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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Kenya launches major tea reforms to raise farmer pay to US$0.77/kg by 2027
KENYA – The Kenyan government has rolled out a comprehensive tea sector reform packa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Kenya assures Parliament of full reversion of sugar mill investments after 30-year leases
KENYA – Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has assured Parliament that e [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Kakuzi emerges as a frontrunner in the 2025 Kenya Avocado Excellence Awards
Listed agribusiness and superfoods producer, Kakuzi Plc (NSE: KUKZ), has emerged as a frontrunner in the 2025 Kenya Avocado Excellence Awards (KAEA). As one of the largest producer [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Kenya: IFC Team Set to Visit Kenya in January for Talks On JKIA Modernisation, Energy Projects
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya will host a high-level delegation from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) early next year to advance discussions on major energy and infrastr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Africa: Africa's Drylands Need the Right Kind of Support - Listening to the Pastoralists Who Live There
[The Conversation Africa] Africa's drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Uganda: Uganda Unveils Special WFP Number Plates to Boost Faster Humanitarian Response
[Nile Post] Uganda has launched special UN/World Food Programme (WFP) vehicle number plates designed to speed up humanitarian operations across Africa, marking a major milestone in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Zambia: Leicester City Striker Patson Daka Named WFP Goodwill Ambassador
[WFP] Lusaka -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the appointment of Zambian international soccer player Patson Daka as a WFP Goodwill Ambassador. Daka [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Liberia: Empowering Farmers - Isf's Quest for Quality Seeds and Inclusive Agricultural Growth
[FrontPageAfrica] Switzerland -- When Dr. Khaoula Belhaj-Fragnière speaks about seeds, she is not talking about something simple or ordinary. To her and to millions of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Uganda: Uganda, WFP Sign Agreement to Establish Global Fleet Hub in Kampala
[Nile Post] Uganda has taken a major step toward strengthening regional humanitarian logistics after signing a landmark amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the United [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Somalia: Somalia's National Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) Delivers Second Phase of Drought Aid in Jalalaqsi
[Shabelle] Jalalaqsi -- The Somali National Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), in collaboration with the Hirshabelle Ministry of Relief and Disaster Management, has completed the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Kenya: Financing Gap Risks Undermining Kenya's Agriculture Growth, Experts Warn
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's agriculture sector risks being left behind unless financing gaps are urgently addressed, experts have warned, cautioning that underfunding could und [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Rwanda: Experts Push for Greater Animal Protein Intake to Combat Stunting
[New Times] Animal-sourced protein consumption in Rwanda remains critically low, a challenge nutrition experts say must be addressed to help curb stunting. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
Zambia: Zambia Leads One Health Push Ahead of Regional Conference
[Southern and Eastern Africa One Health Conference] In the lead-up to the Southern and Eastern Africa One Health Conference 2025 (11-12 December 2025, Lusaka), the Zambia National [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Dec-2025
SPAR Zimbabwe opens flagship Cardinals Supermarket in Harare
ZIBAMBWE – SPAR Zimbabwe has opened its latest flagship store, SPAR Cardinals, situated at the recently developed Cardinals Corner shopping centre in Harare. The super [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Pick n Pay’s revamped app sparks 40% growth in on-demand grocery sales
SOUTH AFRICA – On-demand grocery turnover at Pick n Pay rose 40% year-on-year in the first half of FY26 after the company fully updated the technology behind its asap! ap [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
China suspends pork imports from Barcelona amid African Swine fever case
CHINA – China has stopped importing pork from Barcelona province following the discovery of African swine fever in two dead wild boars, according to a Chinese Customs doc [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Cargill confirms beef plant renovation
USA – Cargill has finished a major renovation of its Fort Morgan, Colorado, beef processing plant as part of its ongoing Factory of the Future program. The company ann [...]
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Date: 03-Dec-2025
UK retailer reports a 3.8% decline in total sales
UK – Asda, the UK’s third-largest supermarket, has reported a 3.8% fall in total sales to US$6.3 billion in the three months ending September compared with the same per [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Cranswick’s poultry revenue surges 18.5%
UK – Cranswick, the UK-based pork and poultry processor, reported unaudited results for the 26 weeks ending 27 September 2025, showing revenue growth driven by increased [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Al Khayyat Investments, CJ Foods partner to expand Korean food in Middle East
MIDDLE EAST – Al Khayyat Investments (AKI) has announced a partnership with CJ Group’s food division, CJ Foods, aiming to expand the availability of Korean food product [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Angel Yeast starts specialty yeast production in China with new pilot platform
CHINA – Angel Yeast has commenced trial production at its new specialty yeast [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Uganda: Munyagwa Salutes Govt for Hoima City Stadium Project
[Nile Post] The Common Man's Party presidential candidate, Mubarak Munyagwa, has commended the government for delivering the Hoima City Stadium project, describing it as the only p [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Cameroon plans to increase agricultural production in 2026
Cameroon’s government plans to increase agricultural production in strategic sectors as part of its Economic and Financial Program presented by the prime minister. For palm oil, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Kenya: Kenya's High Court Rules in Favor of Smallholder Farmers and Indigenous Seeds
[People's Dispatch] The landmark ruling secures farmers' right to save, share, and exchange indigenous seeds, by decriminalizing it and safeguarding traditional farming heritage. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025
Africa: Why Small Victories Matter When It Comes to Hunger and Disability
[WFP] 'No woman with a disability should be coerced into sharing her food or cash with a male community member because custom dictates she cannot manage her own resources' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 03-Dec-2025