Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Cameroon moves to secure Geographical Indication status for red cocoa to boost export value
CAMEROON – Cameroon is advancing efforts to obtain Geographical Indication (GI) p [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
Kenya’s mangrove restoration projects are a blueprint for successful sustainability
Sustainability is more than a buzzword. It’s the balance between environmental care, social well-being and economic growth, ensuring that progress today doesn’t compromise the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
Liberia: Kermue's 36.5km Road Project Marks a Turning Point for Rural Bong
[New Dawn] Panta District -- A wave of excitement and appreciation is sweeping across Panta Administrative District as residents celebrate the remarkable rehabilitation of the 36.5 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
Liberia: VP Koung Reassures Arrival of 285 Road Machines, but Timeline Remains Unclear
[Liberian Investigator] Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has reaffirmed that the 285 earth-moving machines promised for nationwide road rehabilitation will "arrive soon," but aga [...]
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Date: 24-Nov-2025
East Africa: Uganda Invited to Buy Stake in Kenya Pipeline Company Shares As Ruto Pushes Regional Integration
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has formally invited Uganda to acquire a significant stake in the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), in what President William Ruto described as a historic [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
Kenya: Kenyan Agricultural Produce, Beef to Access Malaysian Market Duty Free
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyan agricultural produce and beef will now access the Malaysian market duty-free, thanks to an agreement reached between President William Ruto and visit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
Liberia: Liberia Marks First-Ever World Fisheries Day Celebration
[Liberian Investigator] As Liberia joined the global community in celebrating World Fisheries Day for the first time, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. reaffirmed his government's [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
Uganda: Dr Halid Kirunda Appointed First Chairperson of Uganda Veterinary Council
[Nile Post] Uganda has reached a major milestone in professional veterinary regulation with the appointment of Dr Halid Kirunda as the first chairperson of the Uganda Veterinary Co [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Nov-2025
US President Trump exempts beef, other key food imports from tariffs
USA – President Donald Trump has removed tariffs on a variety of food and beverage products, including beef, cocoa, and coffee, reversing measures introduced earlier this [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Sub-Saharan Africa food imports to reach US$65 Billion in 2025 – FAO
AFRICA – Food imports in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to climb to US$65 billion by the end of 2025, marking a 4% increase from the US$62.8 billion recorded in 2024, ac [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Chad seeks closer ocollaboration with Egypt on livestock development to improve meat, dairy production
CHAD – Chad, home to an estimated 129 million head of livestock, is pursuing strategies to modernize animal farming to increase output of meat, milk, and other by-product [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Ceca-Gadis to close 43 stores amid financial struggles in Gabon
GABON – Ceca-Gadis, Gabon’s biggest supermarket operator, has announced plans to shut 43 of its current 103 stores due to ongoing financial difficulties. The company [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
South Africa’s Eskort rolls out robotic slicing line for premium meats
SOUTH AFRICA – Eskort, a leading South African pork producer, has invested an unknown amount of money into a robotic slicing, weighing, and packaging line at its Heidelbe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Thermo Fisher launches industry-first Multiplex qPCR Assay for faster beverage spoilage detection
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has prohibited [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
South Africa’s ARB blocks Switch Energy drink Ad over ‘Drinking and Driving’ message
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has prohibited [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Heineken Beverages, Absa launch US$69.74M funding programme to boost black-owned SMEs in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Heineken Beverages, in partnership with Absa Bank, has announced [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Brown-Forman debuts Woodford Reserve launches in Kenya
KENYA – Woodford Reserve, the small-batch Kentucky bourbon produced by Brown-Form [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
TPC Limited announces US$52M investment to boost Tanzania’s sugar, ethanol production
TANZANIA – TPC Limited has announced a Tsh 130 billion (US$52 million) investme [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
UPL Corp. launches Smart Climate Ag
UPL Corporation, a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions, has launched Smart Climate Ag, a climate-positive programme for South African commercial row-crop farmers. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
TPC launches a major value-addition project with US$52 million investment to boost Tanzania’s sugar industry
TPC Limited has announced a US$52 million investment aimed at modernising Tanzania’s sugar industry through an upgraded sugarcane value chain and expanded production of ethanol a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Nigeria: The 'Keke' Economy and the Challenge of Industrialisation in Nigeria
[Daily Trust] "The question as to who controls the means of production is fundamental to understanding underdevelopment. In every society, those who control the means of production [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Guinea: Explainer - Liberia, Guinea and Ivanhoe: the Backstory to a Shared Rail Corridor
[Liberian Observer] As public debate intensifies over whether Liberia acted properly in allowing Ivanhoe Atlantic to pursue shipment of Guinean ore through the Yekepa-Buchanan rail [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Liberia: Govt Commits 25 Percent of Public Investment to Roads
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's growing prominence in regional infrastructure development was on full display on Monday as the country hosted the official opening of the 22nd Assembl [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Liberia: President Boakai Urges Stronger Collaboration and Smarter Investment At Armfa Annual Meeting
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., today, November 18, 2025 delivered a powerful keynote address at the opening of the 22nd Annual General Meeting of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Bauchi Plans N3.4bn Mega Trailer Park in Azare to Boost Transport, Economy
[Leadership] The Bauchi state government signed a N3.4 billion agreement on Wednesday to construct a state-of-the-art mega trailer park in Azare town, Katagum local government area [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2025