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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Nigeria: Niger State Seeks Investors to Boost Transportation Infrastructure
[Leadership] The Niger State government has restated its readiness to welcome investments across all modes of transportation to drive economic growth and enhance public safety. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Nigeria: Man Calls for Industrial-Led Devt to Achieve $1trn Economy
[Leadership] The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has emphasised the need for an industrial-led development model, prioritising high-value-added and exportable manufactur [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Sudan: Industry and Trade Minister Reveals Steps to Revive Industrial Sector in Khartoum and Gezira States
[SNA] - Minister of Industry and Trade Mahasin Ali Yagoub has disclosed that the ministry has sent a technical team to Khartoum and Gezira states to prepare a detailed study on ste [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Nigeria: FG Approves N16.7bn for Reconstruction of Mokwa Bridge
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has approved N16.7 billion for the immediate reconstruction of the Mokwa Bridge in Niger State which was destroyed by flood in May this year. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Nigeria: In Demonstration of Responsiveness, Tinubu Approves N16.7bn for Reconstruction of Mokwa Bridge in Niger
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate release of N16.7bn for the reconstruction of the Mokwa Bridge in Niger State, months after it was washed away by floodin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
East Africa: GERD - Ethiopia's Gift to African Solidarity and Growth
[Ethiopian Herald] The people and Government of Ethiopia are getting ready to celebrate the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and its inauguration with massi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Africa: Agenda 2063 in Action - AFCFTA Pushes Africa Toward Self-Reliant Industrialization
[Ethiopian Herald] The continental flagship project under the African Union's Agenda 2063, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), is envisioned to transform Africa into [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Sudan: Women in Sudan Are Starving Faster Than Men - Female-Headed Households Suffer
[IPS] United Nations -- The food crisis in Sudan is starving more day by day, yet it is affecting women and girls at double the rate compared to men in the same areas. New findings [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Africa: 33 Million Women Grow Food On Plots in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greener Farming Can Boost Their Earnings - Study
[The Conversation Africa] There are 33 million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, making up 80% of the total farmer population. These farmers cultivate small plots of land [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Africa: Bending the Curve - Overhaul Global Food Systems to Avert Worsening Land Crisis
[IPS] Nairobi -- Current rates of land degradation pose a major environmental and socioeconomic threat, driving climate change, biodiversity loss, and social crises. Food productio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Africa: Africa's Top Climate Change Challenges - a Fairer Deal On Phasing Out Fossil Fuels and Mobilising Funds
[The Conversation Africa] Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Af [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Nigeria: The Siege On Nigeria's Food Baskets
[This Day] All efforts to end hunger in Nigeria will be in vain if insurgent attacks continue to drive farmers from their fields and choke the nation's food supply at its roots, wr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Nigeria: Initiative Tackles Hunger With Food Price Slash
[This Day] Amid rising food insecurity plaguing Nigeria, fuelled by high food prices, a social impact initiative, Inspire Lagos Food Market has resolved to slash prices of food to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Ethiopia: Sheger Expands Forest Cover, Champions Smart, Green City Vision
[Ethiopian Herald] Sheger City is scaling up its efforts to boost food security and expand green urban development as part of its broader vision to become a smart, sustainable metr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Ethiopia: Avocado Oil Exports Bring 3.3mln USD to Sidama Industrial Park
[Ethiopian Herald] The Sidama Industrial Parks Development Corporation announced it has generated over 3.3 million USD in revenue from avocado oil exports during the 2024/2025 fisc [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Africa: Solving Contradiction - Why Nature Rich Africa Lacks Food Diversity?
[Ethiopian Herald] The pursuit of climate-resilient and biodiversity-conscious food systems, which are commended by the United Nations, are flickering new hope into the livesof mil [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Sudan: Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation - We Are Determined to Advance and Promote the Agricultural Sector
[SNA] - Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Dr. Ismat Gurashi, has affirmed the ministry's determination to implement the plans and programs of the Government of Hope related t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
North Africa: Egypt Reviews Progress On Luxor Strategic Warehouse With Hassan Allam
[Egypt Online] Egypt's Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk on Sunday, August 17th, 2025, reviewed progress on the construction of a major strategic warehouse in Lux [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Nigeria: LG Boss to Support Potato Value Chain Project
[Leadership] Chairman of Mangu local government area of Plateau State Hon. Emmanuel Mwolpun has reiterated his administration's commitment to partner the Potato Value Chain Support [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Aug-2025
Bacardi-Martini Australia appoints CCEP as exclusive distributor to drive premium spirits growth
AUSTRALIA – Bacardi-Martini Australia has entered a new distribution agreement with [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2025
Rubicon Arabia launches 100% natural juice range for Kids in UAE
UAE – Rubicon has unveiled Rubicon Kids, a new line of 100% juice drinks created spe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2025
Kenya orders redundancy notices for state-owned sugar firm workers as leasing to private investors concludes
KENYA – Kenya, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has instructed the management of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2025
Suntory sees revenue dip in alcoholic beverages segment amid mixed global market performance
JAPAN – Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings has reported a 2.4% year-on-year de [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2025
TriNutra partners with Nutritunes to roll out ThymoQuin® black seed oil supplement
U.S.A – TriNutra, supplier of its clinically studied ThymoQuin® black seed oil (Nig [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2025
Artemis expands berry ingredient portfolio ahead of 30th anniversary
U.S.A. – Artemis International, a leader in berry-based nutraceutical ingredient [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2025