AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Iconic Namibian artisanal bakery Hansa Bakery shuts down
NAMIBIA – Hansa Bakery, one of Namibia’s oldest baking firms is closing the curtains to its over 40-year-old business, due to loss of business and…
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Ugandan coffee fetch lower earning in January stifled by prevailing low global prices
UGANDA – Uganda exceeded its projected coffee exports for the month of January 2021, which was set at 400, 000 bags each weighing 60 kgs,…
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Shoprite furthers commitment to use sustainable energy, installs solar pv projects
SOUTH AFRICA – Shoprite, Africa’s largest retailer has inked an agreement which will see the group procure 434 000 MWh of renewable energy per year…
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Kenyan tomato farmers to benefit from US$3.9m processing facility, to be operational by 2022
KENYA – The government of Kenya is investing Ksh. 430 million (US$3.9m) to build a tomato processing factory in Loitok tok, Kajiado County, one of…
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COMESA, EU champion development of National Sanitary and Phytosanitary System for Comoros
COMOROS – Africa’s regional economic organization, COMESA has partnered with the European Union (EU) to support the development of an efficient national Sanitary and Phytosanitary…