Day: July 14, 2017

South Africa confirms bird flu cases on two farms

SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa continues to face the threat from bird flu, risking its trade with surrounding countries in chicken after it detected the disease on two commercial layer chicken farms in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.

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EABL breaks ground for Kisumu brewery

KENYA – The construction of the Sh15 billion (US$15 million) Kenya Breweries Ltd Kisumu plant will take 18 months after President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over its ground breaking on Wednesday.

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AB InBev to invest US$210 million in South Africa expansion

SOUTH AFRICA – The world’s biggest brewer, Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev, said yesterday that it planned to invest R2.8billion (US$212 million) in extending its plants in South Africa and in two new packaging lines for returnable glass bottles at its Alrode and Rosslyn facilities in Gauteng.

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Ethiopia’s maize export surges amid uncertainty

ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has earned close to half a billion Birr (US$21.5 million) from the export of maize to Kenya, amid a rising concern in drought-affected areas and a series of attacks by the fall armyworm across the nation’s maize fields.

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