Day: December 22, 2015

TANZANIA – Water Witness International and the Scottish government are helping Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) to mitigate water risks at the Moshi plant based on a set of rules defined by Water Witness International (WWI), a research and advocacy charity which works for sustainable and equitable water resource management.

ZAMBIA – The Zambia Co-operative Federation (ZCF) has received 100 more unit equipment for the setting up of solar-powered mini-milling plants across the country.

SOUTH AFRICA – Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev) says its intention to list on the JSE in mid-January shows its “commitment to SA and the African continent”.

KENYA – The High Court has stopped Ukwala Supermarkets from completing the sale of its outlets to Botswana’s Choppies Enterprises until it has heard a Sh946 million tax dispute between the retailer and the Kenya Revenue Authority.

KENYA – The High Court has stopped Ukwala Supermarkets from completing the sale of its outlets to Botswana’s Choppies Enterprises until it has heard a Sh946 million tax dispute between the retailer and the Kenya Revenue Authority.

IVORY COAST – A decline in cocoa output in top grower Ivory Coast is forecast to lead to a deficit of 183,000 tonnes in the 2015/16 season, the first shortfall in three years, Ryan Davies, head of cocoa futures trading at ECOM Agrotrade Ltd, said in an interview.

KENYA – Kenya has been granted another one-year extension of sugar import limits from the regional trade bloc COMESA, offering relief to local millers that would have to deal with tougher competition from more efficient producers.