Tuesday, October 27, 2015

'Food Will Be Africa's Next Big Earner'

Akinwumi Adesina on Africa's agriculture potential

The head of the African Development thinks the biggest business in Africa is going to be the food business.  Oil is at its lowest price for six years. So, according to Akinwumi Adesina, people should look to agriculture to make money as "people depend on food I haven't seen people drink oil or smoke gas," Mr Adesina told the BBC.

He is convinced of this because when he was agriculture minister in Nigeria, Aliko Dangote invested billions of dollars in rice and sugar. "If the richest black man in the world is putting his money into agriculture, he must have done his homework." 

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