Agriculture is always cited as Africa’s ticket to growth and development, but in a world of smallholder farmers and large-scale weather events, risk can often outweigh profit. Africa Exchange...

When it is Kenya, the talk of agriculture being the backbone of economy is now a cliché but so is the sad tale of farmers who supply commodities in exchange for loss. Despite the season long ...

Kenyan farmers are now set to earn more from their produce following plans by the Rwandan-based East African Exchange (EAX) to establish a futures market in the country. The market will be the secon...