On May 26th, EAGC in partnership with Danish Industry (DI), convened a decarbonisation workshop under the Sustainable Agriculture Value Chain Initiative (SAVI) programme, a three-year initiative (2026–2028) supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The SAVI Programme is designed…
The two-day EAGC Northern Uganda Agribusiness Expo hosted by Ngetta ZARDI, Lira City successfully brought together farmers, agribusiness stakeholders, researchers, development partners, and agricultural innovators to promote knowledge sharing, technology adoption, and sustainable agricultural growth under the theme, “Promoting resilient…
May 21st 2026| Nairobi, Kenya : EAGC in partnership with Danish Industry (DI), today hosted a co-design workshop on #ESG as part of the SAVI Programme, a three-year initiative running from 2026–2028 and supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign…
The RE-GAIN program, funded by the Green Climate Fund and AGRA, and implemented by Africa Harvest and the Eastern Africa Grain Council, was officially launched in Tharaka Nithi and Embu counties on 17th and 19th February 2026. The program introduces…
The energy in the room was unmistakable as grain sector professionals from across Uganda gathered in Kampala for three days of learning, practice, and collaboration , all brought together by a common goal: protecting grain from pests and safeguarding food…
Experts warn of economic fallout in Tanzania-Malawi-South Africa trade spat Tanzania yatishia kufunga biashara na Malawi na Africa Kusini Tanzania threatens trade blockade over export barriers SSNBS returns 8 food trucks to Uganda After Lab tests show harmful aflatoxin chemical
Over the years, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) has been at the forefront of promoting and facilitating efficient, structured, inclusive sustainable and profitable grain trade across the Eastern Africa region, fostering coordinated growth in each segment of the grain value…
In January, the State Department for Trade in Kenya hosted a three-day inception workshop for the COMESA Mutual Recognition Agreement at Nairobi Safari Club. The workshop aimed to validate the import-export process mapping for key commodities such as Sorghum, Maize,…
By Nancy Marangu, Kimwaga Mhando and Jacinta Mwau The first-ever Africa Climate Summit concluded in Nairobi in early September with a raft of commitments to help African countries cope with the vagaries of climate change. The impact of climate change…
By Nancy Marangu, Kimwaga Mhando and Jacinta Mwau The challenge of post-harvest losses in Uganda’s grain sector looms large, necessitating immediate attention, especially in the context of the effects of climate change. The stark reality of losing nearly 20% of…
By Nancy Marangu, Kimwaga Mhando and Jacinta Mwau Every now and then, food safety – or rather the dearth of it – rears its head and makes the front-page news. Back in 2004 and 2005, 167 deaths in parts of…
By Nancy Marangu, Kimwaga Mhando and Jacinta Mwau This is an important time for Tanzanian farmers cropping calendar. The main harvest season for our staple foods – maize and other cereals – approaches its end during this time so food…
By Nancy Marangu, Kimwaga Mhando and Jacinta Mwau Maize production is regularly a loss-making endeavor in many East African countries. Smallholder farmers lose approximately 20% of their maize crop due to post-harvest losses: 1 in every 5 bags produced by…
By Nancy Marangu, Kimwaga Mhando and Jacinta Mwau Post-harvest losses in Uganda’s grain sector remain a formidable challenge that demands urgent attention. The grim reality of losing approximately 20% of the annual maize crop to post-harvest losses paints a dire…
We have signed a partnership with the DI – Dansk Industri to enhance #sustainable and competitive #grainproduction and marketing for #foodsecurity and #jobcreation in Kenya. The grain sector in Kenya accounts for the most important staple #foodcrops, estimated at 80% of most #diets and #nutritionalfoods for the majority of Kenyans. The sector is constrained by…
Eastern Africa Grain Council this week is attending the COMESA Regional Food Balance Sheet (RFBS) Committee meeting in Lusaka Zambia. The Regional RFBS will collate data on available #food and highlight the surplus and deficit regions to inform #policy and commercial decisions on regional #trade in food…
Facilitating efficient, structured , inclusive #sustainable and #profitable#graintrade among our members is the reason why we exist.TodayEastern Africa Grain Council Executive Director ,Gerald Makau Masila and the regional Trade facilitation team; Emmanuel Mwiti and Claire Gitau met Ms. Tei Mukunya Oundo ,the Founder of our member company: Naturelock Foods for discussion to facilitate…
EAGC is set to host the annual Farmers Agribusiness Fair (ABF) in the Coastal and Central Rift Regions in Kenya. The expos are set to be held in KALRO Mtwapa and at the Eldoret National Polytechnic grounds on the 5th…
EAGC attended Governor’s Roundtable of the County Government of Kajiado on 29th August, 2022, hosted by His Excellency Governor Joseph Ole Lenku, as a key partner and stakeholder of the County Government. EAGC in partnership with the County are improving Kajiado’s…
EAGC was officially represented at the inauguration ceremony of the new Governor of Nakuru County- Her Excellency Susan Kihika, as a key partner and stakeholder in the County. EAGC supported by Rockefeller Foundation, in a partnership with the County Government…
