Standard Bank’s sponsorship of the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) Summit since its inception in 2017 reflects the bank’s long commitment to South Africa’s citrus sector.
Over the past decade, Southern Africa’s citrus industry had expanded hectarage, added new cultivars and technologies and built the structures to promote and ship product globally. Thanks in large part to these efforts, South Africa is today the world’s second-largest exporter of