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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
India overtakes China as Pernod Ricard’s second-largest market, driven by premiumisation
INDIA – India, now Pernod Ricard’s second-biggest market by sales, has surpasse [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Carlsberg becomes PepsiCo bottling partner in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
ASI – Carlsberg Group has entered into a new partnership with PepsiCo, becoming t [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
AACE Foods appoints Nwabuike Gloria as new managing director
NIGERIA – AACE Foods is an indigenous Nigerian company, has appointed Mrs. Nwabui [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
SGS highlights regulatory changes for Ivory Coast’s import market
SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is alerting importers to regulatory changes affecting trade with the Ivory Coast and sets out the best rou [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Zimbabwe: Mbudzi Interchange Takes Shape With Loop Road Opening
[The Herald] Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter -- The Masvingo-Glen Norah loop road, which is part of the Mbudzi Interchange project, is now complete and is set to be opened to traff [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Seychelles: Seychelles' First Library and Natural History Museum Renovated and Re-Opened for Other Use
[Seychelles News Agency] One of Seychelles' historical buildings, the Carnegie Building, re-opened its doors into a new era on Tuesday following renovation to bring it back to its [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Mozambique: Agreement Signed to Increase Maputo Port Grain Capacity
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Maputo Grain Terminal Company (MGT) for a significant expansion of the grain te [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Zimbabwe: Urban Cash Transfers for 1,7 Million People to Start
[The Herald] Mukudzei Chingwere -- Communities are helping identify food-insecure people who should benefit from the Government's food deficit mitigation strategy and urban cash tr [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Zimbabwe: Fertiliser Firm Ready for the Summer Cropping Season
[The Herald] Herald Reporter [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Rwanda: Huye-Based Diary Breeding Centre to Get Rwf13bn Boost
[New Times] Rwanda's dairy sector is projected to get a boost with the country's only cattle breeding centre expected to be reinvigorated with up to $13 billion in funding, The New [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Rwanda: Govt Earmarks Over Rwf54bn for Fertilisers, Seeds
[New Times] The Government has allocated Rwf54.2 billion for subsidies on mineral fertilisers, and seeds (maize, wheat, and soybean) in the fiscal year 2024/2025, according to info [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Zimbabwe: Govt Steps Up Efforts to Save 2,8 Million Cattle
[The Herald] Mitigation measures to save livestock, including 2,8 million cattle, in danger of dying from the effects of drought, have been stepped up by Government. [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Zimbabwe: Urban Cash Transfers to Start This Week
[The Herald] Cabinet received and noted the report on the food deficit mitigation strategy, urban cash transfer programme and movement of grain, as presented by the Minister of Pub [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Uganda: NEMA Raids Rakai Farms, Destroys Crops, Arrests Farmers Over Wetland Encroachment
[Nile Post] The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), in collaboration with the police, has launched a series of surprise raids on farms in wetlands and along the shore [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Nigeria: Govt Hands Over 12,367 Bags of Rice to Sokoto
[Premium Times] The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, said the gesture to Sokoto State was part of a presidential initiative to support states in cushioning t [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
Nigeria: Govt Hands Over 24,180 Bags of Maize, Garri to Akwa Ibom
[Premium Times] NEMA advises that the food items should be shared in the communities through properly constituted committees at the local government levels. [...]
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Date: 12-Sep-2024
BAK Food Equipment appoints Sam Collup as Regional Sales Manager for Southeastern territory
USA – BAK Food Equipment, an equipment supplier in the food industry, has named S [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Valeo Foods expands in Eastern Europe with acquisition of I.D.C. Holding
IRELAND – Valeo Foods Group, one of Europe’s leading producers of sweets, snack [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Diageo partners with innovators to boost agricultural resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
UK – Diageo, a British multinational alcoholic beverage company, has announced a [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Cal-Maine Foods invests US$6.75M in New York-based egg product firm Crepini LLC
USA – Cal-Maine Foods has announced a US$6.75 million investment in Crepini LLC, [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Monster Energy expands non-carbonated portfolio with launch of Rehab Monster Green Tea
USA – Monster Energy has expanded its non-carbonated beverage offerings with the [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Radico Khaitan expands Rampur Jugalbandi range with two new single malt whisky editions
UK – Radico Khaitan Limited, one of India’s largest Indian-made foreign liquor [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Oshi expands U.S. presence with launch at Lucha Cantina, Illinois
USA – Israeli plant based salmon company Oshi, known for its innovative plant-bas [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Shoprite reports 12% gross profit in 2024 full year financials
SOUTH AFRICA – Shoprite Holdings (JSE: SHP), the South African retail giant, has [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024
Sponsorship & Exhibition open for AFMASS Food Manufacturing Expo events in Africa 2025
Sign up to Sponsor/Exhibit at upcoming AFMASS Food Manufacturing Expo editions in Afri [...]
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Date: 11-Sep-2024