Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
ULMA Packaging to unveil new hygienic machinery for meat processing
SPAIN – ULMA Packaging is showcasing a range of its latest hygienic packaging system [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Alternative protein industry faces rise globally in 2024 – The Good Food Institute
GLOBAL – Investment in alternative proteins continues to slide in 2024, but sales of [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Pilgrim’s Pride posts US$296M in net income growth
USA – Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. is reporting a strong financial performance in the fir [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Meatable to partner TruMeat in building a cultivated pork facility in Singapore
SINGAPORE – Dutch cultivated meat company Meatable is working with Singapore’s Tru [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
IITA’s new maize hybrid delivers on yield, resilience and food safety in Nigeria
NIGERIA – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in collabo [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Egypt: Egypt Condemns Targeting of Infrastructure and Vital Facilities in Port Sudan and Kassala
[Egypt Online] The Arab Republic of Egypt condemns the targeting of infrastructure and vital facilities in the cities of Port Sudan and Kassala in the early hours of May 4, 2025. [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Inaugurates Bulbula Park, Mesob One-Stop Service Center
[Ethiopian Herald] PM Abiy receives Angola's External Relations Minister [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Malawi: Food Security - Deputy Minister Chambo Launches Dowa-Dambo Irrigation Scheme
[Nyasa Times] Deputy Minister of Agriculture Benedicto Chambo on Friday Commissioned the operations of Dowa-Dambo Irrigation Scheme. [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Nigeria: Abuja Farmers Warn of Food Crisis, Demand Subsidised Inputs
[Daily Trust] FCTA assures of intervention [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Nigeria: Nigerian Firm, Brazilian Varsity Sign MOU On Livestock Production
[Leadership] The chief executive officer of Silagreen International Agro Development Limited, Michael Olusegun Akinruli, has said that his firm has signed a Memorandum of Understan [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Ghana: 2.4 Million Ghanaians Vulnerable to Food Insecurity - Report
[Ghanaian Times] More than 2.4 million Ghanaians representing 7.4 per cent of the population between March and May this year are currently classified as vulnerable to food insecuri [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
South Africa: Vaal River Residents Reeling From Flood Damage
[GroundUp] Crops destroyed, houses evacuated [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
South Africa: A Basic Income Support Grant Can Address Extreme Poverty and Inequality in South Africa - Economic Model Shows How
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country's per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from [...]
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Date: 05-May-2025
Africa’s pastoralists hold the key to sustainable livestock and environmental balance
Across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems which are closely bound up with our landscapes and crucial to nationwide food security, economic growth, a [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Egyptian citrus boosts Sokhna Port to record growth in early 2025
EGYPT – DP World Sokhna, one of Egypt’s key logistics hubs, reported its highes [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Kemin Industries secures patent for innovative salt & phosphate-free protein brine
USA – Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer, has announced the issua [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Heineken invests in UK energy drink brand Tenzing to broaden beverage portfolio
UK – Heineken has acquired a minority stake in UK-based energy drink company Tenz [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Whole Foods Store in California closed over vermin infestation
USA – A Whole Foods Market store in Cupertino, California, has been temporarily s [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
CBL Foods highlights illegal confectionery surge & warns of consumer safety
SRI LANKA – Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL), a confectionery manufacturer, has poin [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Rabobank: Climate change could shift global banana trade in Africa’s favour
AFRICA – African banana producers could see their exports rise in the coming deca [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Ingredion’s PureCircle achieves Farm Sustainability Assessment Silver Performance Level for Stevia Supply
USA – Ingredion, a global ingredient solutions provider, has announced achieving [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Sun World, Clarifresh team up to boost produce quality control
EGYPT – Sun World has announced a partnership with Clarifresh, a company that pro [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
bioMérieux pushes for sustainable solutions in lab plastic recovery
FRANCE – bioMérieux, a French in vitro diagnostics company, is leading an innova [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Final outlook: South Africa’s citrus export volume to rise by 3.6% in 2025
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa’s citrus industry is expecting a solid 2025 season, [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025
Nigeria: FCT - How to Stop Crashes At Sloppy Dutsen-Tipper Garage Junction
[Daily Trust] The age-long road crashes on the sloppy Dutsen-Tipper garage junction, along the Dutse-Alhaji/Bwari highway in the Federal Capital Territory, have recently become a s [...]
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Date: 30-Apr-2025