New Year forecasting of trends to watch out for in Africa tends to disproportionately focus on elections due to concerns about political stability, diverting attention from equally or more important issues such as food security. Fortunately, 2025 promises fairly muted political activity, with only three countries – Tanzania, Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon – set to hold presidential elections later in the year.
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18th Edition
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Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, Africa’s aflatoxins avenger
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16th Edition
AFRICAN countries are nowhere near meeting their commitments to allocate at least 10 percent of national budgets to agriculture. They have grappled with resource constraints amid pressure to fund social programmes such as health and education since they made those commitments under the auspices of the African Union in 2015.
