For more than a decade, North Africa has seen sustained growth in its agricultural exports, with an annual average of +8.6% between 2012 and 2023, driven by sectors such as fruit, vegetables and dates. This dynamic makes the region one of the best performing on the continent, even if its...
In the arid and semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, where water is scarce and climate pressure is high, some agricultural crops stand out for their ability to become real economic drivers. These are known as “cash crops”, or high added value crops, because they combine adaptation...
Press Release Domseeds Partnership Domseeds, the consulting branch of Les Domaines Agricoles (Morocco), and the consulting firm Apexagri (France) have officially announced their partnership. This collaboration will enable both companies to pool their expertise to support the development of structured agri-food chains, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. On Tuesday...
At the beginning of July, our Apexagri team attended an event organised by FERDI (Fondation pour les Études et Recherches sur le Développement International) and ALFA – Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Africa (of which Apexagri is a member) at InVivo’s head office in Paris. The theme of the event was “Financial...
On February 13, 2024, the annual conference of the FARM Foundation took place, where our president Marc Debets serves as a board member. During this event, Bhavin Vyas, Chief ESG Officer at ARISE, participated in the roundtable discussion on the role of the private sector in financing agricultural transformations. This...
On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, our team attended a conference on the commons in Africa entitled “What public policies for the commons?“, organized by the AFD (French Development Agency) in Paris. Going beyond public policy, this event brought to the fore some enlightening notions for agricultural development in Africa, and...
On October 17 and 18, 2023, Apexagri once again sponsored the Ambition Africa event at Bercy. In just a few years, this event organized by Business France has become the benchmark for gatherings between African and French entrepreneurs. Apexagri’s speech at the round table on agriculture On the first day...
On Thursday September 14, our Chairman Marc DEBETS took part in a Bpifrance webinar. The topic was “Agri-food Chains Central Africa: agricultural potential and development of resilient agro-industrial value chains”. After a macroeconomic overview by the Yaoundé Regional Economic Service and a presentation of the zone’s key sectors by Business...
On June 12 and 13, 2023, the first edition of Vision Golfe was held at the Ministry of the Economy in Paris. This event, organized by Business France on the same model as Ambition Africa, aims to promote economic cooperation between France and the Gulf States. To support this initiative,...
Since its creation in 2018, the French Agency for the Development of AlUla (Afalula) has been working to “implement a new model of economic and tourism development” in this arid region of northwestern Saudi Arabia, according to its president Gérard Mestrallet. The agency carries out many projects, in close collaboration...