Food price crisis
16 Jan
At a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a staple out of reach for many in Niger due to record inflation.
23 Oct
Nigerian startup Egoras has launched a charitable initiative to alleviate the rising cost of food affecting households across the country. The company has already distributed over 1,000 bags of its locally produced Ella Parboiled Rice in Abuja and recently expanded distribution to Port Harcourt, with plans to begin in Lagos soon. The initiative, which began…
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President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, yesterday dismissed monetary tightening as capable of addressing the food price crisis, insisting the only solution is scaling food production.
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