders at the highest level possible will need to take charge of the agenda for agriculture. The continent cannot afford anymore to listen Read More …