AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Nigerian agricultural firms secure financing with support from NIRSAL to boost poultry, cocoa production
NIGERIA – The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has facilitated the approval and disbursement of N81.8 million (US$198,700) and N150…
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Illovo Sugar undertakes top leadership changes at its subsidiaries in Zambia, Eswatini
ZAMBIA – Zambia Sugar, subsidiary of pan-African sugarcane grower and sugar producer, Illovo Sugar Africa has appointed Oswald Magwenzi as its new Managing Director. Oswald…
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Uganda dismisses claims that Kenya slashed its sugar export quota
UGANDA – The government of Uganda has refuted claims that Kenya has cut the country’s sugar export quota by 79%. Recent reports indicated that Kenya…
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Guinness Ghana more than doubles its processing capacity with launch of new US$23.9m Brewhouse
GHANA – Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC, has commissioned a state-of-the-art Brewhouse worth GHS 145 million (US$23.9m). According to the subsidiary of the British multinational alcoholic…
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Cameroonian company Mavecam to invest US$22m in fish farming to boost local production
CAMEROON – Mavecam, a Cameroonian agricultural firm is seeking to invest FCFA 12.28 billion (US$22.23m) in the establishment of an integrated aquaculture projected in the…