The Yield
The Yield is a podcast about the people, businesses, ideas, and investments shaping the future of African agriculture.
Hosted by investor, farmer, and storyteller Zanele Hlatshwayo, The Yield brings together farmers, agribusiness entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders for honest conversations about the opportunities and challenges facing Africa’s food systems.
From export farming and agricultural innovation to food security, agribusiness finance, climate resilience, markets, technology, and rural development, each episode explores what it takes to build a more productive, profitable, and sustainable agricultural sector across the continent.
Whether you’re a farmer, entrepreneur, investor, development professional, student, or simply passionate about Africa’s future, The Yield offers practical insights, inspiring stories, and fresh perspectives from those working to transform agriculture from the ground up.
Because when Africa grows, the world thrives.
New episodes every week.
The Yield
Latest Episodes
He Started with One Acre. Now He's Building Africa's Next Agribusiness Giant | Kevin Kamau
Africa has the land. It has the demand. So why do so few agricultural businesses successfully scale?In this episode of The Yield, I sit down with Kevin Kamau, Founder and Managing Director of Tukalime, to unpack what...
Can You Really Make Money Farming? Honest Lessons from Building an Agribusiness in Africa
Can you really make money farming?It's one of the questions I get asked more than any other. In this solo episode of The Yield, I answer that question - and ten others that farmers, entrepreneurs and aspiring agribusiness owners a...
How a Young Botswana Farmer Became a Nationwide Supplier to KFC and Shoprite | Tshireletso Seoromeng
What does it take to go from a small backyard farm to supplying some of the biggest food and retail brands in Botswana?In this episode of The Yield, host Zanele Hlatshwayo sits down with Botswana-based farmer and entrepreneur Ts...
The Dirt Beneath Everything: Why Africa’s Soil Crisis Is Bigger Than We Think | Soinato Leboo
Imagine two farmers.They grow the same crop.In the same region.They receive similar rainfall, buy similar seed and apply similar fertilizer.Yet one consistently harvests more, spends less and survives difficult seaso...
From Boardrooms to Kenyan Farm Fields: Why I Bet Everything on Agriculture
Welcome to the very first episode of The Yield.I'm Zanele Hlatshwayo, a South African farmer, investor, and storyteller based in Kenya.By day, I work across some of Africa's largest agribusiness and food security inv...