Danone North America now sources 2.4 billion pounds of its dairy milk from its regenerative ag program, representing 75% of its milk sourcing.
The segmented and unstructured nature of Africa’s food and FMCG supply chains calls for interventions, which investors seem to be leaning into.
The category’s strong fundraising performance underscores its potential to positively impact Asia-Pacific, especially when it comes to smallholder farmers.
In episode two of New Food Order, Danielle and I speak with the inspiring Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019 and author of “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More Than They Take.”
Late-stage deals in the Asia-Pacific region grew by more than 30% in 2021; in H1 2022, the median size of deals dropped for the first time in three years.
Sessions at the AfricArena Grand Summit had diverse panels discussing investments and changing narratives on the perception of Africa’s startup ecosystem.
All three agreed that mergers & acquisitions were more likely to deliver the next big exit over public market listing via IPOs and SPACs, and that the next big exit will be disappointingly low value.
Bruce Gurfein, a UAE entrepreneur has completed a 9,000 km road trip across six countries: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Palestine, and Israel.
InnovoPro CEO Taly Nechushtan talks about building an innovative chickpea ingredient company that caters to clients’ tastebuds sustainably
The chosen six startups aim to bring regenerative, nutritious, and sustainably and equitably produced food to Sub-Saharan Africa.
To curb deforestation and habitat destruction, governments must invest in scaling up more sustainable solutions to conventional animal protein production.
Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. While there are calls for developing nations to seek compensation from the world’s biggest emitters at COP27, developing nations must also look to technology to mitigate the impacts of climate change – or adapt.
Seren Kell from the Good Food Institute Europe speaks to AFN following a £20 million pledge from two UK bodies to support the sector.
African Agrifoodtech investment deals in 2021 were dominated by seed stage deals, which took 80% of 150 deals recorded.
Gramophone has partnered with Yara Ventures-backed Jai Kisan to add loans to its full stack portfolio of services for India’s smallholder farmers.
Bonbell co-founder Doaa Abdel Hameed shares here thoughts on enhancing the hospitality industry, her company’s future, and supporting female founders.
Midstream Technologies was a leading category after scooping 60% of the total amount of agrifoodtech investments made in Africa in 2021
Inari uses gene-editing tools to enhance the natural diversity of seeds while enabling higher crop yields with fewer inputs.
Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection and, ultimately, commodity farming.
A look into the flow of venture capital into the agrifootech industry shows Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo led in financing startups
