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Government prone to excessive spending, but manufacturing, technology sectors to expand – Report
Government is prone to excessive spending, particularly public sector pay which may result in greater fiscal pressures in the medium term, the 2021 4th Quarter Country Risk Report [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Government spent ¢6.75bn on interest payments in quarter 2 2021 – BoG
Government spent ¢6.758 billion on interest payments in the second quarter of 2021, the Bank of Ghana has indicated. It was however 25.1% below the programmed target. [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
11th Pre-harvest Conference and Exhibitions open tomorrow in Tamale
The 11th edition of the Annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions, organised by Agrihouse Foundation is set open tomorrow, Tuesday, 19 October, at the Aliu Mamaha [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Food Experts Say They Want Farmers' Opinions Before Introducing Innovations
[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- As climate change continues to hit farmers because of erratic weather conditions, researchers believe there is a need to not only improve agricultural inno [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Govt Assures Farmers, Investors On Implementation of Fertilizer Quality Control Act
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Federal Government, weekend, assured farmers and investors on implementation of Fertilizer Quality Control Act 2019 to boost food production. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
State Blamed as Mathenge Weed Wreaks More Havoc
[Nation] Kabon Ngochila, 89, sits outside her home in Silinyo village, Marigat, Baringo County, with flies converging on her right leg. [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Food Situation Remains Dire Despite Bumper Harvest
[263Chat] Over 5 million people in Zimbabwe are in need of food support despite the country having attained a bumper harvest early this, the World Food Program (WFP) has warned. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Govt Targets $18bn Annual Returns From Cassava Export
[This Day] The federal government has stated that when fully harnessed, Nigeria has the capacity to generate as much as $18 billion from the export of its estimated 45 million metr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Africa: Continent Is the Key to Ending Harmful Use of Polluting Fuels in the Home
[The Conversation Africa] In wealthy countries, most people can barely imagine using anything other than electricity or gas to cook in their homes. But billions of people around th [...]
Energy/Power Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
ADB disburses ¢100 million to 17 companies to promote 1D1F
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has so far disbursed in excess of over a GH¢ 100 million to 17 companies under the ‘One District One Factory’(1D1F) initiative in the a [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 17-Oct-2021
SMEs in Ashanti region equipped with skills for business development
Selected Small and Medium-scale Entrepreneurs in the Ashanti region have been equipped with skills to help expand their businesses. Ten SMEs entrepreneurs benefitted from [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 17-Oct-2021
Nigeria’s agric spending plan highest in four years but still far below AU benchmark
The Nigerian government is proposing just 1.8 per cent of the 2022 budget for agriculture, significantly short of the Maputo Declaration benchmark. The post Nigeria’s agric spen [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
NPA must check foreign invasion in downstream sector – Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors
The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) is unimpressed by what it believes in an invasion of the petroleum resource sector by foreigners. According to the Chamber, [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Ghana’s livelihood-sustaining shea trees threatened by logging, climate change
For seven years, Nafisah Wahab and Nuriya Zubaida worked in Ghana’s capital city, Accra, as head porters – carrying luggage to fend for themselves. But they returned ho [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
MTN Ghana Foundation supports liberated Trokosi girls with startups and seed capital
MTN Ghana Foundation has supported girls liberated from Trokosi shrines in parts of the Volta Region and given vocational skill training at Baptist Vocational Training Institute. [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
313 Farmers Receive 30,000 Mango, Oil Palm Seedlings From Assembly
[Ghanaian Times] Asesewa -- Some 30,000 mango and oil palm seedlingshave been distributed to 313 crop farmers at Asesewa in the Upper ManyaKrobo District of the Eastern Region. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Nigeria needs water, sanitation fund – CSO
A civil society organisation (CSO), the Society for Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN), has called for implementation of a national fund targeted at programmes and projects to improve t [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Nasarawa state government inaugurates N-CARES program to support farmers
Amina Mohammed, Lafia Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has inaugurated the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) program to support 450 farmers in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Kwara Govt Trains Fisheries Officers On Aquaculture Technology and Business
Tunde Akanbi, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has identified training and retraining of Civil Servants as catalyst for effective service delivery in the Civil Service syst [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
FCTA allays fears of prolonged water scarcity in Abuja
Hudu Yakubu Abuja Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Water Board has allayed fears of possible prolonged water scarcity, following its earlier anno [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Food Security: Buffer Stock calls for commitment of stakeholders
The National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) has called for a renewed commitment among stakeholders towards the attainment of food security in the country as Ghana joins the rest [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd pays ¢110m dividend to government
Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd. (Akyem Mine) has paid dividend of over GH¢110m to the government of Ghana for the year 2021 in respect of its carried interest in the company. Th [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
GFIM: Stanbic maintains position as bank with biggest investments
Stanbic Bank maintained its position as the bank with the biggest investments on the Ghana Stock Exchange Fixed Income Market in the month of October 2021, despite its controlling [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
TBs Withdraws Ceres' Apple Juice From the Market
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania's Bureau of Standards has announced the withdrawal of Ceres 100% Apple Juice manufactured by South African food and beverage manufacturer Pionee [...]
Country: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021
Severe Droughts and Veld Fires Set Up Conditions for Food Price Increases #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Daily Maverick] Parts of South Africa's agricultural production areas are severely affected by climate crisis-related droughts and veld fires. Agri South Africa says that if the s [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Oct-2021