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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Egypt launches first integrated recycling system for aseptic beverage cartons
EGYPT – Egypt has inaugurated its first fully integrated recycling system for asepti [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Nandi County unveils comprehensive coffee sector reforms to curb exploitation, boost global competitiveness
KENYA – Kenya’s Nandi County Government has announced sweeping reforms in the [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Kenya’s tea production drops 12% in H1 2025 amid dry weather, lower rainfall
KENYA – Kenya’s tea production fell sharply in the first half of 2025, dropping [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
RooLife secures US$64M supply deal with Zhongshan Runlian to expand RLG coffee in China
CHINA – RooLife Group has announced a US$64 million supply and procurement agreem [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Barry Callebaut targets Asia expansion, cocoa alternatives to offset record-high prices
ASIA – Barry Callebaut AG, one of the world’s largest chocolate manufacturers, [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
vida e caffè opens first Sub-Saharan Africa coffee drive-thru outside South Africa in Zambia
ZAMBIA – vida e caffè has announced the opening of Sub-Saharan Africa’s first [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Nigeria: Yobe Gov's Office Gets Ultra-Modern ICT Centre
[Leadership] Yobe State Head of Service, Alhaji Tonga Betara Bularafa, has commissioned a state-of-the-art information and communication technology (ICT) centre at the Governor's O [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Africa: Chimpanzees Ingest More Than the Equivalent of One Alcoholic Drink a Day - New Research
[The Conversation Africa] Drinking more than you intended may be something that many humans do, but now research is showing that a taste for alcohol is surprisingly common among an [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Africa: The Missing Peace - How Only an End to Conflict Can Stop Spiralling Hunger
[WFP] The World Food Programme's most challenging operations have a simple message [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Nigeria: Curbing Nigeria's Malnutrition Crisis Through Strengthened Food Fortification Channels
[Nigeria Health Watch] Nigeria's malnutrition crisis has left approximately 32% of children under five stunted, highlighting an ongoing public health crisis and a need to strengthe [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Tanzania: Tanzania, China Bilateral Ties Strengthened Through Agricultural Innovation
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA and China have continued to strengthen their longstanding bilateral relations, most recently through the implementation of a joint agricultur [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Nigeria: NAFDAC Intercepts Fake Cosmetics Products Worth N500m in Lagos
[Leadership] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the proliferation of fake cosmetic products across the country. [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Nigeria: Flour Mills Supports Federal Govt's Silo Revitalisation, Food Self-Sufficiency Plan
[Leadership] Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) has emerged as the only private company to meet all conditions and perform optimally in the federal government's silo concession revitalis [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
South Africa: SA Forges Agricultural Alliances With Brazil and Japan At G20 Meeting
[Daily Maverick] Two new agreements signed on the sidelines of the G20's Agricultural Working Group could give South African farmers new markets and smarter tech. That is if the go [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Nigeria: $375,000 Funding Unleashed for 15 Trailblazing Women Entrepreneurs Tackling Global Healthcare, Food Security Crises
[This Day] The Bayer Foundation Women Entrepreneurs Award has announced its 2025 winners, recognising 15 exceptional women from Latin America, Africa & the Middle East, and [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Namibia: Namibian Beef a Hit in Germany
[New Era] Patrons at all Block House steak restaurants in Germany can dine on Namibian beef. [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Rwanda: Meet Bashana, the Man Who Redefined Rwanda's Countryside Coffee Experience
[New Times] On a long, sun-baked highway in Kayonza, tired passengers shuffle off a bus and into a roadside haven. The air is thick with the scent of fresh Rwandan coffee. At Basha [...]
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Date: 22-Sep-2025
Pernod Ricard Germany partners with Spiritory to boost direct-to-consumer premium whiskey sales
GERMANY – Pernod Ricard’s German division has entered into a strategic partnership [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
Capital Markets Tribunal faults CMA for using media reports in Limuru Tea governance review
KENYA – The Capital Markets Tribunal has ruled that the Capital Markets Authority (C [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
Althea Group raises US$2.55M to accelerate growth of THC beverage unit Peak Processing
AUSTRALIA – Althea Group Holdings Ltd, a leading FMCG company in THC beverages, has [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
Egypt is producing 60% of red meat, nears full poultry self-sufficiency – Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.
EGYPT – Egypt now produces 60% of its red meat domestically while reaching near-complete self-sufficiency in poultry, according to Mohamed el Qersh, spokesperson for the [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
International Beverage unveils new global spirits leadership team as UK MD Malcolm Leask departs
UK – International Beverage, the international arm of ThaiBev, has announced a resha [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
Ethiopia tightens coffee export rules with higher capital thresholds, stricter quality standards
ETHIOPIA – The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) has implemented a new direc [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
Summ Ingredients unveils FermiPro to transform plant-based food innovation
DENMARK – Danish foodtech company Summ Ingredients, formerly known as Nutrumami, has launched its first multifunctional product, FermiPro, following a successful €1.7 m [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025
Singapore’s Terra Oleo raises US$3.1M to transform agro-industrial waste to palm oil, cocoa alternatives
SINGAPORE – Foodtech startup Terra Oleo has secured US$3.1 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of sustainable alternatives to palm oil and cocoa butter. [...]
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Date: 18-Sep-2025