30 results
- 6 Apr 2025
Afrimash Launches USSD Code to Revolutionize Poultry Farming and Combat Counterfeit Farm Produce
In a move poised to revolutionize Nigeria's poultry industry, agritech company Afrimash has launched a USSD solution that enables farmers to verify the authenticity of day-old chicks before making a…
- 3 Feb 2021
Ogun State Inks MoU with Fan Milk to Establish Odeda Farm Institute
Fan Milk Plc, a Danone Company, signed a partnership agreement with the Ogun State Government to establish its flagship dairy farm at the Odeda Farm Institute, in the Odeda Local Government Area. The…
- 29 Jan 2020
Livestock Farming can Change Nigeria’s Agricultural Ecosystem for Good – Muyiwa
Folorunso Muyiwa. is the Chief Executive Officer Of Divergent Enterprise, with an objective to create wealth for its financial partners through pig farming. He recently shared his views on livestock…
- 13 Jan 2022
Fintech Farm Raises Late Seed Round of $7.4M to Launch Neobanks in 8 Countries
Fintech Farm, a British fintech company creating neobanks in emerging markets, has raised a $7.4M investment to develop its new project. The company is going to launch neobanks in 8 countries during…
- 13 Feb 2015
FG Signs Pact for 1,000mw Solar Power Farm
Work is set to commence on a 1000 mega watts solar power farm in Kogi State. Already, the implementers of the project have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kogi State…
- 7 Jun 2010
Farmer Advocates Compulsory Insurance for Farmers, Farm Produce
Mallam Bala Shittu Mohammed, executive director of a Non Governmental Association, Total Insurance for Farmers (TIF), and managing director of Bala Farms, has called on the federal government to…
- 9 Apr 2024
Firm Partners Israeli Experts to Establish Dairy Farm in Abia
Abia State is set to attract an ultra modern dairy farm and milk processing plants, the first of such project in the South East zone. Governor Alex Otti Already a proposal for the establishment of…
- 1 Dec 2021
Victoria Farms, Imo Economic Summit Group Backs Startups Weekend
Ngor Okpalla, Imo state based Victoria Farms and Imo Economic Summit Group has thrown their weight behind Imo Startups Weekend which will be held in Owerri Nigeria from Friday December 3 to Saturday…
- 13 Feb 2026
Geocycle, Ecobag Mart, Leovia Farms emerge winners at Greenlabs Demo Day
Three youth-led startups — Geocycle, Ecobag Mart and Leovia Farms — have emerged top winners at the Greenlabs Cohort 2 “Powering Food Systems” Demo Day, securing pre-seed funding to scale solutions…
- 27 Jun 2018
Institute Develops Solution to Fight Pest Invasion of Tomato Farms
National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, said it has developed a technology , Tuta Absoluta Trap Tray, to tackle the invasion of tomato farms by Tuta Absoluta pest, according to…
- 23 Aug 2010
Brazil Re-Farms Spectrum for Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Services
The GSMA has congratulated Anatel, the Brazilian telecommunications regulator, for taking a leadership position on spectrum re-farming. Anatel’s decision to re-allocate spectrum in the…
- 20 Dec 2019
Minister Commissions Research Farm @BUK
Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has commissioned a modern teaching and research farm at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University…
- 7 Nov 2013
ICTs Set to Transform Smallholder Farming
Smallholder farming, which is the backbone of many African economies, is set to be transformed by a combination of investment and increasing access to information and communication technologies…
- 12 Feb 2013
Nigeria’s Air Cargo Terminals Will Boost Farm Exports-Dati
Yakubu Dati, general manager, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has expressed optimism that cargo terminals to be constructed at 12 airports in the country, to help boost export of farm…
- 10 Jul 2025
Can Urban Farming Contribute Meaningfully to Nigeria's Food Security?
By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, Foodstuff Store Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, faces a complex web of food security challenges. Soaring food inflation, exacerbated by climate…
- 15 Feb 2023
Bitget Offers Panda Farm Token Sale on Its Re-launched Launchpad Platform
Bitget, the world's largest crypto copy trading exchange, announced the relaunch of its Launchpad platform, which provides exclusive access to promising blockchain projects at an early stage. Panda…
- 2 Aug 2012
Backpack Farm Wins Africa Rural Connect Prize
Africa Rural Connect, an online project of the National Peace Corps Association, has announced the winners of its 2012 Young Farmers Idea Contest. The online competition, which ran through the end of…
- 27 Jun 2024
Digital supply chains to transform small-scale farming in Nigeria
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has emphasised the transformative potential of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI),…
- 12 Dec 2017
From Farming to Forex: How Technology Has Changed the Face of Investing
By Nikola Grozdanovic, Senior Writer at FXTM Not too long ago, when an individual wanted to save or invest money, they were limited to a handful of options. In the early days of our ancestors,…
- 13 Dec 2021
CBN Earmarks N41bn through Heritage Bank for Dry Season Wheat Projects’ Farming
In a bid to meet high demand amid poor production capacity of wheat, the Central Bank of Nigeria earmarked a whopping sum of N41billion, which is being disbursed by Heritage Bank Plc to farmers…
- 31 Mar 2022
Smart Farming: NITDA Implements NAVSA Project with 50 Corp Members as Pilot Beneficiaries
With the mandate of ensuring all sectors of the Nation's economy are supported and driven by technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in collaboration with Abuja…
- 21 Oct 2018
Nigerian Farmers Log on for Cash in Hi-Tech Networks
It looked like the end had arrived for Adewale Fatai’s chicken farm. Money was running out. Built to house 30,000 chickens, the farm was producing fewer than 2,000 chicks. His family had no…
- 22 Feb 2010
Farmer Advocates Awareness in Agric. Insurance
In the face of growing world food crisis and the attendant poor yields of crops and other farming hazards, Chief Adekunle Seidu, chairman, Seidu farms limited has challenge farmers to embrace…
- 14 Nov 2017
Farmcrowdy Launches Mobile App for Agritech in Nigeria
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has introduced a new category of funding small scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture and sponsor agriculture;…
- 19 Nov 2017
Farmcrowdy Launches Mobile App for Agritech in Nigeria
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has introduced a new category of funding small scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture and sponsor agriculture;…
- 12 Sept 2021
Mastercard Foundation, Agrolog Partner to Empower 60,000 Ginger Farmers in Nigeria
Agrolog General Services Limited in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation will support 60,000 smallholder farmers in vulnerable indigenous ginger farming communities in Kaduna State. The…
- 9 Nov 2021
FG Mulls ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ to Tackle Hunger
Federal government is considering an ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ initiative to encourage the establishment of urban farms and small home gardens across the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
- 5 Apr 2018
Farmcrowdy Bolsters Farmland by 175% with Launch of 7,500 New Acres
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced the launch of 7,500 acres of new maize and rice farms…
- 16 Jan 2024
ThriveAgric Kicks-off Phase Two Distribution of Agricultural Inputs
ThriveAgric, agricultural technology company, has flagged off the ThriveAgric 2023/2024 dry season farming cycle with the distribution of agricultural input, targeting over 100,000 smallholder…
- 9 Sept 2014
Apapa Rail Project Gulps N1.6Bn
The Federal Government said a sum of N1.6 billion has been invested on the rehabilitation of the rail lines linking the ports and some tank farms in Apapa. Meanwhile, the project is expected to be…