USA – The American agribusiness and food company, Bunge Ltd has announced that Brian Thomsen, president Agribusiness unit, is retiring and plans to remain with the company through the end of the year for a […]
NIGERIA – The multilateral development finance institution, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced it is targeting to increase aquaculture production in Africa by five million tonnes by 2025. Through its Technologies for African Agricultural […]
KENYA – Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) has launched a food laboratory worth about US$3.98 million, to be used as a centre for monitoring and analysing the nutritional significance of foods, Business […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Africa’s largest PET bottle recycler Extrupet has announced plans to inject US$14.99 million into South Africa’s economy to help meet recycling and job creation goals for the next five years. Plans by […]
GHANA – The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has unveiled plans to introduce use of organic fertilizer on cocoa farms in another strategy to increase yields and cocoa production in the country. The fertilizers will help […]
GHANA – Nestle Ghana, a global food and beverage company has appointed Philomina Tan as new Managing Director effective August 2018, succeeding Mrs Freda Duplan who has been promoted as the Market Head of Nestlé […]
SOUTH AFRICA – The agricultural and sugar processor Tongaat Hulett has announced that its long-serving Chief Executive Peter Staude will be stepping down his role at the end of October after attaining the retirement age […]
USA – Diageo, a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, has invested in a new Guinness brewery outside of Baltimore, Maryland which represents the first Guinness brewing operation on U.S. soil in more than 60 years. […]
USA – Kellogg’s, an American multinational food-manufacturing company, has attributed the acquisition of the Chicago protein bar RXBar for its continued sales reports. According to CNBC, Kellogg bought the River North-based company last fall for […]
JAPAN – Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s largest trading company, has announced plans to purchase an 80% stake of Gourmet Delica Co., Ltd. from its current owner Kewpie Corporation. Gourmet Delica manufactures pre-cooked rice and other delicatessen […]
