African Outlook
Olam Group pushes back plans on agribusiness listing
Olam Group, a Singapore multinational company is exploring the sale of its agricultural products business and could push back plans to list its food ingredients Read More
Food & Agriculture
Food & Agriculture
US$12bn to bolster sustainable cotton production in Africa
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has partnered with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in order to develop a strategy with the aim of Read More
African Economy
African Development Bank expands urban support program to six new cities
The African Development Bank’s Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF) has expanded its African Cities Program to cover six new cities across the continent. The Read More
Food & Agriculture
Chocolate-makers squeezed by high cocoa prices
On his plantation in Muyuka in south-west Cameroon, Chief Orok John is inspecting the young cocoa plants. For several weeks now, he has been trying Read More
Food & Agriculture
Kenya’s Sugar Pricing Committee Cuts Cane Prices By 2%
By Gerald Andae Kenya’s Sugar Pricing Committee has implemented a two percent reduction in the price of sugarcane, responding to a concurrent decrease in the Read More
Food & Agriculture
Coffee exports down on poor Elgon arabica crop
Uganda’s coffee exports decreased for the second consecutive month in December, with a drop in arabica shipments that the regulator blamed on a small crop Read More
Food & Agriculture
Coffee firm that pays farmers ‘competitive prices’ gets Sh3.2bn in investment funding
A coffee trading company that says it buys coffee from rural farmers at fair prices and pays them on time, freeing them from extortionate middlemen, Read More
Food & Agriculture
Ghana revamps collapsed pineapple juice factory Nano Foods with US$1.6m under 1D1F initiative
GHANA – Ghana has commissioned the revived Nano Foods Limited, a pineapple juice processing factory at Nsawam of the Eastern Region, under the One-District, One-Factory Read More
Food & Agriculture
Ivory Coast inaugurates Afcott cashew nut processing factory to boost local processing
COTE D ‘IVOIRE – The Ivorian Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food Production Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani has inaugurated a new cashew nut processing unit Read More
African Economy
Nigerian fish farmers urge rigorous implementation of 2024 budget for aquaculture growth
NIGERIA – The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) has called for the diligent execution of the 2024 budget to ensure the robust development of Read More
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