-
Two decades on, Africa’s agricultural vision remains unfulfilled
28 Jan 2025 11:37 GMT
… Ethiopia carrying wood. Credit: Rod Waddington.
In 2003, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … initiatives like the African Continental Free Trade … materials like coffee, cotton, and cocoa are … seeds by powerful multinational corporations locks farmers …
-
Worldview: Trade Talks at Ethiopia’s Hub of Africa Fashion Week
28 Jan 2025 14:25 GMT
… were among the 14 Ethiopian labels presenting their latest … Sennait Ghebreab, an Italian Eritrean contributor to Vogue Italia, … value chain spanning from cotton cultivation and yarn to fabrics … highly effective yet gentle products,” said brand founder Malini …
-
Amazigh New Year and vodún cheer: Africa's top shots
17 Jan 2025 08:23 GMT
… best photos from across the African continent and beyond:
On Monday … -old Ange Gnacadja rests on cotton harvested in Soclogbo, Benin.
It… .
Earthquakes in the north of Ethiopia leave huge cracks in the …
-
Unlocking Africa’s Future with BRICS
15 Jan 2025 22:07 GMT
… African development and growth. African farms were forced to change their crop … choices to export crops … African industrialization, like cotton and seed oils production, were discouraged.
Some agricultural … Ethiopia …
-
The green gold rush: Why renewable energy is Egypt’s next big opportunity
03 Feb 2025 17:43 GMT
New Atlanticist
February 3, 2025 • 12:30 pm ET
Print this page
By
Jonathan R. Cohen and Racha Helwa
Economist David Ricardo once argued that trading comparatively competitive goods across countries optimizes economic efficiency and maximizes profits. In …
-
10 Poorest countries in Africa by GDP per capita in 2025
20 Dec 2024 16:43 GMT
… aluminum, coal, agricultural products (sugar, cashews, cotton)
Major import … world’s largest producers of uranium, this … Uganda, China
9. Somalia
Somalia has endured decades of … African countries with rapidly growing GDPs?
Yes, nations like Rwanda and Ethiopia …
-
Trump’s proposed tariffs target big U.S. trading partners. What that could mean for Midwest farmers
17 Dec 2024 20:42 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump keeps promising new tariffs on imports from America’s largest trading partners.
On the campaign trail, he talked about imposing 10-20% tariffs on all imports and 60% tariffs on most products from China. Last month, he said he …
-
Domestic firm to begin supplying GMO cotton seeds to farmers in 2025
14 Dec 2024 08:45 GMT
Ministry report reveals illegal GMO variety increasingly common on fields
Almost ten years after Ethiopian legislation permitted the use of GMO farming for non-consumable commodities, a domestic firm has successfully completed screening processes in its …
-
COMMENTARY: Enduring legacies of inequity; the historical context and contemporary dynamics of African exploitation and what must be done
14 Dec 2024 03:57 GMT
… other members of the Ethiopian Crown Council delegationIn the … Plantations in the Americas flourished, providing the raw materials like cotton … ground for finished goods produced by Western and … cycle where African markets are flooded with products, stifling …
-
Catalysing Africa’s future: AVPA’s inaugural conference
05 Dec 2024 01:48 GMT
… for modern cotton gins to boost local production. And … Regional Bureau for East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes … as Ethiopia and Rwanda making land available for agricultural purposes … nature innovations in African agribusinesses provided opportunities …