Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Agriculture

Bloc Steps Up Animal Disease Response

Southern African countries are accelerating efforts to contain and eradicate foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease, with a renewed push towards coordinated cross-border action. Speaking in Gaborone, Botswana’s Minister of Lands and Agriculture...

Far East Demand Returns as South Africa’s Maize Exports Surge

South Africa's maize exports are running ahead of last year's pace even as a looming El Niño draws...

South Africa, Zambia Face Looming Solar Waste Mountain After Clean Energy Push

Across Southern Africa, a multi-gigawatt solar boom that kept the lights on during severe power crises is rapidly...

Atlas Copco leads portable power charge

Southern Africa’s industrial and mining growth is powering a sharp rise in demand for dependable portable energy. With...

Wits Mining Institute forges ahead with new director – Updates

The Wits Mining Institute (WMI), a multidisciplinary research and training hub at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)...
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Africa Needs Its Own Industrial Champions and They Are Beginning to Emerge

By 2030, half of all new entrants into the global labour force will come from sub-Saharan Africa. To simply keep pace with that demographic...

Trade Tensions Straining the Southern African Customs Union

The Southern African agricultural landscape is currently navigating a period of significant turbulence as Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique implement restrictive measures on South African...

Kazakhstan Secures Top-Tier Global Grain Export Ranking

ASTANA – Kazakhstan has solidified its standing as a global agricultural powerhouse, reporting a staggering 60% surge in grain and flour exports for the 2024–2025...

Botswana’s Stop-Start Import Bans Are Testing SACU’s Limits

The government of Botswana's repeated restrictions on South African fresh produce are drawing sharp criticism from industry leaders, who say the unpredictable pattern of...

Rand Rally Robs South African Macadamia Growers of Dollar Gains

A stronger rand is undermining what should have been good news for South Africa's macadamia industry. Whilst the US dollar price for whole kernels...

Premier African AgriTech Expo Lands in SA

South Africa will take centre stage in March 2026 as Africa’s largest agribusiness and agricultural technology platform, Graintech Africa, makes its debut in the...