The Makueni County Government has commissioned the Makueni Integrated Grain Value Addition Plant at Makindu. According to reports by Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation, the modern grain processing facility which was commissioned on 24th August, 2022, will clean, sort, polish, grade and package…
On the 24th August 2022, EAGC hosted a delegation from the State Government of Enugu in the Federal Republic of Nigeria who were on an experiential learning tour of Kenya to learn about structured trade in agricultural commodities. The delegates were drawn…
EAGC is conducting a market surveillance for maize quality in Tanzania and Uganda to establish the level of compliance with standards in the maize trade corridors linking Uganda and Tanzania to Kenya with support from the Alliance for a Green…
EAGC’s Grain Business Institute conducted the International Commodity Trade Processes and Procedures training on the 29th – 31st August, 2022 at the Eureka Place Hotel in Kampala. The training was held in partnership with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda National Bureau…
EAGC attended Governor’s Roundtable of the County Government of Kajiado on 29th August, 2022, hosted by His Excellency Governor Joseph Ole Lenku, as a key partner and stakeholder of the County Government. EAGC has an ongoing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed…
The Uganda country team paid a membership visit to HMH Rainbow, a Member the team is closely supporting to source, purchase and deliver quality grain through the EAGC trade facilitation platform – G Soko. The country team has in the…
EAGC is set to host the annual Farmers Agribusiness Fair (ABF) in the Coastal and Central Rift Regions in Kenya. The expos are set to be held in Kalro Mtwapa and at The Eldoret National Polytechnic grounds on the 5th…
EAGC is attending the East Africa Community (EAC) private sector consultative workshop on sensitization of EAC Common External Tariff (CET), held in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, on 17th -19th August, 2022. The workshop seeks to sensitize businesses from various sectors…
The Grain Business Institute in Uganda conducted an aflatoxin detection, testing and control training. in Kampala. The three-day training held on 8th to 10th August, 2022 targeted farmer cooperative societies, large grain handlers and millers who are directly involved in…
The Tanzania country team, with the support of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) held Business 2 Business (B2B) meetings in Northern zone (Manyara) and Southern Highlands (Songwe) on the 6th and 9th August, 2022 respectively. The…
The Grain Business Institute in partnership with the IOWA State University held a Grain Sampling, Testing and Grading training in Malawi from the 27th June to 19th July, 2022. The training was a hybrid of theory and practical sessions, with…
On 20th July 2022, EAGC in partnership with the National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (NISIR) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) hosted the Aflasafe Investor Forum for Zambia. The Forum brought together key agribusiness stakeholders, primarily…
The Ministry of Trade and Industry – Malawi organized a stakeholder consultative meeting on open export license on agricultural commodities on 20th July, 2022 at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, which EAGC took part in as a stakeholder in grain trade. …
EAGC participated in the National Food Safety Workshop convened by the Agricultural Sector Network (ASNET) and hosted by KEBS at Jacaranda Hotel on 20th July, 2022. The objective of the workshop was to establish the role of Codex in Food…
In recognition of the food safety challenges affecting food security in the Eastern Africa region and beyond, EAGC participated in the Africa Food Safety Summit held on 20th – 22nd July, 2022, to engage and share in the platform to boost…
EAGC took part in the Agricultural Data Standards & Interoperability Training workshop held in the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Kenya, from the 11th-15th July, 2022. The training workshop was organized by the RCMRD, through the…
EAGC participated in the Technical Committee review of the public comments of the Draft Kenya standard (DKS 2657:2022 Warehouse and warehousing for bagged storage of cereals and pulses — Requirements), held at the Kenya National Bureau of Standards on 14th…
EAGC held a high-level meeting with Ambassador Dr. John Stephen Simbachawene, High Commissioner and Head of Mission of the High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania at the Tanzania High Commission in Kenyaon 13th July 2022, to explore grain…
EAGC has partnered with the National Cereals and Produce Board to build the capacity of stakeholders in the grain industry. In a partnership discussion meeting between NCPB and EAGC held on 13th July, 2022 at NCPB headquarters in Nairobi, grain…
EAGC participated in the GIN Conference on Logistics, New Technologies & Effective Circular Economy, held at Valenciennes & Cambrai in France on July 6 to July 8, 2022. The aim of the conference was to bring together diverse scientific actors…
EASTERN AFRICA: Food insecurity continues to persist across the Eastern Africa region driven by multiple shocks including rising food prices, the knock-on effects of conflicts, insecurity, is placement, migration, and destitution following loss of livelihood assets. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has…
EAGC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Eldoret National Polytechnic (TENP) to host the EAGC Annual 2022 Agribusiness Expo – Rift Valley edition, represented by EAGC Executive Director Mr. Gerald Masila and TENP Deputy Principal -Admin Mr. Emmanuel…
