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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Government upbeat about ‘YouStart Programme’; banks commit ¢5bn to programme
Government is upbeat about the success of the ‘YouStart Programme’ as local banks commit ¢5 billion from their Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) portfolio to support young e [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
Fitch revises again end-year forecast for price of Brent crude to $100 per barrel
Ratings agency, Fitch, has revised its end-year forecast for the price of Brent Crude to $100 per barrel, from the previous $105. It had earlier reviewed its projection to $105, [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
IAA Africa leadership conference returns to Accra for 5th edition
The 5th edition of the International Advertising Association’s (IAA) Africa Rising Leadership Conference is scheduled for the 4th and 5th of October, 2022 at the Labadi Beach Hot [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
We are nowhere near fuel shortage – BOST
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company is fighting off claims suggesting there is an imminent fuel shortage in Ghana. Some analysts have, in the last few weeks, [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
OFAB Ghana holds 5th media awards ceremony
The 5th Edition of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Ghana Chapter media awards ceremony came off in Accra. The WAEC Heights event was under the theme “Cre [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
GIFEC climax digital skills training for 2,500 entrepreneurs
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) together with the German Economic Corporation (GIZ) has climaxed its digital skills training for 2,500 entrepreneurs [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
Insecurity: FCTA Removes Over 2,000 Shanties In Ruga Community
The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has removed over two thousand (2,000) shanties in Ruga community along airport road. The Director Development Control, [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
National Codex Committee recommits to boosting Agricultural Production/Value Chain
The National Codex Committee (NCC) has restated its commitment to boosting agricultural production and value chain system in Nigeria. The committee, which comprises 38 members, inc [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
Africa: UN Chief Calls for Action On Global Food, Climate Crises
[VOA] United Nations -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to leaders Tuesday to unite and take action to address the problems of a world "teeming with turmoil." [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
Ghana: Give us Back Our 17,000 Hectares of Land for Commercial Farming... Torgorme Landowners to Govt
[Ghanaian Times] Torgorme -- The Chiefs and Landowners of Torgorme in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region are calling on the government to return to them the 17,000 hectar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
South Africa: MPs Call For Heads to Roll at Eskom - South African News Briefs - September 21, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Sep-2022
Stakeholders elated by progress of agric biotechnology
Tribune Online Stakeholders elated by progress of agric biotechnology STAKEHOLDERS from science and agriculture sector in Africa have expressed satisfaction with the successes rec [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
N-CARES empowers farmers in Oyo LGAs, partners OYSADA on youth empowerment
Tribune Online N-CARES empowers farmers in Oyo LGAs, partners OYSADA on youth empowerment No fewer than hundred youths that have been trained by Oyo State government on agribusine [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Insecurity, low mechanisation, flooding limiting agricultural productivity —AFAN
Tribune Online Insecurity, low mechanisation, flooding limiting agricultural productivity —AFAN LOW mechanisation of agricultural practices and flooding have indentified as majo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Don cautions farmers against excessive fertiliser application
Tribune Online Don cautions farmers against excessive fertiliser application A Professor of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, Lateef Taiwo, has warned farmers against the applic [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Selected Ogun women empowered on fish farming value addition
Tribune Online Selected Ogun women empowered on fish farming value addition With a determination to alleviate poverty among both people in the grassroots areas, the Federal Colleg [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
NAQS empowers 102 Osun farmers with cassava, yam businesses
Tribune Online NAQS empowers 102 Osun farmers with cassava, yam businesses IN order to boost their capacity for optimal production, the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NA [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Potato farmers advocate improved technology to preserve perishable foods
Tribune Online Potato farmers advocate improved technology to preserve perishable foods NATIONAL President, Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN), Mr Daniel Okafor, has sa [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Pandagric Novum expresses committment to redefine future of agriculture in Nigeria
Tribune Online Pandagric Novum expresses committment to redefine future of agriculture in Nigeria INTEGRATED feed and food manufacturing company, Pandagric Novum, has reiterated i [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Association trains women, youths on mechanized poultry business
The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has trained over 50 residents of Ajeromi/Ajegunle Federal Constituency, Lagos State, on agro-mechanized poultry business. The fiv [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Agriculture Ranks High In Nation Building Survey – ABUBAKAR
The Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar stated that Agricultural sector topped the chart in a survey report of National Bureau of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Nigeria: Supreme Feeds Harps On Effective Collaboration to Address Challenges in Nigeria's Poultry Industry
[This Day] The Pandagric Novum Limited (PNL), manufacturers of Supreme Feeds, has emphasised that increased partnership with customers is needed to tackle the challenges facing pou [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Liberia: Thirteen Local Businesses, Agricultural Cooperatives Benefit U.S.$40,000 Each From UNDP
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Thirteen local businesses and agricultural cooperatives have secured US$40,000 each from UNDP with the aim of improving their local businesses and agr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Africa: UN Spotlights Transformational Potential of Family Farming for World Food Supply
[UN News] A Global Forum highlighting the UN's Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) got underway on Monday, aimed at identifying priority policies to boost support for family farmers a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022
Africa: South Africa's Farm Exports Are an Economic Lifeline - With Weak Spots
[The Conversation Africa] International trade has been at the core of South Africa's agricultural progress since the early 2000s. Since 1994, the country has excelled in opening up [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Sep-2022