Implementing technology like blockchain could prevent global civil unrest set-off by volatile commodity prices, according to blockchain business UWIN (Unleashing the Wealth in Nations)
Commodities
Farmcrowdy: Agritech firm changing lives of Nigerian farmers for the better
Agritech company Farmcrowdy enables British Nigerians to invest in chicken, maize and cassava farms, from more than 3,000 miles away, via their mobile phones
Uganda denounces Oxfam land-grabbing claim
The Ugandan government has refuted reports from Oxfam International that it is working with UK-based global company New Forests Company (NFC) on land grabs for investments of commercial forest plantations
Climate-friendly cocoa
Zim company wins Africa awards for entrepreneurship grand prize
A security company in Zimbabwe, Securico founded by a female entrepreneur, Divine Dhlukula (Managing Director), has won the Africa awards for entrepreneurship $100 000 grand prize in the 2011 contest