AFMASS CONFERENCE & EXPO 2017
KENYA– It was pomp and colour at the inaugural Food Business Africa Industry Excellence Awards ceremony on the evening of April 26, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya as a number of winners of the Industry Champion Awards received their awards.
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ZAMBIA – Kafue Fisheries Limited is awaiting regulatory approvals to establish an abattoir and a factory at a cost of US$1.8 million.
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SOUTH AFRICA – The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) has warned consumers to brace themselves for an increase in the price of eggs for 2017.
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SOUTH AFRICA – The South African Rooibos Council (SARC) has announced it would invest R3 million to commission additional research into the world famous tea’s medicinal and health enhancing properties.
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KENYA – Maize flour prices are unlikely to come down until July when the stock of grain available locally is expected to meet the country’s needs, millers said, setting up consumers for two and half more months of pain at the shop.
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KENYA – Kenya’s nutrition regulator is set to get additional powers to police the country’s chaotic food and nutritional supplement industry that is currently dominated by quacks and pseudo-medics.
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KENYA – Nakumatt Supermarkets has announced plans to close its poorly performing branches in Kenya and Uganda as part of cost-cutting measures aimed at saving the retailer Sh1.5 billion annually.
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NIGERIA – The moribund Golden Guinea Brewery Umuahia is set to bounce back after 16 years of inactivity following a lifeline of $10 million it obtained from the Nigeria Export and Import Bank (NEXIM).
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SOUTH AFRICA – Pioneer Foods has cautioned its shareholders to expect a decline in earnings for the six months to end March.
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MALAWI – The country’s consumer watch-dog, Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has bemoaned the current sugar scarcity and has since called on the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism to allow traders to start importing sugar from other countries to address the crisis.
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