DAAN WENSING & KEBBA COLLEY | Money talks — but it’s not speaking to agriculture

How can a continent so rich in agricultural potential be so vulnerable to external shocks?

22 January 2025 - 04:30 By DAAN WENSING & KEBBA COLLEY

Africa’s food systems are under immense pressure. Food inflation is soaring across the continent, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where staple food prices rose by an average of 23.9% from 2020 to 2022 — the steepest increase since the 2008 global financial crisis (https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/09/26/africa-food-prices-are-soaring-amid-high-import-reliance#:~:text=Staple%20food%20prices%20in%20sub,factors%20are%20partly%20to%20blame.)...

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