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Africa: Africa's Prosperity Tied to Modernizing Agric Food Systems, Says Minister Rwigamba
[New Times] Africa's prosperity is closely tied to how countries manage and modernize their agricultural food systems, said Eric Rwigamba, the State Minister for Agriculture and An [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Nigeria: Fuel and Go - Mastering the Hybrid Athlete's Plate
[Leadership] Welcome back to "Fuel and Go", the final instalment of our special series here on Culinary Canvas, where we've explored how intentional eating transforms from basic no [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Ethiopia: The Heifer Agritech Challenge Empowering Young Innovators
[Ethiopian Herald] The African agricultural sector faces numerous challenges that impede its growth and development. These difficulties are frequently interrelated and can vary gre [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Ethiopia: Iprada Pushes for Policy Support to Boost Ethiopia's Potato Sector
[Ethiopian Herald] - Ethiopia needs to utilize its huge potential for potato production to maximize employment, investment, and export earnings, the Irish Potato Research and Devel [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Egypt: NFSA Head Affirms Ensuring Safe, High-Quality Products for Consumers
[Egypt Online] The National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) is the unified regulatory body overseeing all stages of the food supply chain to ensure the delivery of a safe, high-qualit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Nigeria: Sallah - Ram Dealers Complain of Low Patronage Amid Short Supply
[Vanguard] Few days before the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir, ram dealers at Mai'adua International Livestock Market in Katsina State complain of low patronage even when the anim [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Namibia: Govt Reduces Export Levy On Animal Skins and Hides
[Namibian] The Ministry of Finance has reduced the export levy on raw skins and hides from 60% to 15%. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Southern Africa: SADC Ministers Responsible for Agriculture and Food Security, Fisheries and Aquaculture Met to Review the Regional Food Security Situation
[SADC] SADC Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food Security, Fisheries and Aquaculture met virtually on 30 May 2025 to review the overall regional food security situation, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Namibia: Kabbe Records Improved Harvest
[New Era] KATIMA MULILO- Despite recent flooding in parts of Kabbe North, the overall agricultural outlook for the constituency is positive, according to local councillor Bernard S [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Ethiopia: Agricultural Transformation Boosting Productivity in Oromia State
[Ethiopian Herald] Five years ago, the Oromia State Government established the Agricultural Transformation in Oromia (ATO), an office in charge of overseeing and executing the agri [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Liberia: Government Mandates Agriculture Ministry to Regulate Rubber Prices Starting June
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia has mandated the Ministry of Agriculture to begin regulating the price of rubber across the country, starting June 2025. The [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Ghana: Boost for Cocoa Sector ...President Hints of Processing Factories for Growing Areas, Good Producer Price for Farmers
[Ghanaian Times] A BROADER government strategy to rejuvenate Ghana's cocoa sector to increase the country's production, and empower rural communities in the cocoa value chain is in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Uganda: Uganda's Coffee Charms At World Travel Expo
[Nile Post] As the curtains closed on the World Travel, Trade and Taste 2025 Expo, it wasn't a commercial jingle or political speech that left the final imprint, but it was aroma f [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2025
Tanmiah Food Company signs deals with U.S. Firms to advance agri-tech, halal food production
SAUDI ARABIA – Tanmiah Food Company has signed two separate memorandums of unders [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Cairo Poultry Company reports higher revenue, profit in Q1 2025
EGYPT – Cairo Poultry Company S.A.E. (CPC) has posted its financial results for t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Meat drives food inflation surge in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Food inflation in South Africa continued its upward trend in April [...]
Region: N/A
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 [...]
Region: N/A
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 [...]
Region: N/A
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- [...]
Region: N/A
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 [...]
Region: N/A
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 [...]
Region: N/A
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 [...]
Region: N/A
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