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Terms of Reference OUT NOW – Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) End of Project Evaluations for Tanzania

TOR for 'End of project Evaluation - Tanzania Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) Grant to Enhance Fertilizer Importation and Distribution Capacity Project Background The main objective of these projects was to ensure the availability and affordability of financing for the fertilizer value chain through the provision of credit guarantees to address the lack of affordable financing [...]

Vacancy: Human Resources Manager post

The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) is looking to recruit a Human Resource and Contracts Manager (HRCM) to work from the Headquarters office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The role will be to assist with managing and leading the HR and Contracts function across all of AFAP. This role will function to ensure the continued support [...]

Vacancy: Regional Finance Specialist post

The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) is looking to recruit a Regional Finance Specialist to work from the Headquarters office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The role will be to provide quality and proper stewardship of all field-level financial management, through the effective day to day management of field financial resources, systems, processes, policies and procedures, [...]

AFAP to host inaugural Fertilizer Club Kenya event

The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), AFRIQOM, and the Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA), in collaboration with the Fertilizer Association of Kenya, will be hosting an inaugural Fertilizer Club Kenya event in Nairobi, Kenya. The event is being planned for 24 to 26 November 2021. The Fertilizer Club Kenya will be the first inside-track meeting for key [...]

East and Southern Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum

In collaboration with the African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM), the Africa Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) and Afriqom, hosted a successful 1st virtual edition of the East and Southern Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum on Thursday, 28 October 2021. The event themed “Strengthening Regional Collaboration to Finance Fertilizer in the Agribusiness Value Chain”, identified opportunities to build [...]

African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership and Fertilizer Canada to boost growing potential for rural farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa, 10 August 2021: The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) and Fertilizer Canada are launching a new initiative to support smallholder sub-Saharan African farmers, particularly women and youth. The planned interventions will see a marked improvement in socio-economic well-being and income earning potential for over 80,000 smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Senegal. This [...]

Webinar Presentations: AGRISME Trade and Business Opportunities in the Global Value Chain

Presenter 1: Mr Hennie van der Merwe, CEO at Agribusiness Development Corporation, South Africa Addressed: Growing more Agribusiness Entrepreneurs in Africa Agribusiness Development Corporation Presentation 20 May 2021   Presenter 2: Ms Everlyn Musyoka, Smallholder Strategy Lead Africa Bayer Crop Science, Nairobi Kenya Addressed: AGRISME Opportunities for inclusion in the Bayer global value chain Bayer Kenya [...]

Another successful partnership for prosperity in Africa! Nigeria’s Sterling Bank and US-based African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership set to unlock Nigeria’s food security, supply and agricultural yields

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE South Africa, March 2, 2021 – Lagos, Nigeria – A collaborative partnership concluded on the 10th of February 2021 saw Sterling Bank Plc, a full service licensed national commercial financial institution joining forces with globally renowned champion for African agricultural productivity and prosperity, the American incorporated African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership [...]

A partnership to develop a novel market-leading Africa Fertilizer Analytics Service, an annual service with underlying data set and market intelligence on Africa fertilizer markets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johannesburg, South Africa 16 February 2021 AFRIQOM and Africa Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have joined forces to develop a novel market-leading Africa Fertilizer Analytics Service, an annual service with underlying data set and market intelligence on Africa fertilizer markets. The partnership combines AFAP’s agrodealer and market development expertise in the continent with [...]

CRU and AFAP renew African fertilizer and agribusiness development strategic partnership

Building on over five years of working together, CRU and AFAP have renewed their commitment to combining their strengths to support clients in their understanding Africa’s fertilizer and agribusiness markets and the opportunities presented by Africa’s wealth of natural resources for fertilizer raw materials. Population growth, low crop yields, and soil degradation have meant that for [...]

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