Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Ethiopia’s coffee exports hit US$1.23B in eight months surpassing targets
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has generated US$1.226 billion from coffee exports over the p [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Kandhari Global Beverages seeks approval to acquire Hindustan Coca-Cola assets in Gujarat and Diu
INDIA – Kandhari Global Beverages has applied for regulatory approval to acquire [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Russia moves to renew fisheries agreement with Morocco
MOROCCO – Russia is finalizing a new fisheries agreement with Morocco, set to las [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Impossible Foods introduces plant-based steak bites
USA – Impossible Foods has launched its latest innovation, Impossible® Steak Bit [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
USDA predicts rising meat, poultry prices in 2025
USA – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its latest Food Price [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Minute Maid expands alcohol portfolio with new vodka punch, spiked pink lemonade
USA – Minute Maid, a Coca-Cola brand, has strengthened its presence in the alcoho [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Cano-ela secures US$1.75 M to promote seed-based ingredients development
NETHERLANDS – Cano-ela, a food tech company focused on plant-based ingredients fr [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Kraft Heinz launches new Ketchup: Heinz tomato chip dip
USA – The Kraft Heinz Company has launched the new HEINZ Chip Dip, which will ser [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
The New World Order: A self-sufficient Africa
The G20’s Agriculture Working Group has stressed the urgency of food security through sustainable agriculture, climate resilience and regional trade. This aligns with Africa’s [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Bühler a leader in smart milling for resilient, sustainable food production
As the global demand for food continues to rise due to increasing urbanisation, the milling industry faces the challenge of balancing efficiency with sustainability. Energy consump [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Higher soybean prices in Zambia and Malawi threaten poultry production in the region
Poultry is one of the cheapest protein sources for the growing population of the east and southern Africa region. That makes soybeans critical to food security in the region, as th [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Nigeria: CWG, Chams Report Record Profits Amid Nigeria's IT Infrastructure Boom
[Daba Finance] TLDR [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Kenya: KPC Starts Eviction of Pipeline Wayleave Encroachers Over Safety Concerns
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A multi-agency operation from the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), in partnership with the National Government Administrative Office (NGAO), Kenya Urban Roads [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Africa: FAO Warns of 'Unprecedented' Avian Flu Spread, in Call for Global Action
[UN News] The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an "unprecedented" scale, wiping out hundreds of millions of birds worldwide and increasingly s [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Rwanda: Rwanda Has Moved People Into Model 'Green' Villages - Is Life Better There?
[The Conversation Africa] After the devastating 1994 genocide, Rwandans returning from the violence established homes and began farming where they could find land. [...]
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Date: 18-Mar-2025
Animex invests US$38M in new poultry rendering plant in Poland
POLAND – Poland’s leading meat and poultry producer, Animex, is investing US$35.7 [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
Diageo urges US to modify rules of origin instead of imposing tariffs on alcohol imports
UK – Diageo has urged the US government to reconsider its approach to trade regu [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
Pernod Ricard expands non-alcoholic portfolio with Ramazzotti Aperitivo Arancia 0.0% launch
FRANCE – French spirits giant Pernod Ricard is strengthening its presence in the n [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
PepsiCo in talks to acquire healthier soda brand Poppi
USA – PepsiCo is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Poppi, a fast-growin [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
Kenyan tea industry urges government to engage Sudan over import ban
KENYA – Kenyan tea stakeholders have called on the government to initiate discus [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
US meat plants to lose China export access as trade dispute escalates
USA – Hundreds of US meat processing facilities that gained access to China under a [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
Chocolove introduces new nut flavours expanding its portfolio
USA – Colorado-based Chocolove has unveiled three new nutty flavours that balance in [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
Mondelez International introduces its first ever glow ups candies
USA – SOUR PATCH KIDS, a Mondelez International, Inc. brand that produces candy, has [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
African Union to set up a Continental Food Safety Agency
AFRICA – The African Union (AU) took up the statute to establish the Africa Food [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025
bioMérieux finalises full acquisition of Neoprospecta
FRANCE – bioMérieux, a French in vitro diagnostics company, finalised the 100% a [...]
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Date: 17-Mar-2025