On Monday 23 March 2020 South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed that South Africa will be going into “lock-down” from Thursday 26 March 2020 to Thursday 16 April 2020. This intervention is seen as necessary to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus and will see many businesses closing their […]

Everyone recognises the potential that Nigeria represents but anyone who has ever operated in Nigeria knows the challenges of conducting business in Africa’s most exciting developing market. Undaunted Urban Famer incorporated a subsidiary in Nigeria, UFNG Livestock Solutions (UFNG), in 2019. The management of UFNG started 2020 by meeting with […]

Steven Payne of Urban Farmer and De Wet Boshoff of the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of South Africa (AFMA) were honoured to participate in the National Executive Committee meeting of the Association of Kenyan Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA) on the 12th of February 2020 in Kenya. Urban Farmer was instrumental in […]

Aquaculture holds huge potential in Africa. By introducing novel ingredients to the fish feed industry Urban Farmer hopes to assist farmers to improve their production efficiencies and outputs and meet the dramatic shortfall in fish production on the continent. In February 2020 Urban Farmer facilitated a series of meetings in […]

Urban Farmer and its Kenyan subsidiary UFEA Trading were proud to co-host the Feed Millers Forum 2020 at Safari Park in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 February 2020. The event was supported by the Association of Kenyan Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA) and provided a platform for discussion between some of the world’s […]