A South African based consultancy, Moyo, is using AI to detect potato leaf disease with 99.52% accuracy and thus improve farming by addressing an often vexing problem in agriculture. FULL STORY >

Agriculture’s role as a critical sector, driving growth and job creation in the South African economy has come back under the spotlight, particularly as the world marks Earth Day, and other industries continue... FULL STORY >

One of most the prominent challenges facing Africa is providing food security for its citizens. Amrote Abdella, the Regional Director: Microsoft 4Afrika explains how data-driven agriculture can address this problem. FULL STORY >

Amid all the distressing global news of chaos that seems to be running rampant at present, here’s some heartening local news - Microsoft South Africa has announced an investment of up to R40... FULL STORY >

While the unemployment numbers are grim, the Women's Farmers Programme, and a new app, offers some hope for the country's agriculture sector. FULL STORY >

Paul McKane, industry value advisor: Consumer Industries at SAP Africa unpacks how innovation is helping Africa’s agri-industry feed the world. FULL STORY >

BCX and GE have announced a partnership aimed at providing end-to-end digital technological solutions to the agri-processing sector. FULL STORY >

With Africa's population set to double to 2.4 billion by 20150, as well as the continent needing to create 20 million new jobs every year to meet the demands of what will be the world's largest and most... FULL STORY >

Real-time monitoring of airborne pathogen spores for M2M disease forecasting. FULL STORY >

Mark McCallum, CTO at Orange Business Services, looks at the important role that technology and the digital transformation have to play in South Africa’s agricultural sector. FULL STORY >

SAP Rural Sourcing Management is a new solution that is made to support the connection of smallholder farmers in developing countries with global producers, providing transparency,... FULL STORY >

Agricultural robotics can upend several commonly-held notions. Amongst them is the idea that big is better. In practise this has translated into ever larger and more powerful agricultural machinery. FULL STORY >