Sub-Saharan agriculture is lagging, sluggish, and fails to feed a booming and vibrant population. In February 2016, as if in direct response to such concerns, the Office Cherifien de Phosphates (OCP) announced its African venture plan: OCP Africa. And towards the end of 2016, OCP extended its venture to some other countries, including Rwanda, Mozambique and Ethiopia. “Strongly committed to South-South cooperation, development, we put Africa at the heart of our growth plan using a personalized approach, which led to the creation of OCP Africa. How OCP Africa can help realize “Africa rising”In 2003, The Economist called Africa “a hopeless continent”, a bleak and dark place which the entire globe had given up on.

Source: Ethiopian News February 07, 2018 16:41 UTC