West Africa

The Senegal Feed the Future Program for Increasing Investment in Agriculture in Africa, implemented by Africa Lead, is issuing a call for proposals for the recently launched Policy Reform for […]
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In an effort to promote agriculture, the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD), Senegal, has recently opened a specialized Institute for Agribusiness called the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture et d’Entreprenariat […]
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Africa Lead Chief of Party, David Tartif-Douglin (right) listens intently as Boadu Owusu speaks of his internship experience and plans for his start-up, Accra, Ghana When Boadu Owusu graduated from […]
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Socrates once said that individuals learn best when they have ownership of a situation and share the responsibility for the outcome. That philosophy continues to shape modern coaching clinics today. […]
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Promoting the inclusiveness of youth and women in the advancement of agriculture transformation and building on its existing leadership training program, Africa Lead organized an entrepreneurship and agribusiness development Training […]
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For Africa to experience a green revolution and to spur agricultural growth and food security on the continent there is a need to create agriculture-related jobs for its ever increasing […]
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As originally featured in the August 2016 Feed the Future newsletter. Water pollution is a potential consequence of mining, and in Ghana—where safe water is already scarce—such pollution can make […]
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Through a USAID and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) partnership, Africa Lead is addressing the longstanding problem of severe shortages of improved varieties and high quality seed in African […]
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The CAADP NonState Actors Coalition (CNC), a Pan-African initiative of community-based and private sector groups dedicated to informing and expanding engagement in African agricultural transformation, is establishing a formal secretariat […]
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Africa Lead is building on its existing Training of Trainers (TOT) program to develop and deliver an improved Training of Trainers program and build a volunteer core group of certified […]
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