Ideas shaping African agriculture
AI, traceability, agro-processing and the technology transforming producer value chains — plus news and milestones from KDHI.
Research & analysis
11 articles on technology, finance and agro-processing in Africa.
Artificial Intelligence in Crop Insurance for Africa
17% of the world’s pastures and arable land belongs to Africa, despite the continent only receiving 0.7% of the world’s agricultural insurance. In Africa’s labor force, 60% of individuals work in the…
Artificial Intelligence in Farm Management in Africa
Proper farm management is essential to maximize the socioeconomic welfare of farm families, including money income, subsistence food, crop-produced consumption goods and factors of production, and…
Importance of Traceability Technology for Agriculture in Africa
Many economic, social, and environmental problems stem from a lack of transparency within supply chains. Contaminated food, counterfeit medications, and product shortages caused by supply chain…
Global Demand and Agro-Processing of Cashew Nuts in Africa
Africa leads the way in cashew production, producing 45% or 1.2 million tons of cashew nuts every year. Despite Africa’s control on the raw cashew market, the small-scale farmers who produce the…
An Overview of AI Technologies in African Agriculture
As demonstrated in our previous posts, agriculture plays a crucial role in the economic sector of Africa. Over 60% of sub-Saharan Africans are smallholder farmers and nearly a quarter of Africa’s GDP…
A Brief Analysis of ICT for Farmer Information Sharing
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are undoubtedly evolving the landscape of information sharing in Africa. ICT integration presents ample opportunity for growth in the African…
Data as Information in Africa and the U.S.
The United States has a well-established commercial agricultural industry in comparison to the continent of Africa. African farmers mostly rely on government-led initiatives (i.e. agricultural…
The Value of Technology in Farmer Knowledge Sharing
Small-scale agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is often stifled by poor access to important information. Farming practices are becoming increasingly more challenging due to climate change and its…
Opportunities for Improvement in Africa’s Agro-processing Sector
The agro-processing industry plays a pivotal role in the agricultural supply chain by virtue of its upstream and downstream linkages. Our last post referenced the constraints of the African…
Limits to Growth in the Agro-processing Sector
The importance of the agro-processing industry to African economic development cannot be understated. In the agro-industry sector, less than 10 percent of value-addition is attributed to Africa. The…
Agro-processing in Ghana and Globally
Ghana’s agro-processing industry is in its nascent stage, constituted by 97 percent micro- and small-scale and 3 percent medium-scale processing firms. This industry largely produces commodities for…
Press & milestones
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- Agriculture Panel of 2018 Wharton Africa Business Forum Features KDHI Agriculture→
- Wharton Agribusiness Club Hosts KDHI Agriculture to Discuss Sustainable Food Production in Africa→
- SOCAP Selects KDHI Agriculture’s Kavaneet Dhami into its 2018 Social Entrepreneurship Cohort→
- KDHI Agriculture Promotes Investment into AgriBusiness and AgriTech in Ghana at ATIGS 2018→
- MOU Executed with Co-Investment Fund, Holding Equatorial Guinea 2020, for Sustainable Agriculture→
- Africa is Charting a New Path Towards a Single Continental Market→
- "Ghana Contends for the Crown of the World’s Fastest Growing Economy" - NY Times→
- KDHI Receives ~$700,000 Letter of Credit (LC) to Source Raw Cashew Nuts in Ghana→
- Gnima Group and KDHI Execute Contract to Export Cocoa from Equatorial Guinea to a Tokyo-Based Trader→