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Commodity exchanges bring new hope to Africa’s farmers

At the recent African Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi, one of the outstanding take-outs was that Africa may need $400 billion (Sh40 trillion) in investment in food production over the next decade to meet its needs.

But while finance is the problem, it is not the solution if we do not reorient its deployment.

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