Tag: Grobank

The importance of finding a good mentor as a new farmer can never be underestimated. Matshidiso Mooketsi was hailed as the 2020 Agricultural Research Council national mentor of the year, and she joined the ...

In a joint venture between the department of trade and industry and the industrial development corporation (IDC), agriculture minister Thoko Didiza recently relaunched the Agri-Industrial Fund.  “The fund’s objective is to support the development and expansion of ...

With its 73-year-old history in banking services, Grobank has this evening announced an exciting development set to connect key African markets following a R400 million investment into the bank by ...

Congratulations, South Africa. If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to day 101 of our unprecedented covid-19 lockdown. This is the stuff that history is made of. Today it is ...

Gauteng’s water sources continue to be under threat, warned Agri Gauteng president Dr Willem Pretorius at its Young Farmer webinar presented yesterday in partnership with Grobank. Not only is water ...

The countdown has begun for Agri Gauteng’s young farmer webinar held tomorrow in partnership with Grobank. Many of the nation’s top water experts have confirmed their attendance for the webinar ...

Some 330 kilometres from Cape Town lies the small hamlet of Koekenaap, a patchwork of farms where grapes, beetroot, pumpkin, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, and a variety of fruits are grown. ...

eSusFarm, an agri-fintech solution that collects real-time food production data from smallholder and subsistence farmers, was recently selected as the 2020 World Bank Top Innovator. It was also honoured as ...

“There is no returning to normal after covid-19, but there is a path forward – and that path is to transforming the South African food systems,” says Gauteng farmer Mandla ...

More than 250 small-scale farmers and other agriculturists from across South Africa have already signed up for a free webinar on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on food systems, ...