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FAO highlights three pillars of food security: Availability, Accessibility and Affordability

At World Nutrition Day 2026, FAO Director-General calls for effective collaboration to ensure that basic, nutritious, healthy, and functional foods reach those who need...

Sunbeth to commission cocoa, cashew processing plants by 2027

Sunbeth Global Concepts Limited, a leading Nigerian cocoa exporter, says it is constructing a 70,000-metric tonne cocoa processing factory and an 80,000-metric tonne cashew...

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CSIR-Crops Research Institute gets new Director

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has announced the appointment of Professor Maxwell Darko Asante, a Chief Research Scientist, as the new...

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MEST AI Startup Incubation Program (pitch for up to $100,000)

Deadline: 20th July, 2026 Since 2008, MEST’s Training Program has been at the forefront of nurturing Africa’s tech talent in software entrepreneurship. As Artificial Intelligence...

African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Early-Career Research Fellowship (monthly stipend of US$2,000)

Deadline: 15th July 2026 The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this...

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Africa calls for stronger global support to tackle climate-related insecurity

The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change has called for a more integrated, Africa-led approach to addressing the growing links between...

African climate negotiators meet in Bonn ahead of key UN talks

Climate negotiators from Africa have begun intensive consultations in Bonn, Germany, to strengthen the continent's negotiating positions ahead of the 64th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64)...

Teachers need better climate change training — Dr Nyarko

Dr Samuel Cornelius Nyarko, the Principal Investigator for the Climate Change and Health Project, has called for greater investment in climate change education,...