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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– This Agri-Tech platform will enable Kenya agriculturalists to produce informed, data driven farming determinations and monitor yields utilizing satellite imagery and artificial intelligence. A national digital program for satellite and artificial intelligence (AI) crop monitoring and yield forecasting is being formulated in Kenya by the Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) and Agri-Sensing Technology company, Agr-vision. Charles Situma – DSSR Deputy Director noted, the platform will insist on the capacity to digitally monitor and identify various crops across Kenya. Likewise, it is anticipated to give growers’ authorities access to a sophisticated analytics tool to improve authorities....

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– “Enhancing Competitiveness of the Agri-food Industry and Mitigating the Impact of Global Crises to Improve Food Security in the EAC.” This endeavor is the domain of the EAB-GIZ Sequa GmBH project. EABC Manager of Policy and Standards, Frank Dafa, emphasized how global crises, enclosing COVID-19, Climate Change, and…Ukraine conflict, have comprising global supply chains, leading to increased inflation. “This disruption has particularly affected Africa, a net cereal including, putting food security at risk” he noted. He discussed in detail, the EABC-GIZ detail Scouts study Investment Opportunities in the EAC Agriculture Value Chain. Comprised the EAC’s potential to produce agricultural products, including...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– According to data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), aggregate currency in circulation attained an all-time high of Sh315.97 billion in June 2023, comprising Sh30 billion in bank notes and Sh10.56 billion in coins. The Bank of Kenya details this development as a maintained need for notes and coins by banking customers. “The net increase of currency in circulation was attributed to higher currency outflows (withdrawals) compared to net inflows),” the CBK stated. Bank deposits of notes and inflows CBK vaults totaled Sh544 billion against Sh544 billion withdrawals, resulting in a net Sh10.6 billion to Sh544 billion circulation of physical cash. The increased usage of notes and coins has kept on despite a...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Hamza Abdi Barre – Prime Minister of Somalia let out the budget was authorized by the cabinet during an extraordinary meeting carried in the national capital of Mogadishu. “The government’s budget this year has reached more than 1 billion dollars, which has come from the domestic revenue that has increased by more than 20%, and it focuses on national security and the development of social services,” Abdi said in a statement. The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister…spoke out that the budget reflects the necessities and occurrences of the nation, summing up that more allocation will be acknowledged after Somalia obtains debt relief in December and be competent to provide more services to Somali citizens....