EAGC in partnership with the Masindi District local government hosted the 10th Agri-business Expo on 24- 25 June 2022, at Kihonda Demonstration Farm, Masindi Disrict, Western Uganda. Masindi Woman MP Dr. Florence Asiimwe Akiiki presided over the official opening of…
The Grain Business Institute conducted a two- day Aflatoxin Detection, Testing and Control Training at the Emory Hotel in Nairobi, from 22nd – 24th June 2022. The training targeted grain warehouse operators and traders who are prone to aflatoxin contamination…
EAGC with the support of Trade Mark East Africa held sensitization meetings on the domestication of infectious disease guidelines and protocols in cross border food trade in the East Africa Community. The meetings were held in some of the key…
The country office in Tanzania hosted the annual Tanzania Grain Sector Post-Budget Synopsis Forum on the National Budget for the 2022/2023 Financial Year on 20th June, 2022. The forum was hosted virtually in partnership with PwC Tanzania who provided an…
EAGC and Equity Bank Kenya Limited held a partnership discussion meeting at the EAGC Regional office on 17th June to engage on various strategic partnerships. The meeting identified a structured financing opportunity for grain trade in the region which is…
EAGC held a partnership discussion meeting with Mr. Dragoș-Viorel-Radu Țigău, the Ambassador of Romania to Kenya, at the EAGC Regional Office. The discussions centered on utilizing the existing grain trade opportunities between the private sector in Romania and that of…
EAGC held its 2022 annual Agribusiness Expo in Uyole, Mbeya on 10th June. The Expo was held in partnership with the Tanzania Agricultural Training Institute (TARI) – Uyole and supported by the Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA)…
EAGC hosted a delegation of government officials from Nigeria, on a study visit to Kenya to learn about the Warehouse Receipt System and Structured Trade. The delegation comprised of government officials from state and federal ministries of agriculture, academia, farmers…
EAGC participated in the physical demonstration of the digital Regional Food Balance Sheet platform, that was held on 10th June, 2022 in Lusaka, Zambia. The demonstration was set for review by representatives from six pilot countries, representing ministries responsible for…
EAGC is set to partner with International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in the implementation of a wheat research program in Eastern Africa. In the research program, the partnership will work with key stakeholders in the wheat value chain…
EAGC held a meeting with a high-level delegation from Nigeria led by H.E Dr. Enerst A. Umakhihe the Permanent Secretary (PS), the Federal Ministry of Agric and Rural Development. The delegation was in the country on a study tour to…
The Grain Business Institute conducted a four-day training and certification of fumigators at the Eureka Place Hotel in Kampala. The training was held in partnership with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of Makerere University and Uganda’s Ministry of…
EAGC participated in a workshop disseminating findings from an industry survey on food safety in Kenya dubbed Strengthening the Kenya National Food Fortification Programme. The survey, carried out by the Ministry of Health and KEBS in partnership with the Jomo…
EAGC alongside the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and Cereal Millers Association (CMA) have called upon the government to exempt imported wheat and maize from import duty and other charges. In addition, the joint lobby groups have urged the government…
EAGC held a partnership discussion meeting with ITARE financial advisory, an Italy based institution that provides structured financing for Agribusiness equipment through export credit facility from the Italian Government. The discussions focused on provision of low interest equipment financing to…
EAGC participated in an Indian wheat import discussion meeting, held between Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MOALF), Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service ( KEPHIS) and Cereal Millers Association (CMA). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and deliberate…
The Ministry of Agriculture has allowed Animal feed manufacturers to import yellow maize with minimal GMO content in an effort to curb the raising costs of animal feed raw materials. The Ministry has reduced the level of yellow maize purity…
EAGC participated in a workshop to discuss the possible institutional framework for conducting reviews of measures under the Control of Goods Act (COGA). The workshop organized by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in collaboration with IFC/World Bank was held…
EAGC is undergoing an International Standards Organisation (ISO) accreditation process to position itself to provide warehouse inspection and certification to support WRSC and complement the role of Agricultural Food Authority. This has been necessitated by the need for EAGC to…
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) in collaboration with USAID PolicyLINK hosted a Regional Write shop to design a framework for establishing industry self-regulation for staple food value chains in East Africa to improve food safety compliance, on the 26th…
EAGC, at a press briefing hosted by the Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA) has joined animal feeds manufacturers and farmers in advocating for Government intervention in the current animal feed crisis in Kenya. In the recent past, there has…
