Challenges And Opportunities In Agriculture In Africa

Some thoughts on unlocking the potential of the agriculture sector in Africa.

This month I thought I would turn to the agriculture sector in Africa. This came off the back of my colleague, Jeremy Cape, and I travelling to Kyiv, Ukraine (yes Kyiv) to talk to some Ukrainian clients who want to access the African agriculture market.

Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe. And, as the plane descends into Kyiv airport, you can see vast expanses of cultivated farmland with closely packed crops. This is a very different view to what you get when flying over most African agricultural land, where the cultivation levels are low and fields look a lot less dense. (By the way, if any reader in West Africa is interested in importing chicken from the Ukraine, I know a man who needs a local agent/partner.)