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Vallis partners with AgSpace to deliver affordable agri-tech solutions for farmers GRID is the unique digital service helping farmers and their financial partners grow together, by establishing trust at a distance, and by adopting technology to grow more. An affordable solution for monitoring farm performance in real-time, designed for farms of all sizes. Comparisons of budgeted and actual yield predictions help to bRead More

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) The AfCFTA is an agreement that could stimulate Africa’s standing in international trade if certain embedded hurdles can be overcome.  The fundamental hurdles surround the coordination of existing trade blocs (AMU, CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, and SADC), largely inadequate infrastructure, and a large disparity in the GDPs of its members. Dr. Tedd GeRead More

African Agribusiness The World Bank report that Africa as a continent is holding 45% of the world’s uncultivated agricultural land, combined with enough untapped water resources to support farming. The rise of agribusiness in more industrialized countries is linked to characteristics of competitiveness. Innovation, trade agreements, and infrastructure. Broadly, agribusiness workers require skills and training tRead More

Mali is nestled between 7 other countries providing a strategic advantage for inter- and intra-African trade.  As the third-largest landlocked country in Africa, and the second-largest country in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after Niger, planned infrastructure projects offer significant potential for Mali’s future: The Trans-Sahelian highway linking Bamako and Senegal Roads to the portRead More