Farmforte Subsidiary, Forest Capital, Completes Acquisition of Kayvee Microfinance Bank

Forest Capital (“Forest”), the investment subsidiary of Farmforte Limited (“Farmforte”, or the “Company”), has acquired Kayvee Microfinance Bank as part of its strategic imperative to create greater synergy between socio-economic empowerment, agriculture, and the finance sector.

Farmforte Signs Strategic Partnership With AFGEAN, HYBR, and ALTS Consulting

Farmforte Limited (“Farmforte”), an innovation-driven and impact-oriented company with significant play in the agriculture, manufacturing, retail, and technology sectors, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agricultural Fresh Produce Growers and Exporters Association of Nigeria (AFGEAN), HYBR, a pan-African Innovation firm, and ALTS, a consulting and strategy development firm.

2020: A year of disruptive growth and innovation at Farmforte.

2020 was a year no one could have adequately planned for. There was no guidebook on how to navigate a pandemic in the 21st century. And with the pandemic came pay cuts, layoffs, the shutdown of many businesses, economic meltdowns and a whole lot of other challenges. Nonetheless, in the face of adversity, pockets of unique opportunities presented themselves.

Effective Policy Making and Implementation- The missing Ingredient in Agricultural Advancement in Nigeria

We had a chat with private sector development specialist, Adenike Mfonobong Kazalma-Mantey about effective policymaking and implementation in Nigeria's agriculture landscape. Click the link to read full article

A Step in the right direction: The structural disruption that needs to happen in Nigerian Agriculture.

We had a chat with seasoned Agriculture expert, Shola Fashedemi about some of the challenges in the Agricultural sector in Nigeria and what we need to do to surmount some of these challenges. Click on the link to read the full article

The importance of sustainable farming in Africa

Sustainable agriculture promotes farming practices that are economically profitable, environmentally sound, and good for communities. ​In a continent like Africa, sustainable agriculture has the potential to address some of the fundamental challenges facing agriculture like low access to environmental friendly fertilizers, poor quality seeds, ​rain-fed production, inadequate water management, low soil fertility, etc. These challenges affect productivity, reduce soil fertility, crop quality and eventually, the economy.

The Impact of Farmforte in Africa's agriculture scene

In Europe, over 44 million jobs are provided through agriculture and food-related industries, including regular work for 20 million people within the agricultural sector itself. Due to its value chain innovation in technical skills of its farmers and quality, the EU is one of the world's leading producers and exporters of agricultural products