NEWS
6 January 2026
Dear members and friends, As we enter a new year, we would like to share a simple message with you: thank you! 2025 has been a […]
8 July 2025
Paris, 8 July 2025 – Afruibana, the Association of African Producers of Banana and Other Fruits from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Cameroon, has announced a renewed […]
18 March 2025
Paris, 18 March 2025 – It is with deep sadness and great emotion that the African Banana and Other Fruit Producers Association (AFRUIBANA) announces the passing […]
15 October 2024
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – October 15, 2024 From September 24 to 26, 2024, the Ivorian banana sector experienced a pivotal moment with a major event organized […]
8 March 2024
An historic agreement on living wages has been reached in Côte d’Ivoire between banana exporting companies and trade unions. The agreement, which is the product of […]
27 October 2023
Paris, October 25, 2023 : The main European and Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) banana producer associations, including the Association of European Banana […]
6 October 2023
Madrid (Spain), 6 October 2023: A delegation from Afruibana participated in Fruit Attraction, the leading international event for the fruit and vegetable industry, which took place […]
3 August 2023
Paris, 14 June, 2023 – Afruibana was in London on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 June for the 3rd Ghana Investment and Opportunity Summit, which was […]
27 July 2023
Paris, July 27, 2023: Afruibana welcomes the actions announced made by Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in a joint declaration signed on June 1, 2023 […]
27 July 2023
The members of the West African Parliamentary Group of the Bundestag, in collaboration with the German-Ivorian Friendship Group, undertook a study trip to Côte d’Ivoire last […]
18 February 2023
In the wake of the major annual Fruit Logistica trade fair, held in Berlin from 8 to 10 February 2023, La Tribune Afrique examines the challenges […]
8 February 2023
On January 27, the Global Coalition of Fresh Produce released a report analyzing the current global fresh produce business environment in which it identifies critical issues […]
6 December 2022
On the 4th October, the European Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the proposed directive which « provides for the promotion of the adequacy of statutory minimum wages […]
5 December 2022
On Thursday 20 October, the World Banana Forum (WBF) organised, in collaboration with Afruibana, the first African Regional Commission. This webinar brought together key players in […]
11 August 2022
A delegation from Afruibana recently visited Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon to meet with the authorities, how did your exchanges go? The visit of the Afruibana […]
20 July 2022
Afruibana works for a positive evolution of the global banana industry. The commitment and development of employees is the cornerstone of any company’s performance. This is […]
10 May 2022
In an open letter published on 10 March, AFRUIBANA (Association of African Producers of Banana and Other Fruits) raised the alarm over the consequences of the […]
10 March 2022
The African Banana and Other Fruit Growers Association (AFRUIBANA) wishes to express its great concern about the current situation in Ukraine and the repercussions that it […]
28 February 2022
In his speech of 19 January 2022 to the European Parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that “Europe has a duty to propose a new alliance […]
8 February 2022
The Pan-African Fruit Growers and Exporters Association, Afruibana, and the ColeACP have joined their counterparts to form a global coalition to address the rising costs of […]
18 September 2021
As we enter the period of contractualization of our commitments for the following year with mass distribution, we, African producers, wish to draw the attention of […]
9 March 2021
What is your assessment of the African banana sector after a year marked and disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic? It would appear that, both on the […]
29 January 2021
28 January 2021
Afruibana (the Association of African Producers of Banana and Other Fruits) is now among the 112 signatories of the commitment charter of the International Agroecological Movement […]
5 November 2020
3 questions to Matthieu Brun, Head of studies at Club Demeter, doctor in political science, associate researcher at the laboratory “Les Afriques dans le Monde” and […]
30 August 2020
On 29 July, FAO launched a platform against food loss and waste. In addition to providing access to the institution’s resources on losses and waste, the […]
30 June 2020
3 questions to , Raphael Belmin, researcher at the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) hosted in Dakar at the Institut […]
5 June 2020
3 questions to… Anthony Blay, President of the Banana Producer Association and vice-president of Afruibana How is the situation managed in Ghana? The pandemic showed up […]
24 March 2020
3 questions to… Dieu Donné OKALAS OSSAMI, E-Tumba CEO. What led you to develop this project? What objective have you set yourself through E-Tumba? Today, in […]
23 March 2020
While nearly 90% of African banana production is destined for the European market, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) has […]
14 February 2020
Today, agriculture occupies an important place in most African economies: the sector accounts on average for 32% of the GDP of the states in the zone […]
1 January 2020
Afruibana wishes you a happy new year. May it be for you, at any level, an opportunity for development and fulfillment. 2020 will be a decisive […]
12 July 2019
Agriculture is one of the sectors most directly threatened by climate change. The sector is a real growth driver for African economies, employing 60% of the […]
5 June 2019
3 questions to… Alfonso Medinilla, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) What are the main issues of the ACP-EU partnership with the Post-Cotonou agreement? To […]
20 April 2019
The agricultural potential of the African continent represents an opportunity for new actors to revolutionize the agricultural sector and create new uses. Startups in the agricultural […]
3 April 2019
To unlock Africa’s agricultural potential and its domestic food market, technological innovation will undoubtedly be one of the main levers to be used. It is commonly […]
24 July 2018
Today, more than half of the world’s population is concentrated in urban centers. In Africa, this phenomenon of urbanization is even more perceptible with the demographic […]
15 July 2018
The future of youth is at the heart of the debates of all African countries. Today, 65% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is between 15 […]
15 June 2018
Contrary to popular belief, African women are an integral part of the African agricultural sector. The numbers speak for themselves: women make up as much as […]
20 May 2018
According to FAO, “Climate Smart Agriculture is an approach that identifies the steps needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems in order to effectively support agricultural […]
10 May 2018
For several years, Europe has been facing regular milk crises, a situation accentuated by the abolition of milk quotas. As early as November 2015, the German […]
12 February 2018
At the launch in Abidjan of the 2018 report of the African Economic Outlook, the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwuni Adesina, declared that “agriculture […]
1 January 2018
At a time when the world is going through a phase of political and economic instability of rare intensity, Africa and Europe are partners who count […]
11 March 2017
Agricultural productivity in Africa still remains far from developed world standards whereas its potentiel is tremendous. How can use and optimisation of data can reverse this […]
