Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Forsea achieves key milestone in cell-cultured eel production
ISRAEL – Israel-based seafood company Forsea has made significant progress toward making [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Steakholder Foods secures additional funding, signs new agreements
ISRAEL – Israel-based Steakholder Foods has received a second payment of US$270,000 from [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
YEA launches fish farming training programme in Ghana
GHANA – The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has partnered with the 66 Artillery Regiment i [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Kenya to leverage EU trade deal to expand meat exports
KENYA – Kenya is working to increase its meat exports to Europe under the Economic Partn [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Louis Dreyfus Company to build sugar transshipment terminal in Brazil
BRAZIL – Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a global leader in the agricultural commodities se [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Imperium Holding secures US$26.4M investment to advance sustainable tea packaging, drive development
MOROCCO – Imperium Holding, a luxury tea and infusion packaging company, has received a [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Kenya forms task force to address unsold tea crisis at Mombasa auction
KENYA – The Kenyan government has established a 21-member task force to address the alar [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Nigerian, Welsh researchers to develop Bird Flu Watch App to combat bird flu in poultry farms
NIGERIA – A team of researchers and entrepreneurs from Nigeria and Wales is collaboratin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Ethiopia seeks US$342.47M for revival of war-damaged Welkait sugar plant
ETHIOPIA – The Ethiopian government is urgently seeking alternative funding sources amou [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Woolworth launches own probe into counterfeit canned pilchards, incident sparks uproar in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Retailer Woolworths has launched its own investigation into a counterfeit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Zimbabwe: Core Infrastructure Key to Drive Property Market - FMP
[The Herald] First Mutual Properties (FMP) says Zimbabwe's property market remains resilient as an investment class; however, pointing out that investment in other key infrastructu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Nigeria: Many Schools in Bayelsa Under Water - Govt Shifts Resumption Date
[Vanguard] Primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa State will have to wait for another week before resuming because of extensive flooding. [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Southern Africa: All Set for SADC Extraordinary Summit...Bloc's Industrialisation On Agenda
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa will tomorrow chair the SADC Extraordinary Summit that will look into regional peace and also discuss the bloc's industrialisation agenda. [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Zimbabwe: Heavy Rains - Govt Begins Reconstruction
[The Herald] Heavy rains have brought widespread destruction across the country, prompting the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) to swing into action to rescue families, school children [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Angola: Mitrelli and Angola Inaugurate Third Hospital in just one Year
[allAfrica] This week, the Swiss company Mitrelli celebrated another milestone in the West African country of Angola, inaugurating its third state of the art hospital in the space [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Ghana: UK, U.S., and WFP Partner to Provide Lifesaving Assistance to 70,000 Drought-Affected People in Northern Ghana
[WFP] Accra -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 3.6 million contribution (over 58.3 million Ghanaian cedis) from the United States, and the United Kingd [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Uganda: Joseph Ijara - Serere Farmer Shares Story of Transformation About Museveni's Four-Acre Model
[Nile Post] Joseph Ijara, the proprietor of Teifa Farm in Kakusi cell, Serere District has shared an inspiring journey of resilience and success, proving that with the right mindse [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Zimbabwe: Tobacco Exports Surpass U.S.$1bn
[The Herald] The country's tobacco exports have surpassed US$1 billion amid firming prospects of a record hectarage of the crop this season with farmers intensifying planting buoye [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Zimbabwe: Revival of Cotton Farming Needs More Support
[The Herald] Cotton is a vital source of livelihood for thousands of rural families, mostly those living in low-rainfall regions and the lowveld area of Chipinge. [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Nigeria: AfDB Official - Food Scarcity Elevated Malnutrition Among Women, Children in Nigeria
[This Day] [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Kenya: CS Karanja Directs Registration for Mung Beans, Cocoyam Farmers
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Andrew Karanja has directed farmers and dealers of mung beans, locally known as 'Ndegu,' and cocoyam to register with the Agri [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2024
Nigeria: Experts Call for Ban On GMO Foods, Lawmakers Call for Caution
[Daily Trust] Lawmakers and food system experts have expressed concerns about the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria, calling for a cautious approach. [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Ethiopia: Govt Supports Bearing Fruits in Coffee Production - Producers
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The productivity and quality of Ethiopian coffee has seen a substantial improvement amid sustainable support from the government and experts, Coffe [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Kenya: Kenyan Universities Boost Biotech Research After GMO Ban Lift
[Business Day Africa] Kenyan universities expect a boost in biotechnology research and education following the recent lifting of a decade-long ban on genetically modified organisms [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024
Southern Africa: Namibia Seeks Solutions During Dire Drought
[allAfrica] Windhoek -- Climate shocks and emergencies are no longer distant concerns - they are now a reality. The rains in Namibia might provide a brief respite, but the underlyi [...]
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Date: 20-Nov-2024