EAGC held its 16th Annual General Meeting for the financial year 2021 to inform Members of its activities and future plans. The AGM was held at the Emara Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi with attendees including the EAGC Board of…
EAGC participated in the Spring Crop and Market Update webinar that gave a status update on the U.S. Hard Red Spring Wheat and the alarming rate at which world supplies are tightening. In 2021, drought affected a larger portion of…
EAGC facilitated a market linkage meeting between iGrain/Toxi-Scrub and Capwell Industries Ltd for discussions on the installation of a TOXI Scrub Plant, of TOXI-SCRUB(R), Denmark, later in the year at the premises of Capwell Industries, a food processing and packing…
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) has made significant progress in the implementation of the Smart Market Project, which came into existence at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Council partnered with Rockefeller Foundation from August 2020 to implement…
EAGC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the County Government of Kajiado for the establishment and improvement of the existing markets to Smart Markets designs. Under the MoU, EAGC will implement the Smart Market project by integrating smart market…
Small scale millers with no access to grid power are set to benefit from asolar powered grain mill – the Agsol MicroMill. It is however not limited to solar power, it can also be powered from a grid, mini-grid, rechargeable…
Kenya has developed a final draft of the Animal Feed Standard – KS EAS 2075. The draft was developed in a Technical Working Group Workshop on Animal Feeds hosted by a partnership between EAGC, Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA)…
EAGC participated in the Mombasa Port and Northern Corridor Community Charter Monitoring and Evaluation Sub-Committee Retreat Program, held in Machakos on the 16th and 17th of March. The objective of the retreat was to measure progress in implementation of the…
The Kenya Revenue Authority has confirmed the resumption of payment of cess by millers in Nairobi at their premises, effective 4th April, 2022. In a letter addressed to the Council dated 22nd March, 2022, the authority further clarified that the…
EAGC participated in the Annual Millers Conference held on 14th March , at Safari Park Hotel, themed “ Forging formidable public-private partnerships to improve food and nutrition security through flour fortification companies in Kenya”. EAGC Executive Director, Gerald Masila, made…
EAGC held a partnership discussion meeting with the Warehouse Receipt System Council (WRSC), held at the EAGC Regional office. One of the key issues discussed during the meeting was the renewal of the EAGC-WRSC agreement, in which EAGC has been…
The Warehouse Receipt System was officially launched in Kenya at National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Kitale store in Trans Nzoia County. The system which has been piloted in several parts of the country, was launched by the Agriculture Cabinet…
EAGC is supporting the development of the National Food Safety Policy to promote food safety in the country, The Council is set to host a consultative meeting with the food industry stakeholders to present findings from the development of the…
Tegemeo Cereals Enterprise Limited, an EAGC Grain Trade Business Hub (G-Hub), officially launched its successful seed merchant business in Tharaka Nithi County. The Hub will offer farmers in Tharaka Nithi County and beyond, affordable access to quality green grams, sorghum,…
EAGC contributed to a Strategic Partners’ Session of the USAID/Feed the Future Policy Leadership, Interactions, Networks and Knowledge (Policy LINK) to give a grain industry perception on aflatoxin contamination in the region. The contributions were made during the 5th Strategic…
EAGC in collaboration with the North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) carried out research to produce the Grain and Oilseed Market Access Index (GOMAI) report for Eastern Africa for the year 2021. The study focused on 3 main commodities: corn,…
EAGC in partnership with the International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC) hosted a virtual Global Grain Trade Round Table on the animal feeds supply crisis in East Africa region, with a closer focus on Kenya, on the 8th March, 2022. The…
EAGC participated in the East African Business Council (EABC) Trade Facilitation Forums at Namanga and Holili/Taveta One-Stop Border Posts, on 9th to 11th February 2022. The purpose of the forums was to assess the flow of goods between Tanzania and…
EAGC in collaboration with Kilima Mbogo Millers, a Thika-based EAGC Member, hosted a high-level delegation team from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office(FCDO) at the Millers’ premises on a learning…
EAGC was invited by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Africa Women Agribusiness Network (AWAN), to speak in a session on “Regional Economic Communities: Setting the Scene”, in a dialogue…
The Grain Business Institute in Uganda, conducted a 3-day training on Warehouse operations and Management, in partnership with Makerere University, Uganda National Bureau of Standard, Media house and Grainpulse Limited. The training was attended by over 25 private sector organizations…
EAGC participated in the International Grains Conference which took place on the 7th to 8th June, 2022 in London, UK. EAGC was represented by the Executive Director – Mr. Gerald Masila who was one of the speakers at the rice…
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