Liquid Gold: Why Africa's Untapped LNG Sector Must Power Its Food Economy
      Africa sits on a treasure trove of natural gas, yet much of this “liquid gold” remains locked beneath the ground. While the world often sees Africa’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) as just another export commodity, visionary thinkers like Alan Kessler argue that its true value lies in what it can do for the continent’s people, especially when it comes to food security and economic resilience.
      • 03 July 2025
      KKR acquires ProTen from Aware Super
      KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Aware Super, a leading Australian super fund, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which funds managed by KKR will acquire ProTen Pty Limited (“ProTen”), one of the largest agricultural infrastructure businesses in Australia.
      • Business Wire
      • 01 July 2025
      Investigation shows Socfin/Bolloré plantations harm communities in Africa and Asia
      For decades, communities around the Socfin rubber and oil palm plantations have railed against the company's abusive practices, which range from land grabs to sexual violence. Now their complaints have been vindicated by a surprising source: Socfin's own paid consultants, who have concluded that most of the complaints are at least partially founded, and that the vast majority of the abuses are the responsibility of the corporation.
      • 01 July 2025
      Galana Kulalu food security project begins large scale commercial farming
      Several companies have already been allocated land on the farm, including Nyumba Group and Selu Farm Limited, each receiving 5,000 acres. Other partners include Bayer Crop Science, Yara, and Irrico International.
      • 30 June 2025
      Eni launches its first agri-hub in the Republic of the Congo
      The Loudima agri-hub, with a capacity of 30,000 tons per year of vegetable oil, will be supplied by oil crops grown on degraded and underutilized land or through intercropping systems, as part of an innovative regenerative agriculture project developed in collaboration with local stakeholders.
      • Eni
      • 28 June 2025
      Cameroon: Community leaders decry persistent threats of land grabbing by SOCAPALM
      During a field trip to the site on June 5, 2025, led by SYNAPARCAM, villagers expressed fear of not being able to feed their families or having a small place to build a house as all remaining lands are being occupied with palm trees.
      • The Guardian Post
      • 27 June 2025
      Australia: Duxton Capital to merge private funds into listed agriculture empire
      Duxton Capital is the agriculture, wine and pubs empire founded by former Deutsche Asset Management heavyweight Ed Peter and backed by prominent investors including the billionaire Oatley family, hedge fund manager Richard Magides and Phil King’s Regal Partners.
      • AFR
      • 26 June 2025
      UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities
      U.N. special rapporteurs have raised concerns that Indonesia’s food estate project in Merauke district is displacing Indigenous communities, clearing forests without consent, and using military forces to suppress dissent, threatening more than 50,000 Indigenous people.
      • Mongabay
      • 24 June 2025
      CAR offers land ownership using cryptocurrency
      According to the government, this program, enabled by a presidential decree, makes 1,700 hectares — once agricultural plantations — available for concession via a blockchain platform.
      • IT Web
      • 23 June 2025
      Saudi prince to launch $5bn funds for GCC food security
      A Riyadh private equity firm established by a Saudi royal is joining forces with Canadian asset manager Cordiant Group to set up two funds worth $5 billion for agricultural investments across the GCC and globally.
      • MSN
      • 20 June 2025
      Communities cry foul over IFC’s weak response to SRC abuses
      In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, accusing the International Finance Corporation of fueling abuse and environmental destruction through a loan to the Salala Rubber Corporation to expand its rubber plantations—with devastating consequences.
      • Daily Observer
      • 19 June 2025
      Are Chinese investors grabbing Zambian land? Study finds that’s a myth
      Researcher argues that Chinese investors have preferred different investment models according to the specific rules of land access, transfer and control of three land tenure systems in Zambia.
      • The Conversation
      • 19 June 2025

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