The First ever rice symposium organized by the Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI) is being held in Kenya, under the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). The symposium …
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Kenya’s Khat Producers Eager To Resume Exports To Somalia
As the afternoon sun starts to dip over central Kenya, the town of Maua buzzes with activity as the khat harvest arrives. For decades, over half a million people in …
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NBS, Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, has hinted that it planning to conduct a census on the actual cashew production in the country. Representative of the NBS, Mr Bishop Olubo-Ojo Ohioma, …
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Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett says its annual results for the year ended March 2022, will be delayed. The embattled group has been grappling with a R6.8 billion debt pile, leading …
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AgricultureFood ProductionManufacturing & Consumer GoodsUncategorized
Nzoia Sugar Company Temporary Closed
Devolution Cabinet Secretary, Eugene Wamalwa has sanctioned the temporary closure of Nzoia Sugar Company for a two-month maintenance period that will see the high cost of production considerably reduced. Managing …
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AgricultureEconomySouth Africa
South Africa prepares for hard locust season, plans to use US tracking tech
South Africa is banking on a tracking technology backed by the institute of Microsoft’s late co-founder, Paul Allen to tackle the infestation, bracing for a repeat of last season’s locust …
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With the growing trends of hackers and cyber security, Wema bank has assured data confidentiality of its customers. The bank in a statement said that it’s attention has been drawn …
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AgricultureBusiness PoliciesCentral Africa
Rwanda in talks with private firms to set up $6m phytomedicines plant
Rwanda is in talks with an Indian company to locally produce phytomedicines—drugs produced from parts of plants such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds among others. Between $4 million …
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AgricultureEntrepreneurship
AgDevCo Secures $90 Million of DFI Funding to Invest in African Agribusinesses
AgDevCo, the specialist investor in early-stage African agribusinesses, has announced a $90m packages of new funding from the CDC Group, Norfund and DFC which will allow AgDevCo to continue to …
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AfricaAgricultureSpotlightWestern Africa
Stakeholders in agriculture brainstorm to tap benefits of AfCFTA
Stakeholders in agriculture yesterday held a workshop to deliberate on how to position and strengthen the sector to be competitive in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The discussions …