Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Solar Foods files FDA GRAS notification for Solein® as U.S. expansion nears
FINLAND – Solar Foods has taken another significant step in bringing its novel protein ingredient, Solein®, to the United States market by submitting a Generally Recogni [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
FrieslandCampina Ingredients expands R&D footprint with new application centre in Singapore
SINGAPORE – FrieslandCampina Ingredients, a global leader in proteins and prebiotics, has officially opened a new application centre in Singapore, marking a 30% increase [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Accelerating the regulatory pathways for biopesticides in the Africa and Middle East region
Today, the Africa-Middle East region stands at a crossroads. It must confront the growing threats to food security posed by climate change, the rising pressures from pests and dise [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Liberia: NPA to Construct U.S.$3 Million Terminal
[New Dawn] -To increase revenue generation [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Ghana: Rehabilitation Works Underway At Ho Sports Stadium
[Ghanaian Times] The Ho Sports Stadium is currently undergoing major rehabilitation works to improve its playing surface and supporting infrastructure ahead of the new sports seaso [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Zimbabwe: Industry Welcomes Cutback On Repetitive Licensing Fees
[New Zimbabwe] The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has applauded the government's decision to reduce and eliminate several repetitive licensing fees, a move it says will [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Liberia: New WTO Fisheries Deal - Liberia Could Stand Up to Subsidized Foreign Fleets, but...
[Liberian Observer] On the beaches of Cape Mount to Cape Palmas, Liberian canoe fishers share the same frustration: foreign trawlers storming close to shore, destroying nets, and c [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Zimbabwe: Women's Bank Partners Govt in Agric Mechanisation Programme
[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Women's Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) has partnered with the Government in facilitating access and disbursement of tractors under the Belarus scheme to advance [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Ghana: Dissecting the Feed Ghana Programme - Driving Productivity, Cutting Imports and Creating Jobs
[Ghanaian Times] The Government of Ghana has unveiled a major agricultural initiative, the Feed Ghana Programme, to transform the country's food production systems, reduce reliance [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Nigeria: Niger Food, Dangote, Africarice Partner to Create 500,000 Jobs in Nigeria, Says Adigun
[This Day] Osogbo -- The Chairman of Niger Food, Engr. Sammy Adigun, has hinted that the company's newly finalised partnership with the Dangote Group and AfricaRice will create no [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Africa: UN Calls for Integrated Food Corridors in Africa
[The Herald] The UN has implored Africa to establish integrated food corridors to connect production areas to the main national and regional markets, to reduce post-harvest losses [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Nigeria: Govt Seeks to Revitalise Silos Concession to Minimise Storage Waste, Achieve Food Sovereignty
[This Day] Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, yesterday, said the federal government planned to revitalise the silos concession programme to improve [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Households Are More Food Secure, Citizens Living Better Lives - Government
[New Zimbabwe] STRATEGIC interventions by the government have improved food security and the quality of life for citizens, a survey has established. [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Madagascar: WFP and the International Labour Organization Join Forces to Support Vulnerable Communities in Madagascar
[WFP] Antananarivo, Madagascar -- The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on supporting vu [...]
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Date: 17-Sep-2025
Kenya accelerates coffee geo-mapping to meet EU Deforestation Regulation deadline
KENYA – Kenya is intensifying efforts to comply with the European Union Deforestatio [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
Telcar Cocoa halts processing amid Cameroon bean quality crisis
CAMEROON – Telcar Cocoa Chief Executive Officer Kate Fotso has suspended the company [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
Keurig Dr Pepper to distribute, market Cove soda nationwide across Canada
CANADA – Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has entered into an agreement with Cove Drinks t [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
Mount Everest Breweries expands into Karnataka with acquisition of Cheers Breweries
INDIA – Mount Everest Breweries Ltd (MEBL), a subsidiary of Associated Kedia Group, [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
Aleph Farms to set up cultivated meat production in Switzerland
SWITZERLAND – Israeli food tech firm Aleph Farms is moving into Europe by establishing cultivated meat production at The Cultured Hub in Kemptthal, canton of Zurich. T [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
Quality Meat Packers expands supply into Gulf states
KENYA – Quality Meat Packers (QMP), a privately owned Kenyan meat processor, [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
WTO fisheries subsidies agreement to take effect after reaching ratification threshold
WORLD – The World Trade Organization (WTO) fisheries subsidies agreement officially came into force on Monday, September 15, following the required two-thirds ratificatio [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
BASF to introduce thermoplastic polyamide for use in sausage making
GERMANY – BASF has presented Ultramid H33 L, described as the first thermoplastic polyamide designed for use in food manufacturing. The company states that the materia [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
China presses pig farmers to cut production as pork glut deepens
CHINA – China has called in its largest pig producers for talks in Beijing as authorities push to curb herd sizes, ease oversupply and stabilise falling pork prices. T [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
The Glenwalk Whisky surpasses 1M bottles sold in four months
INDIA – The Glenwalk, a premium Scotch whisky co-founded by actor Sanjay Dutt, ha [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025
Kenya: UBA Commits $150m to Kenya's Roads Levy Securitisation Program
[This Day] United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has committed $150 million (KES 20.5 billion) to the Government of Kenya's $1.35 billion Roads Levy Securitisation Program, underscoring [...]
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Date: 16-Sep-2025