by Wandile Sihlobo | May 5, 2019 | Africa Focus
Chocolate can certainly get one some brownie points, and no way is this truer than in Ivory Coast which in 2018 reported the largest agricultural trade balance in value terms in Africa, an amount of US$5.1 billion. The West African nation exported a higher value of...
by Wandile Sihlobo | May 1, 2019 | Africa Focus
There has been a revolution in the Kenyan avocado export market, characterized by enormous growth over the past three years. After remaining a relatively small exporter of avocado for a prolonged period, Kenya has now overtaken South Africa to be the leading exporter...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 15, 2019 | Africa Focus
As a buildup on the post, I published last week about Zimbabwe’s intention to compensate white farmers who lost land under former President Robert Mugabe’s land reform approach in the early 2000s, this morning’s Business Day published further details on this matter....
by Wandile Sihlobo | Apr 10, 2019 | Africa Focus, General Comments
I spent the better part of yesterday at the International Trade Commission of South Africa (ITAC) where I moonlight as a Commissioner focusing on trade matters. In the midst of all that, I missed some interesting news on Zimbabwe’s land reform story. Reuters, an...
by Wandile Sihlobo | Mar 30, 2019 | Africa Focus, Agricultural Environment and Natural Resource, Agricultural Labour Market, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trade, Food Security, General Comments, Land Reform
It is hard to get a clear picture of crop conditions in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai. But reports from a number of media outlets who have people on the ground paint a concerning picture. This afternoon, Al Jazeera came out with a headline — Cyclone Idai destroys...
