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Unilever Nigeria’s Q3 profit doubles to US$14.3 Million
NIGERIA – Unilever Nigeria Plc has reported a sharp rise in earnings for the nine months ending September 30, 2025, with profit after tax climbing to about US$14.3 millio [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Checkers opens its largest fully halaal-certified store in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Checkers has opened its largest fully halaal-certified store at Saxony Westwood Mall in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, introducing a new retail experience tailo [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Mowi reports strong Q3 on record salmon harvests
NORWAY – Global seafood company Mowi has reported third-quarter revenues of about US$1.49 billion (EUR 1.39 billion) and an operational EBIT of roughly US$120 million (EU [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Cocoa Processing Company strengthens export partnership with China’s ACCRACO
GHANA – The Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) has reinforced its trade partnership [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Kenya Sugar Board outlines new regulatory framework to reform sugar industry
KENYA – The Kenya Sugar Board has released a comprehensive plan aimed at restruc [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Ethiopia launches nationwide crackdown on coffee hoarding to boost export performance
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture, Addisu Arega, has ordered a nati [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
PepsiCo’s Crown Beverages launches Evervess malt pineapple in Uganda
UGANDA – Crown Beverages Limited, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, has unveiled Evervess [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Nonda Coffee launches Uganda’s first single-origin coffee Café in Riyadh under US$148M investment project
SAUDI ARABIA — Nonda Coffee, a brand of Nonda Commodities Limited (Uganda), has [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Al Ghurair Foods launches industrial food ingredients portfolio, plans UAE’s first corn starch manufacturing plant
UAE – Al Ghurair Foods has introduced its first industrial food ingredients portf [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
AGRA reaffirms support to African governments in advancing food systems reforms
Agriculture development agency AGRA has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting African governments and institutions in delivering on their agricultural transformation promises [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Africa: Survey Reveals Digital Public Infrastructure Could Unlock Africa's Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
[Capital FM] Cape Town, South Africa -- Secure digital payment and identification systems could be the key to unlocking Africa's next wave of entrepreneurs and traders, according t [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Declare State of Emergency On Federal Roads
[Daily Trust] The recent petrol tanker explosion that occurred along the Agaie-Bida road, once again, re-echoed the agony which many communities along all the failed sections of fe [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Liberia: Govt Presents U.S.$363.9m for 225 Km Proposed Road Project
[New Dawn] - For Montserrado, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, & Lofa road construction [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Kenya: Kenya Eyes Green, Digital Factories in New Industrial Push
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is betting on green energy and artificial intelligence to anchor its next phase of industrial growth, as the government unveiled a renewed plan to mak [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Zimbabwe: Harare Warns WHO Tobacco Talks Risk Harming Farmers' Livelihoods
[263Chat] The Government has defended its tobacco industry as it prepares to participate in the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP11) and Meeting of Parties (MOP4) in Geneva start [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Mozambique: Mozambique Still Faces Extreme Poverty Despite Technological Advances
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Benvinda Levi believes that the technological advances that have been taking place in recent decades throughout the world are not yet prod [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Zambia: China Contributes to WFP to Deliver Emergency Food Assistance for Communities Struck By Drought in Zambia
[WFP] Lusaka -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution from the Government of the People's Republic of China to locally procure over 5,600 metric ton [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Sudan: Italy Provides Crucial Funds to WFP in Support of Sudanese Refugees in Libya
[WFP] Tripoli -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Libya welcomes a generous contribution of EUR 3 million from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Internati [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Crisis Averted As Farmers Seize Cows Over Damaged Crops in FCT
[Daily Trust] Tension broke out in Tude community in Gwargwada chiefdom of Kuje Area Council of the FCT after some farmers reportedly seized three cows from a herder over the alleg [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Ghana: Rice Farmers Renew Call for Adequate Investment in Local Production
[Ghanaian Times] Rice farmers in Adelakope-Somanya in the Eastern Region have called for adequate investment in local rice production to help reduce the importation of foreign rice [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Zimbabwe: War Vets Push Back Against Fresh, Government-Backed Attempts By Rautenbach to Grab Springs Farm
[New Zimbabwe] WAR Veterans farming at Springs Farm have pushed back against government-assisted attempts by top businessman Billy Rautenbach to grab their land. [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Uganda: Museveni Urges On Safe Rice Growing As He Commissions Shs71bn Achomai Irrigation Scheme in Bukedea
[Nile Post] President Museveni has commissioned the Shs71 billion Achomai Irrigation Scheme in Kamutur Sub-county, Bukedea District, urging farmers to embrace irrigation-based rice [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Africa: New Potato Variety Offers a Lifeline to Farmers Battling Blight
[Crop Trust] Genebanks and global cooperation deliver versatile, climate-resilient solutions for farmers [...]
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Date: 06-Nov-2025
Africa: All of Africa Today - November 6, 2025
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Date: 06-Nov-2025