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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Department Addresses Concerns of Fishing Community
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has noted the concerns raised by the fishing communities regarding the reduction in the West Coast Rock Lo [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Oct-2021
Year of the Orange 0.2 - the Beginning
[Daily Maverick] Barely a week after I dried the peels of the last of the season's oranges, blossoms appeared to herald the next harvest. The circle of life, in orange. [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Oct-2021
Africa: COP26 - 'To Fix the Climate Crisis We Must Address Broken Food Systems' #AfricaClimateCrisis
[WFP] The World Food Programme's climate and disaster risk reduction chief, Gernot Laganda, on the common solution to two great problems [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Oct-2021
MTN Group is the leading African company on the Forbes World’s Best Employers 2021 list
MTN Group is humbled to be recognised as the leading African company on the recently revealed Forbes World’s Best Employers list for 2021. As part of the survey, emplo [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social
Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media network, called TRUTH Social. He said the platform would “stand up to the tyranny of big [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: General
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Facebook plans new group name to revamp image, says The Verge
Facebook Inc, under fire from regulators and lawmakers over its business practices, is planning to rebrand itself with a new group name that focuses on the metaverse, the Verge [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: General
Date: 21-Oct-2021
GNPC urged to increase its equity participation in oil and gas industry
Co-Chair of Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has underscored the need for the Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) to increase it [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Ghana: Lands Commssion Directed to Provide Space for Amrahia Farms Project
[Ghanaian Times] The Lands Commission has been directed to expedite the processes to provide space for the commencement of government affordable housing scheme and other projects o [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
ARCN Act Amendment Will Boost Agric Research ― Sharubutu
The Executive Secretary of Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Professor Garba Sharubutu, has commended the Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullah [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Agricultural Economists task government on research
Amina Mohammed, Lafia. The Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists has called on the Federal Government to invest more in research and ensure the implementation of its f [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Sokoto State Procures 400 Trucks of Fertilizer for farmers
Ismail Umar, Sokoto The Commissioner Ministry of Animal Health and Fisheries Development and Overseer Ministry of Agriculture Sokoto, Professor Abdulkadir Junaid, said state g [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Google agrees to integrate Ghana’s GPS into Google map system – Bawumia
The government of Ghana has entered into an agreement with international technology firm, Google, to incorporate the country’s GPS address in its mapping system, the Vice Preside [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Sudan: Taking Industrial Policy Seriously in Sudan
[African Arguments] Industrial conditions in Sudan are simultaneously a consequence and a propagator of the country's overall economic and development realities.[1] The country's m [...]
Country: Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Nigeria: What an Irrigation Project Reveals About Farmer-Herder Conflict
[The Conversation Africa] Clashes between herders and local farmers in several communities in Nigeria have increased in recent years. One report put the number of deaths at more th [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
BoG working on block chain product and 2 remittance innovations
The Bank of Ghana is presently working on testing a block chain based product and two innovations in the remittance space. This is part of its digital and innovation agenda. [...]
Information Technology (IT) Agriculture FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Oct-2021
World Food Day: Africa needs strategic investments in seed systems
According to a study by Alliance for green revolution in Africa (AGRA), the percentage of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa using varieties of improved seed is still less than 20 perce [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Kenya: Meru Farmers, Isiolo Herders Unite to Survive Drought
[Nation] In a normal year when food stores are filled with harvests, Mr Tratisio Kamunturiu, from Lachathuriu in Tigania West, Meru County, would be up in arms on seeing herds of c [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
FAO, Japan Sign Agreement to Improve Rice and Fish Cultivation
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a funding agreement with the Embassy of Japan in Liberia. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
11th Pre - Harvest Conference and Exhibitions Opens Today in Tamale
[Ghanaian Times] The 11th edition of the annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions, organised by Agrihouse Foundation is set open today at the Aliu Mamaha Sport St [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Garu Women Demand Equal Access to Agric Flagship Programmes
[Ghanaian Times] Garu -- About 300 women in the GaruTempane District of the Upper East Region have called on the government to create an enabling environment for women to have equa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Give Women Fertile Lands to Farm, Traditional Authorities Told
[Ghanaian Times] Wa -- Network for Young Women Empowerment (NYWE), a non-governmental organisation in the Upper West Region, has appealed to traditional authorities and land owners [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
South Africa: Why Supporting Small-Scale Farmers and Eating Locally is Climate Smart #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Every day, the food we eat connects us to a vast global network of farmers, traders, food manufacturers, retailers, and many others involved in bringing fo [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Food Security: Lagos to activate Agric Mechanization Programme
Luqmon Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the State Government would soon commence a mechanization programme, tagged the “Eko Agro Mechanization Pr [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Lagos Waste Manager charges Epe Community on Waste Disposal
Luqmon Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA has challenged the people of Epe area of the State over their disposition towards proper waste disposal [...]
Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Nigerian government to partner with firm on oil palm, cassava expo
The federal government will collaborate with BKG Exhibitions Limited to stage the 3rd edition of the conference and exhibition to unlock the potentials of oil Palm and cassava prod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021