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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
CR Beverage seeks US$640M in Hong Kong IPO to accelerate expansion
CHINA – China Resources Beverage (CR Beverage) is seeking to raise up to HK$5 billion ( [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
South Africa: Cape Town Fights Uphill Battle Against Ocean and Waterway Sewage Spills
[Daily Maverick] Sewage contamination incidents around parts of Cape Town's coastline, and the City of Cape Town's marine outfalls in Camps Bay, Hout Bay and Green Point, where sew [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Nigeria: Maiduguri Airport to Begin Int'l Operations Jan 2025 - - Keyamo
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that the Muhammadu Buhari Airport in Maiduguri, Borno State, will officially commence [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: N$5b Needed Annually for Roads Upkeep...Maintenance Strategy Required for All Roads
[New Era] Walvis Bay -- Namibia requires about N$5 billion annually to effectively maintain its national roads network. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Liberia: Govt of Liberia, World Bank Break Ground for Installation of 20mw Solar Plant
[FrontPageAfrica] Montserrado County -- The Government of Liberia, in partnership with the World Bank, has officially broken ground for a 20MW solar power plant, a significant step [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Egypt: Egypt Eyes Major Infrastructure Investments in Somalia With High-Level Delegation Visit
[Radio Dalsan] Egypt's Minister of Transport, Kamel El-Wazir, along with a delegation of Egyptian businessmen, is set to visit Somalia in the coming days to explore investment oppo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ghana: Japan Ready to Help Build Ghana's Automobile Industry to Compete Globally - Ambassador
[Ghanaian Times] The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mochizuki Hisanobu, has expressed his government's readiness to help develop an automotive industry that can compete globally in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Closing the Gap - How Rural Africa is Fighting for Internet Access
[allAfrica] In most small villages in rural Zimbabwe, school-going children and teachers walk several kilometres daily to the nearest towns in search of an Internet connection to c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Africa's Farming Future Could Include More Digital Solutions
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- More than 400 delegates and organizations working in Africa's farming sector are in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to discuss how digital agriculture can improve [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Unicef Seeks $165 Million for Therapeutic Food to Combat 'Silent Killer'
[UN News] Nearly two million children suffering from severe wasting are at risk of death due to funding shortages for life-saving Ready-to-use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) to treat the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Conflict, Climate Change Increase Hunger and Malnutrition Across Africa
[VOA] Geneva -- While the world's farmers produce more than enough food to feed the planet's nearly 8 billion people, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "hunger [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Famine Takes Grip in Africa's Prolonged Conflict Zones
[ACSS] Eighty percent of the record 163 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including potentially 840,000 people in Sudan, South Sudan [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Midlands Exceeds 2024 Winter Wheat Target
[The Herald] Midlands exceeded its 2024 winter wheat target by 2 percent, aligning with its economic development plan, Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolut [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ethiopia: Yelemat Tirufat Gaining Momentum
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia, a nation endowed with vast agricultural potential, faces significant challenges in achieving food security. These challenges stem from a variety of und [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ethiopia: Doubling Investment Key to Transforming Smallholder Farming - PSI
[Ethiopian Herald] Improving the lives of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia requires doubling or tripling the current agricultural capital investment, according to the Policy Study I [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Liberia: Central Bank of Liberia Holds Strategic Stakeholders Engagement in Ganta
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County -- The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) recently concluded a one-day external stakeholders' engagement in Ganta, Nimba County. The event, which b [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
West Africa: Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency Investigates 42-Year-Old Cannabis Farmer in Nimba
[FrontPageAfrica] Tappita, Nimba -- Officers of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency are investigating a 42-yr-old cannabis famer who was on Saturday, October 12, arrested with a hu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Liberia: President Boakai At the 2024 World Food Forum
[FrontPageAfrica] Rome -- Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the 2024 World Food Forum in Rome, Italy on Monday told the gathering that the world is witnessing an alarming r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: NNFU Wants Mobile Unit Abattoir for Kunene
[New Era] The Namibia National Farmers' Union (NNFU) has reiterated its call for government to set up a mobile unit abattoir in the Kunene region to create market access opportunit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: Farmers Tips - Good Rainfall Does Not Guarantee Rangeland Recovery
[New Era] Arangeland refers to land inhabited by native plants (grass, forbs, shrubs and trees) and utilised by domestic and wild animals. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: Congested Farms Concern Omaheke Councillors
[New Era] Gobabis -- Crowded farms, hopelessness among corridor farmers and landlessness remain growing concerns in the Omaheke region, the regional leadership has admitted. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: Ovitoto Farmers Receive Free Lucerne
[New Era] Zebaldt Ngaruka [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ghana: Fisheries Commission Trains Officers in Aquatic Animal Health Management
[GhanaToday] The Fish Health Unit (FHU) of the Fisheries Commission (FC), in collaboration with the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), has trained officers to enhance their know [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Uganda: Museveni Asks UPDF to Focus On Agriculture, Professionalism
[Nile Post] Turning his focus to agriculture, President Museveni called on the officers and local farmers to prioritize large-scale farming with irrigation, stressing crop diversif [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: World Food Day 2024 - a Quote From Slow Food President Edward Mukiibi
[Slow Food] "Today, on World Food Day, we celebrate the right to food as a fundamental part of a better life and a brighter future. Slow Food reaffirms its belief that food can be [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024