Côte d’Ivoire opened West Africa’s first agricultural commodities exchange last week.

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and ...

GNA-Science-led agricultural transformation is the only sustainable path to ending hunger, creating jobs, and building resilient economies. Marking the world marks World Hunger Day 2025, reminds that ...

In 2024, Oliver launched Brewing for Impact, a campaign that marked his thirtieth anniversary as Brooklyn Brewery’s ...

Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, Chairperson of the Agric and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, has called on stakeholders to ...

By Adam Nossiter Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, a Congolese-American philosopher, cultural historian and novelist who questioned the West’s intellectual tools for appraising Africa, identifying them as ...

Young West African ‘catfish’ scammers have turned cyber-fraud into a cornerstone of transnational crime by recycling age-old scams for the social media age. We investigate. “I can go three days ...

de Lajudie, P.; Neyra, M. 2003. Diversity of indigenous bradyrhizobia associated with three cowpea cultivars (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) grown under limited and favorable water conditions in ...

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong Economic Community of West African ...

A beloved street food in West Africa, akara (cowpea fritters) are made by blending cowpeas with onions, peppers, and spices, then deep-frying the mixture until it reaches a delicious golden brown.

But modern scientific advancements have bred scientific consensus. In addition to those ancient cowpea remains in West Africa, scientists have found wild cowpeas only on the continent, where they are ...