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Agriculture, AMA

Guinea Launches AgriConnect Compact to Transform Agri-Food Systems, Strengthen Food Security, and Create Jobs

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Washington, USA, 04 May 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Government of Guinea, in partnership with the World Bank Group, today announced the launch of the Guinea AgriConnect Compact. This integrated strategic framework aims to accelerate sustainable transformation of agrifood systems, strengthen food and nutrition security, create decent jobs, and position agriculture as a key driver of inclusive growth and industrialization.

The initiative is aligned with the 2040 Simandou Agenda, specifically its Pillar 1, which identifies agriculture and livestock as key drivers for economic diversification, export development, and job creation. It is based on a strengthened and complementary coordination approach involving the Government, the World Bank Group through the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), as well as technical and financial partners, the private sector, and producer organizations.

The compact aligns three priorities: rural infrastructure, public reforms and investments, and mobilizing private finance around shared goals for agricultural transformation, job creation, and food security.

“AgriConnect enables a better coordination of the World Bank Group’s instruments – IDA, IFC and MIGA – to support Guinea in a profound transformation of its agriculture,” said Issa Mare Diaw, World Bank Group Resident Representative for Guinea. “By combining reforms, public investment, and private sector engagement, we aim to help build more productive, resilient, and inclusive agri-food systems that can deliver food security while creating jobs.”

Priority value chains identified include rice and poultry – to strengthen food security and reduce reliance on imports – complemented by maize and soybeans as strategic inputs. The compact also supports high-potential diversification and export value chains, including fonio and mangoes.

“With the AgriConnect Compact, Guinea is taking a decisive step forward in positioning agriculture as a central pillar of economic transformation, directly linked to the opportunities offered by the Simandou corridor,” said Aminata Kaba, Minister of Agriculture. “Our ambition is to ensure long-term food security, create decent jobs for youth and women, and promote competitive, resilient and market-oriented agriculture.”

“The livestock sector occupies a strategic place in our food security and import substitution policy, particularly for the poultry sector,” said Félix Lamah, Minister of Livestock. “The AgriConnect Compact will build the capacity of producers, improve access to essential inputs such as maize and soybeans, and develop more efficient and inclusive livestock value chains.”

By 2030, the AgriConnect Guinea Compact aims in particular to contribute to: (i) a significant improvement in food and nutrition security, (ii) the creation of hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the agricultural and agri-food value chains, particularly for young people and women, (iii) the reduction of dependence on imports of staple foods, particularly rice and poultry products, and (iv) the valorization of the export potential of products such as fonio and mangoes.

“The AgriConnect Compact is fully in line with our ambition to build a more resilient, inclusive and prosperous Guinea,” said Mariama Ciré Sylla, Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget. “It reflects our desire to make agriculture and livestock farming real levers for transformation, job creation and economic sovereignty, in line with the Simandou 2040 Program and our national economic diversification agenda.”

AgriConnect is a World Bank Group initiative to help 300 million smallholder farmers around the world to better valorize their crops to increase their incomes by 2030. It is supported by partners such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Bayer, and Google.

Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of Word Bank Group.

Contacts
In Conakry for the World Bank:
Zubah Beavogui,
+224 625259536
zbeavogui@worldbankgroup.org

For the Ministry of Agriculture:
Kadiatou Bah,
+224 628462692
attachee.cabinet@agriculture.gov.gn

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Development, Malawi

Chilima dates North on council reforms progress

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MZUZU-(MaraviPost)-Vice President Salous Chilima, who also over sees public sector reforms will next week be in the Northern region for a week to track progress of various reforms taking place in councils as well as visit various projects.

The firebrand and workaholic Chilima has an overstretched schedule from Monday to Friday as he embarks on inspecting some major projects and holding public reforms meetings in the Northern region.

Chilima previous tours in the north

The Veep held similar reform progress tour in the North in April 2021 to track the government’s reforms agenda.

A packed program for the Veep for the week that we have seen shows Chilima will kick start his week long tour in the Northern region on Monday in Chitipa .

According to the loaded programme, Chilima will start with Chitipa to inspect the Emergency Treatment Unit – Chitipa Isolation Centre, Rehabilitation of Chitipa Council Chamber & Office Premises and hold full council meetings at the boma

Later in the afternoon and on Tuesday morning the Veep will be in Karonga where, among other projects, he will tour Karonga North Rukuru Dyke and Hara Women Briquettes Production and thereafter hold council meetings.

On Tuesday Chilima will be in Rumphi where he will inspect the Community Based Floods Early Warning System and hold reform meetings at Rumphi boma.

On Thursday, the Veep is expected to engage Nkhatabay and Likoma councils where he is expected to visit NkhataBay District Hospital (Paying Ward, Restaurant, Printing Services) and Standardized Exams in Primary Schools at St Maria Goretti before holding council meetings at Chikale beach.

The same day in the afternoon he will tour Mzuzu Civic Centre Construction and hold a reform meeting with Mzuzu City Council officials.

Chilima is expected to wind up the week-long tour in the North with a visit to Mzimba on Friday where he will appreciate progress of the Kasangazi Irrigation Scheme and Innovation Project: Hydro Power Generation.

The public sector reforms are being implemented in various government departments and councils to modernize the country, moving the country to a middle income nation and anchoring the implementation framework of the key priority areas in the Malawi 2063 development agenda.

Development, Malawi

Chilima dates Lilongwe city, district councils on reforms

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By Dorica Mtenje

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Monday, March 7, 2022 engaged Lilongwe city and Lilongwe district councils on reform program regarding developments.

Chilima toured Kauma bridge in Alfred Jiya constituency,Nsalu and Mpingwi cooperatives on Monday.

Chilima said the bridge as well as cooperatives will help peoples livelihood as members of the communities will benefit.

Chilima on road for reforms

The veep said cooperatives will help to create jobs helping government to meet the target of job creation.

He said his office will embark on visiting all local councils to follow up on the reforms.

In his remarks Mayor for Lilongwe City,Richard Banda urged the Veep to intervene by urging the Public Procurement Disposal Assets (PPDA) to adhere to their call in time to help the council manage the developmental challenges

Banda said Lilongwe council differs a lot with Blantyre city council as the PPDA of the commercial city adhere to their council fast .

Lilongwe is one of the city with bad road network regardless of being the capital city.

Malawi

Chilima, taskforce members salute Malawians for input

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Chilima for serious public reforms

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Vice President Saulos Chilima who chairs the the Public Service Systems Review Taskforce has expressed gratitude to all Malawians who responded positively to the Taskforce’s call for views, proposals and comments on the review of Public Service Systems.

Three weeks ago the Taskforce called on the public and stakeholder groups to send their input to the team as they an ambitious and radical attempt to comb through the public sector.

Public Sector Reforms Public Relations Officer McCarthy Mwaluwimba said the Taskforce was grateful for the feedback that Malawians sent through.

“With the call for submissions closed on March 21, 2021, there has been overwhelming feedback, suggestions and views on all the systems under review namely: System of Allowances; System of Procurement; System of Employment Contracts; Conditions of Service; and Restructuring of the Public Service,” he said.

Mwaluwimba further said the Taskforce was assuring the general public that it values every submission it has received.

“The Taskforce is analyzing all the information which will be crucial towards the finalization of the Recommendation Report to be submitted to His Excellency Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, President of the Republic, within 90 days as mandated,” he said.

The 90 days that the Taskforce was given ends on May 24, 2021.