AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Malawi signs pact with India to export 50,000 Mt of pigeon peas annually
MALAWI – Malawi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India to export 50, 000 metric tonnes of the crop to the Asian market…
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South Africa issues petroleum company bp with liquor licence first of its kind
SOUTH AFRICA – The multinational oil and gas company, bp, has broken the record of becoming the first petroleum company in South Africa to be…
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Smart irrigation company SupPlant raises US$10m to grow presence in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Precision agriculture company SupPlant has raised US$10 million to widen the reach of its smart irrigation technology in the South African market.…
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AfDB promotes food security, COVID-19 recovery in Zambia with US$1.4m grant
ZAMBIA – Zambia has received a US$1.4 million grant from African Development Bank’s Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, to fund the Mitigating Impacts of…
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Arla to invest in new modern dairy farm in Nigeria to boost milk production
NIGERIA – Arla Foods, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in Europe, has announced plans to build a new commercial dairy farm in Northern Nigeria,…