Dano, Nutrition Society mark World Milk Day
NIGERIA – Arla Dano recently celebrated this year’s World Milk Day with school children in Lagos, in collaboration with the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) to raise awareness for milk intake.
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Month: June 2017
The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ to merge
WORLD – The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, two of the world’s leading sustainability certification organisations, have announced their intention to merge later this year.
Read MoreFamous brands enters Ghana, exits three African countries
SOUTH AFRICA – Famous Brands, Africa’s largest branded food service franchiser, had entered Ghana but exited the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast and Tanzania, CEO Darren Hele said this week.
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Farmers go nuts in South Africa over macadamia boom
SOUTH AFRICA – Booming demand for macadamias is transforming farmland in eastern South Africa, as landowners switch focus from bananas and sugarcane to the creamy nuts used in sweet treats from ice cream to cookies.
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Dangote to invest US$1bn in Nigeria rice production
NIGERIA – Dangote Group is making a five-year investment of at least $1bn to grow and process rice in seven Nigerian states, bringing sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest importer of the grain closer to its goal of self-sufficiency.
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Tongaat Hulett’s Zim unit returns to profitability
ZIMBABWE – Tongaat Hulett‘s Zimbabwe based sugar producer Hippo Valley has shown growth in both revenue and profits for the year ended 31 March 2017.
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Kenafric faces closure for allegedly flouting Nema regulations
KENYA – Sweets manufacturer Kenafric Industries Limited has lost a High Court bid to stop its closure by the Nairobi City County over pollution.
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