In Rwanda, the National Agricultural Exports Board (NAEB) announced an increase of 64% of the minimum price guaranteed to coffee-growers. Indeed, the kilogram of the crop will be now sold at 246 Rwandan francs against 150 Rwandan francs previously. According to Pie Ntwari, head of public communication and relations at the NAEB, the decision to increase the price by the government aims to...

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), a joint programme of the tripartite consortium consisting of the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched a pilot project to track progress in implementing in the AU Declaration on land issues in Africa. This was revealed by the ECA in a press statement dated March...

According to the president of the expert surveyors’ order of Madagascar, 80% of land-related conflicts are due to the lack of competence of surveyors in charge of cases and affairs related to public domains, L’Express de Madagascar reports. “80% of these conflicts results from the fact that the surveyor who was in charge of the case that is the subject of conflict, does not possess the...

The Nigerian National assembly has revealed plans to amend laws on power generation, transmission and distribution in the country. This is aimed at following in the footsteps of Germans who allow residents to combine efforts and local resources to generate clean and renewable energy. According to Bukola Saraki (photo), President of the Nigerian Senate, the project can be achieved in Nigeria if...

A recent report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the Nigerian Postal Service (NPS) generated a total revenue of N8.84billion in 2016. This revenue includes Stamp Duty (N4.09bn), EMS/Speed post (N1.36bn), Parcel clearance/delivery fee (N726.85m) and international mail income (N715.73m), amongst others. The report titled “Annual Postal Services Data 2016”,...

Nigeria’s electoral body, INEC, has scheduled the next presidential and parliamentary elections for February 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the early release of the election schedule was to ensure “proper planning by the commission, political parties, security agencies, candidates and all stakeholders”. In details, presidential and parliamentary elections...

Last Wednesday, the World Bank announced it would provide more than $1.6 billion to Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Southern Sudan and Yemen to fight hunger. More than 20 million people are to benefit from the facility. “Our first priority is to work with partners to make sure that families have access to food and water. We are working towards a financial package of more than $1.6...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (photo), has at last returned to Nigeria after more than seven weeks of medical leave in the UK. He arrived the country early today and is expected to address Nigerians later to quell growing concerns about his leadership, according to his personal assistant, Bashir Ahmad. The leader of Africa’s second-biggest oil producer has been facing rising...

The Federal Government has revealed plans to prosecute those who import frozen fishes through Nigerian borders illegally. This is aimed at stimulating local production and exports. The government in this framework plans to set up a taskforce to seal and prosecute operators of cold rooms selling illegally imported produce. According to the Minister of state for Agriculture and Rural...

On a tour in the North of Senegal since March 5th, President Macky Sall advised rural land owners of the region to let investors valorize their properties. The leader was in this case addressing the people of Mbane, in the department of Dagana, where he commissioned cold storages at the Senegindia farm. Well aware of the uneasiness that foreign investment in the African agricultural sector cause...