Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Kenya: Kenya Leads in Smallholder Farmers Agri-Finance
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A new report by Aceli Africa and Dalberg has spotlighted Kenya as a frontrunner in unlocking credit access for smallholder farmers, following the success of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-May-2025
Kenya: Illicit Brew Accounts for 60pc of All Alcohol Sold - Euromonitor Study
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Illicit alcohol now accounts for 60 per cent of all alcohol sold, and illegal alcohol sold in Kenya has increased by 27 per cent since 2022, according to a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-May-2025
Pierre-Emmanuel Medard appointed CEO of BGI-Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA – BGI-Ethiopia, a subsidiary of the Castel Group, has appointed Pierre-Emma [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Kenya opens coffee auctions to global markets to boost farmer earnings
KENYA – Kenya’s Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutah [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Tsingtao expands beer portfolio with the acquisition of Jimo Yellow Wine for US$92M
CHINA – Tsingtao Brewery, one of China’s leading beer producers, is set to diversi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Côte d’Ivoire cashew processors gain ground as global trade shifts
COTE D’IVOIRE – Cashew processors in Côte d’Ivoire are taking advantage of a su [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Hain Celestial launches strategic review amid CEO exit, declining sales
USA -Hain Celestial, the US-based food and personal-care company, has announced a stra [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nigeria approves National Cocoa Management Board to boost sector, compete globally
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC), chaired by President Bola Tin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nairobi to host Africa’s largest avocado congress in May
KENYA – The International Africa Avocado Congress is returning to Nairobi from 2 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Global convenience retail set to exceed US$1T by 2029
GLOBAL – The global convenience retail market is on track to surpass US$1 trillion i [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
EFSA reaffirms safety of Acesulfame K, raises Acceptable Daily Intake
ITALY – The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently completed its ass [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
FDA approves three new natural food color additives
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Galdieria extract [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Liberia: Residents Decry Neglect of Japanese Freeway Drainage System
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Residents along the Japanese Freeway, formerly Somalia Drive, are raising alarms over the continued dumping of garbage into the road's gutters and dra [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nigeria: Lawan Denies Role in Arrest of Critic Over Water Project
[Daily Trust] A former President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has denied involvement in the arrest of Ishe'u Ibrahim Jadda, a constituent alleged to have been detained over [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Farmers Are Leading Scientific Research On Conservation Agriculture
[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- Migren Matanga grew up shying away from small and traditional grains in Rushinga, in northern Zimbabwe. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Africa: Africans Less Likely to Blame Rich Nations for Climate Crisis, Survey Shows
[RFI] A major opinion survey across Africa shows that many people place primary responsibility for climate action on their national governments. Although the continent has contribu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Southern Africa: Heat Extremes in Southern Africa Might Continue Even If Net-Zero Emissions Are Achieved
[The Conversation Africa] Human emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming. This has made high-impact, heat extreme events around the globe more and more intens [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nigeria: Incessant Increase in Food Prices - Why Is It Getting Worse?
[Leadership] The rate at which food prices keeps increasing in this country is atrocious. A kilogram of chicken is now N4500!! It was only a few months ago the same 1 kilogram was [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Liberia: Nafaa, World Bank Break Ground On Aquaculture Hatchery in Bomi
[Liberian Investigator] Klay -- The Government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), in partnership with the World Bank, has broken ground f [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Liberia: Nafaa Launches Modern Fish Hatchery
[Liberian Observer] In a landmark development for Liberia's fisheries and aquaculture sector, fish farmers in the country will now access high quality fingerlings for production as [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nigeria: NAFDAC Drums Support for Local Production of Medicines, Vaccines
[This Day] Abuja -- The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has called for a synergy between the n [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nigeria: 23 Farmers Killed in Fresh Attacks On Benue Communities
[Leadership] Not fewer than twenty-three (24) farmers have been killed across four local government areas of Benue State between Friday and Saturday in fresh attacks by armed men s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Rwanda: Govt Has Invested Rwf54bn in Fortified Food Since 2018
[New Times] The government has invested a total of Rwf54.7bn in fortified blended food (FBF) initiative commonly known as Shisha Kibondo, according to Consolée Uwimana the Ministe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Rwanda: Kivu Choice Launches Rwanda's First 30-Metre Tilapia Cage Farms
[New Times] Kivu Choice, Rwanda's leading aquaculture company, has launched the country's first-ever 30-metre diameter fish farming cages on Lake Kivu in Nyamasheke District. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025
Nigeria: Customs Dismisses Reports On Release of Poisonous Rice Into Badagry Market
[Daily Trust] The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in Lagos has dismissed claims of the release and distribution of seized poisonous bags of rice to some individuals in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 12-May-2025