Investments & Funding
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Czech online grocer Rohlik raises US$118m series C funding as The Natural Foods Company gets new owners
CZECH – Rohlik, a rapidly growing Czech online grocer has raised a further €100 million (about US$118.27 million) in a Series C funding round led by Index Ventures,…
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Maple Leaf Foods eyes four Canadian pig farms as Niagara Bottling plans to build US$156m facility in US
NORTH AMERICA – Maple Leaf Foods Inc, a Canadian consumer packaged meats company, has reached an agreement to purchase four pig farms in central Saskatchewan from a group of…
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Uganda’s leading dairy processor expands offering into UHT products with launch of US$2.6m packaging line
UGANDA – Pearl Dairy Farm Limited (PDFL), the largest dairy processor in Uganda, has partnered with World’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company, Tetra…
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Fertilizer major OCP Group expands into Sub-Saharan Africa with US$100m support from IFC
MOROCCO – OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and leading global fertilizer group, has inked a US$100 million financing agreement with IFC to expand…
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Nigerian manufacturing giant Mamuda Group diversifies operation with commissioning of new beverage unit
NIGERIA – Mamuda Group, one of Nigeria’s leading diversified manufacturing conglomerate, has introduced a new carbonated soft beverage drink in the market dubbed Pop Cola.…