POTATOES AFRICA

Contributor

Joseph Mwangi

Markets correspondent

Writes on aggregation, cooperatives and the economics of the potato value chain.

Potato earns a seat at Kenya's $-billion AgriConnect table — recognition, not yet funding

Trade & markets

Kenya bets on a single national cooperative to fix smallholder bargaining power — details are still thin

Kenya's potato council maps a five-point plan to fix its chaotic market — and pay for itself

Soundararadjane S, CEO of HyFarm (HyFun Foods) and a World Potato Congress 2026 speaker from India.

Soundararadjane S: India's potato-processing story and its lessons for Africa

A conference hall being set up for an international potato industry gathering.

Trade & markets

Inside the World Potato Congress 2026: programme, speakers and field days

Sacks of potatoes aggregated at a rural collection point

Trade & markets

The missing middle: why aggregation decides who profits from potatoes

Frozen french fries moving along a processing line

The fry frontier: why global processors are circling African potatoes

Graded table potatoes being packed for export in Morocco

Trade & markets

Morocco's potato exports come roaring back after a self-inflicted collapse