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South Africa: Inquiry Makes Recommendations to Improve Competition in Fresh Produce Market
[SAnews.gov.za] The Fresh Produce Market Inquiry has released its final report, which identifies features within the fresh produce value chain that impede, restrict and distort com [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Jan-2025
Africa: Africa's Vision for Agricultural Transformation Unveiled At Uganda Summit
[Nyasa Times] In Uganda's Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, African leaders, policymakers, and experts gathered for a landmark summit focused on transforming the continent's agrifood s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Jan-2025
Cocoa purchases plunge in Ghana amid election-related payment delays, financing crunch
GHANA – Cocoa purchases in Ghana experienced a significant decline in December 2024 due [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Brown-Forman secures exclusive distribution of William Grant & Sons Brands in Japan, achieves sustainability milestone
JAPAN – Brown-Forman has acquired exclusive distribution rights for William Grant & [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
High-quality Kenyan tea attracts better prices amid reduced production, exports
KENYA – Farmers and factories producing high-quality tea in Kenya are set to benefit fro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
United States Beverage launches spirits division to support craft brands
USA – United States Beverage (USB), one of America’s leading beverage companies, has a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Rolls-Royce supply electricity for Africa’s first rice straw MDF production facility
Rolls-Royce has commissioned ten mtu gas gensets in the Beheira province in northern Egypt to supply the Egyptian Wood Technology Company’s (WOTECH) production plant with electri [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Nigeria: Police Arrest 50 Suspects Over Abuja Highway Sewage Manhole Cover Theft
[Leadership] Operatives of the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested over 50 suspects for their alleged involvement in the vandalism and theft of highway sewa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Somalia: Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia Inspects Mogadishu Port, Commends Efforts to Enhance Maritime Infrastructure
[Radio Dalsan] The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mr. Salah Ahmed Jama, conducted an official inspection of the Port of Mogadishu today, where he was w [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Somalia: Mayor of Mogadishu and Turkish Ambassador Discuss Key Development Projects for Capital City
[Radio Dalsan] The Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Banadir Region, Mohamed Ahmed Amir, today welcomed the Turkish Ambassador to Somalia, Alper Aktaş, in his office. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Earthquakes - Expert Allays Concerns Over Renaissance Dam
[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Addis Ababa -- Amid a swarm of earthquakes and aftershocks that have rocked the Afar, Oromia, and Amhara regions in Ethiopia since December 22 2023, raised fe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Liberia: New Butchery Shop for Organic Meat Products Opens
[Liberian Observer] In a move to contribute to Liberia's food industry, Rose Martin-King, a Liberian entrepreneur, has officially launched a new butchery shop and farm store in Joe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Liberia: New Butcher Shop Selling Organic Meat Products Opens in Paynesville
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- In a move aimed at transforming Liberia's meat market, Rose Martin-King has officially launched El Shaddai Butchery Agriculture Enterprise, a butcher [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Sudan: Farmers in El Gedaref Face Harvest Crisis Amid Sudan Cash Shortage
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / Port Sudan -- Farmers in Sudan's El Gedaref state have warned of a disastrous upcoming harvest season due to crippling cash shortages and logistical barriers [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Central Africa: Rwanda's Horticulture Exports Rise By 29 Percent
[New Times] Rwanda's horticulture exports increased by 29.1 per cent to reach slightly over $75 million (approx. Rwf104 billion) in 2023/2024, up from $58.16 million in the previou [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Zimbabwe: Wet Spell - Tobacco Hectarage Increases 27pc
[The Herald] Edgar Vhera -- The combined influence of the rains and the extended tobacco seedbed destruction deadline has spawned a 27 percent increase in tobacco hectarage from 85 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Zimbabwe: Govt Avails Water to Curtail Cattle Losses
[The Herald] Precious Manomano -- Government is continuing efforts to avail water for livestock in drought prone areas where 283 cattle poverty deaths were reported in one week due [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Sudan: UNSC - Int'l Chorus Lauds Action On Sudan Famine As Millions Face Hunger
[Dabanga] New York -- Sudan's worsening famine crisis, driven by the ongoing war and collapsing food systems, has been projected to leave over 630,000 people facing famine by May 2 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Jan-2025
Zimbabwe: Employee Killed At Trabablas Interchange Construction Site After Crane Collapse
[New Zimbabwe] A FATAL accident has claimed a life at the Trabablas Interchange construction site after a crane collapsed during de-erection operations. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025
Uganda: Luwero Stuck With Sh740 Million Debt for Road Works After Ramathan Ggoobi Declines to Pay
[Independent (Kampala)] Luwero -- Authorities in Luwero District are grappling with a sh740 million debt related to road works after the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025
Namibia: Significant Rainfall Boosts Dam Levels Across Namibia
[Namibian] Widespread rains over Namibia have provided an early boost to dam levels in the new year. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025
Zimbabwe: Timb Extends Deadline for Tobacco Seedbeds
[The Herald] Oliver Kazunga -- The Government has extended the deadline for destroying tobacco seedbeds from the 2024/25 summer cropping season to January 15. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025
Uganda: Pibid Celebrates 20 Years of Transforming Uganda's Banana Sub Sector Through Value Addition
[Nile Post] A decade of resilience and innovation is how the Director General of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development Dr. Florence Muranga, described its mi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025
Uganda: Karamoja Police Celebrate Milestone in Combating Cattle Raids
[Nile Post] Police celebrated reduction in cattle raids. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025
Uganda: CSOs Raise Alarm Over the 'Silent Killer' in Pesticides
[Nile Post] The CSOs say pesticides have side effects on the health of humans. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Jan-2025