At the beginning of this year 2023, our president Marc Debets was the guest of Bruno Faure on Radio France Internationale (RFI). Very rich exchanges on the challenges the agri-food sector are facing in Africa, supported by radio reports presenting various engaging initiatives in Africa. RFI presents examples of engaging...
On May 19th, the first on site Apexagri event in over two years will take place. We are pleased to organise a morning debate on the development of agricultural sectors, regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty. These are particularly topical issues for the agricultural sector and non-agricultural sectors whose sourcing depends...
APEXAGRI team is proud to have contributed to the creation of a development plan for the meat and livestock sectors in Chad. This project was carried out by our experts alongside, among others, ARISE and the Ministry of Livestock. This plan reaches an overall investment in the sector of 550...
A major challenge for humanity? The COP21 international climate conference held in 2015 saw, 196 States sign the Paris Agreement, pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and maintain global warming below 2°C by 2050. That goal is ambitious but necessary to ensure our ability to feed a growing population while limiting our impact on the climate. To achieve...
Ghanaian time for Apexagri! After conducting a mission for AgDevCo on the Babator Farming Hub, Apexagri took part to the talks on « Agricultural and Agrifood challenges» at the France Ghana economic forum yesterday (10th of July). This events aims at facilitating the dialogue between the private and public sectors in...
Even if agriculture is a priority for Africa’s development, access to financing remains a key constraint for the sector. Access to finance in the agricultural sector is a sensitive subject, since it gets less than 3% of the total bank loans of the continent, while involving 70% of the labor...
Wastewater in agriculture: a valuable but risky resource? Due to global warming, many countries such as Egypt, Mexico and the USA are facing water scarcity. In addition to population growth and increasing water demand, food production is expected to grow by 50% in 2050 while 70% of worldwide freshwater withdrawals...
APEXAGRI was present at FARM foundation’s last conference, dealing with agri-food as a source of employment in Africa. Today 60% of the African population is working in the agricultural sector, but is providing food for only 30% of it. As Africa’s demography is expected to double by 2050, the continent...