Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Meat drives food inflation surge in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Food inflation in South Africa continued its upward trend in April [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Tate & Lyle reports US$507.6M EBITDA boost from CP Kelco acquisition despite revenue decline
UK – Tate & Lyle has posted a 5% increase in adjusted EBITDA to £446 million [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Tanzania cashew processors call for incentives to boost local value addition, meet production targets
TANZANIA – The Tanzania Association of Cashew nuts Processors (TACP) has called o [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
PepsiCo delays net-zero emissions goal to 2050, revises sustainability targets amid external challenges
USA – PepsiCo has announced a revision to its climate strategy, delaying its net- [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Starbucks India grows store network despite 65% widening in FY25 losses
INDIA – Starbucks India, operating under the Tata Starbucks joint venture, report [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Cervejas de Moçambique nearly triples profit in 2024, driven by strong sales, market leadership
MOZAMBIQUE – Cervejas de Moçambique (CDM), a subsidiary of global brewing giant [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Checkers Africa launches Choco Tee 3-in-1 hot chocolate
NIGERIA – Checkers Africa Limited, a leading manufacturer of custard and househol [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Arjena foods strengthens Nigeria’s groundnut value chain with new factory
NIGERIA – The groundnut processing and value-addition enterprise, Ajrena Foods Li [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
South Africa: Government Commits to Infrastructure-Led Growth Ahead of Symposium
[SAnews.gov.za] As South Africa gears up for the fourth annual Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa (SIDSSA) in Cape Town this week, Public Works and Infra [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Africa: From Furry Friends to Fish, Turning Up the Heat Helps Animals Fight Germs - How Mother Nature's Cure Offers Humans a Lesson On Fever
[The Conversation Africa] Why do people get fevers when we get sick? [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Africa: In Harmony With Nature - a Dryland Perspective On Development and Biodiversity
[IPS] Hyderabad, India -- Dr Himanshu Pathak is Director General of The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Zimbabwe: Togarepi Urges MPs to Prioritise Food Sustainability Amid Climate Threats
[263Chat] Parliamentarians have been urged to champion food sustainability initiatives in their constituencies to enable government to redirect more funding towards critical social [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Escalating Violence Drives Food Crisis Across Eastern DR Congo, Warns WFP
[UN News] As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that food insecurity is worsening both within the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Kenya: Lobby Warns of Health Risk From Unsafe Reuse of Glass Bottles
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A human rights lobby group has raised concern over rising health risks linked to the unregulated reuse of glass bottles in Kenya. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Sudan: Farmers Battle War's Economic Scars to Revive Central Sudan Farmlands
[Dabanga] Wad Madani -- In central Sudan, farmer Omar Qouz is preparing for his first planting season since conflict erupted, battling fears of failure as he and thousands of other [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Liberia: Forestry and Farm Organizations Elect New Leaders
[New Dawn] Liberia's Forest and Farm Producer Organizations elect inaugural leadership to champion sustainability and smallholder empowerment. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Somalia: Somalia's Livestock Minister Attends 92nd World Animal Health Summit in Paris, Calls for Stronger Global Partnerships.
[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu -- The Federal Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Range of Somalia, Hon. Hassan Hussein Mohamed, alongside senior officials from his ministry, participate [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Liberia: GOL & Partners Launch U.S.$19.4m Project
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia, in collaboration with the World Bank and the African Development Bank, launches a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) that is expec [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
South Africa: South Africa's Polluted Rivers Pose Food Contamination Risk
[GroundUp] Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Africa: Researchers Unveil Africa's First Smart Soil Sensor to Revolutionise Farming
[Ghanaian Times] A Team of Ghanaian researchers has developed Africa's first smart soil sensing technology aimed at transforming the way farmers manage soil health, make fertiliser [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Africa: All of Africa Today - May 26, 2025
[allAfrica] Kabila 'Surfaces In Eastern DR Congo' After Losing Immunity [...]
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Date: 26-May-2025
Namibia to enforce new permit rules for livestock, poultry meat trade
NAMIBIA – Namibians are no longer allowed to import or export a range of livestock a [...]
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Date: 22-May-2025
Uganda launches first roasted coffee export to Serbia
UGANDA – Uganda has officially flagged off its first-ever export consignment of roas [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Kopi Kenangan expands Indian footprint with second coffee outlet
INDIA – Kopi Kenangan, Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing coffee chain and the regio [...]
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Date: 22-May-2025
Kenya’s Williamson, Kapchorua tea firms issue profit warnings amid global tea market challenges
KENYA – Two of Kenya’s oldest listed agricultural companies, Williamson Tea Kenya [...]
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Date: 22-May-2025