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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Ceres Apple Juice Recalled in Seychelles After Toxic Fungus Is Found
[Seychelles News Agency] Apex hotel supplies in Seychelles is asking anyone who bought Ceres 100% Apple Juice to return the product to the company for a refund after a notice that [...]
Country: Seychelles
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Food Trade Deficit Almost Triples to 1,556 MD, At End of September 2021 - ONAGRI
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The food trade balance deficit has nearly tripled, reaching 1,556.3 million dinars (MD) in the first nine months of 2021, against a deficit [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
ESIA Report for Agric-Food Processing Platform Validated
[The Point] The National Environment Agency (NEA) with support from the European Union under the Belgian Development Agency in The Gambia (Enabel) on Thursday held a day long valid [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Women Farmers Made Destitute By Pandemic
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Weatta Gbelly has seen hardship in her 35 years but nothing prepared her for the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms. Gbelly has never had the virus, neither does s [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Lamu Fishers Vow to Keep Working in Disputed Indian Ocean Area
[Nation] Lamu fishers have vowed to continue working in the disputed areas of the Indian Ocean after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its verdict on Kenya's marit [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Agroforestry Changes Life of Uzumba Farmer
[The Herald] Agroforestry Changes Life of Uzumba Farmer [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Kurima Has Mechanisation Solution for Small Scale Farmers
[The Herald] LOCAL farm implements maker, Kurima Machinery and Technology, says it is working with various agriculture development organisations to come up with initiatives that bo [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Govt, FAO Sign Pact On U.S.$350,000 Irrigation Funding
[Daily Trust] As part of the events to commemorate the 2021 World Food Day, the Ministry of Water Resources has signed a $350,000 Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) with the Foo [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Funding Facility for People With Disability
[The Herald] A Special financial window for people living with disabilities will soon be availed, including creating a facility for provision of land, houses and agricultural input [...]
Country: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Farmers Reap Benefits of Pfumvudza/Intwasa Concept
[The Herald] Agric, Environment; Innovations Editor [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Oct-2021
Nigeria’s food crisis unfortunate —Owosibo
Tribune OnlineNigeria’s food crisis unfortunate —Owosibo Dr Adekoya Owosibo is the Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan. He speaks wit [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Oct-2021
Poultry Farmers decry shrinking Investments
Nigerian poultry farmers are angry. Their problems are growing in a vicious circle which has plunged the industry into deepening crisis. Since 2019, the farmers have been wailing [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Oct-2021
Antoinette Kwofie appointed as Chief Finance Officer of MTN Ghana
The Board of Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has appointed Mrs Antoinette Kwofie as its first-ever female Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Mrs Kwofie is also the first Ghanaian to ever [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Oct-2021
Farmers Urged to Harvest Rainwater to Offset Shortage
[New Times] The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has predicted a drier than usual season for the October-December period for much of the East African region. [...]
Country: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Oct-2021
Nigerians Kick As Govt Approves Genetically Modified Maize
[Leadership] The federal government has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA maize a new maize variety developed by researchers at the Institu [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Oct-2021
It Doesn't Make Sense to Enact Anti-Open Grazing Law Without Enforcement - Governor
[Premium Times] "To sign a law is very easy, it doesn't make sense to put out a law that you cannot enforce..." [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Oct-2021
Climate change: Farmers In Dilemma As Rain Ceases In Katsina
It has been two weeks now without rainfall in Funtua, Danja, Bakori, Kankara and some parts of Katsina State; a situation that has instilled anxiety among farmers whose crops were [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Oct-2021
AATF To Boost food production through new technologies.
The Executive Director African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr Canisius Kanangire, has assured African farmers of the foundation’s efforts to ensure improved food pr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Oct-2021
Govt Grants Approval for Genetically Modified Maize
[Premium Times] The approval allows for open cultivation in the country. [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Oct-2021
Civil Society Groups Can Help Fix South Africa's Food System If They're Given a Seat At the Table
[The Conversation Africa] There is a long list of existing global crises made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, including poverty and inequality. Another is food insecurity. [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Oct-2021
Covid-19 Hindered Business for Farmers. They Found Solutions.
[African Arguments] With access to markets and capital negatively impacted by the pandemic, people have found ways to cushion the damage. [...]
Country: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Oct-2021
GSE bond market doubled in trade in 9-months of 2021, as impressive run continues
Volume of bonds traded on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Fixed Income Market (GFIM) more than doubled to 155.05 billion in the first nine months of this year, as the market continu [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Oct-2021
New Africa-France Summit: Social Enterprise Ghana to forge business partnerships with French business community
Social Enterprise Ghana, the network of social entrepreneurs and hubs in Ghana, says it is committed to building strategic business partnerships between Ghanaian social enterprises [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Oct-2021
Bawumia assures engineers of government unflinching support
The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has assured engineers in the country of government’s unflinching support to help industrialise Ghana. The Vice-President made this [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Oct-2021
New Africa France Summit: “Ghana Beyond Aid” a beacon for Africa’s move from aid to trade – French Ambassador to Ghana
President Akufo-Addo’s “Ghana Beyond Aid” strategy received massive praises from civil society and some African entrepreneurs during the New Africa France Summit at Montpelli [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Oct-2021