The school feeding scheme is holding up but short on suppliers, the council reports – and that gap is an open contract for local farms and logistics firms.
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Farming
Beans, Samp and Schedules: Kanye Keeps School Meals Moving Despite Delays
Kanye council moved to fix supply shortages in its school feeding programme, keeping beans, samp and the rest of the menu reaching learners despite delays.
Schools Keep Meals Flowing Amid Supply Chain Snags
Kanye District councillors said the school feeding programme runs fairly despite delays in beans and samp supplies, with P6.5 million budgeted.
DRC IMF and Eurobond reset in DRC — value-chain opening — why it matters for investors
The IMF’s DRC review and inaugural Eurobond, read through farming: can producers and processors capture value or will finance and logistics gaps exclude them.
$2.33bn SGR financing in Tanzania — value-chain opening — why it matters for investors
Standard Chartered arranged US$2.33bn for Tanzania’s SGR. A food-systems read on which farm-to-market bottlenecks open, where processing captures value and who
Nimule e-permit reset in South Sudan — value-chain opening the risks and opportunities
South Sudan’s Nimule e-permit enforcement stalls farm freight. Fikiria’s food-systems read: demurrage, spoilage risk and the case for processing at home.
Rwanda FinTech Centre in Rwanda — value-chain opening why it matters across the region
Rwanda’s FinTech Centre and Innovate Rwanda launch seen through a food-systems lens: rural finance, agritech, processing value capture and who risks exclusion.
Building and industry reset in Kenya — value-chain opening the risks and opportunities
Kenya’s building-code enforcement and industrial-policy reset reshape post-harvest storage, processing and finance — Fikiria applies the food-systems lens.
From Egg to Market: The Business Timelines of Southern Africa’s Poultry Sector
For the poultry farmer, the clock starts not when the bird leaves the shell, but when the egg first feels the warmth of incubation. The length of that journey - 16 days for a quail, 46 days for an ostrich - can determine how quickly capital returns, how often the...