Food and Agriculture
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia Commodities Exchange expands.
The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has announced plans to introduce 5,000 information kiosks across the country over the next five years in its bid to improve the market environment for local farme...
Nairobi News
Dormans coffee has announced plans to expand its presence in Kenya. The company, one of the leading coffee roasters and exporters in east Africa, currently operates ten coffee shops in Nairobi and one...
Nairobi News
Meat shortage looms in Nairobi.
Nairobians could be facing a meat shortage following the ordered closure of five private slaughterhouses in the capital due to non-compliance with environmental regulations. The order affects Dagorett...
Arusha News
Over 220 large and small-scale businesses will take part in the annual Nane Nane agricultural and livestock products and services show in Arusha from 1-8 August. The majority of participants will be f...
Maputo News
Government approves biofuel project.
The government has given its backing to a $280 million project to produce ethanol from sugar cane. The initiative involves the cultivation of approximately 18,000 hectares of land in the Dombe municip...
Arusha News
Project for Arusha flower farmers.
Flower farmers in northern Tanzania are set to benefit from a project to improve the transportation of horticultural products to international markets. Supported by the United States agency for intern...
Maputo News
New biofuel plant in Mozambique.
Biofuels production in Mozambique could soon get a boost thanks to a project for the creation of a new agro-industrial complex in Manhi
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia Commodity Exchange sells to WFP.
The recently opened Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has completed its first sale to the United Nations
Addis Ababa News
Leading French beverages company Groupe Castel is to begin producing wine in Ethiopia,
Cairo News
The government has suspended rice exports from April for six months in a bid to mitigate growing public discontent over rising food prices.
Maputo News
The price of bread is to rise by 50 centavos across the country as of 1 February, the
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