GHANA – Pernod Ricard Ghana has added Seagram’s Imperial Blue whisky to its portfolio, as part of the beverage giant’s ambitions of becoming the leader in the mainstream spirits market among the emerging middle class […]
NIGERIA – The federal government of Nigeria through the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has unsealed Nestlé Nigeria Plc headquarters, which was recently shut for alleged breach of National Lottery Act, 2005 and National Lottery […]
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe’s Quick service restaurant (QSR) group, Simbisa Brands Limited’s profit for the year ended June 30, 2019 jumped by 134% to US$32 million despite a decline in total customer count. Zimbabwe, which is […]
LIBERIA – The Liberia Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (LACRA) has revised the cocoa regulations governing the sector to suit local exporters. This follows the Senate issuing a directive to the regulatory body to revise the […]
NIGERIA – Nigerian Breweries Plc has concluded plans of expanding its operational capacity in Enugu State through the introduction of a multi-million US dollars business project awaiting its board approval. The company’s Managing Director, Jordi […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Agribusiness and food-focused investment group Zeder expecting subdued value growth in the rest of its financial year, is set to return capital to shareholders and invest in new opportunities if the sale […]
KENYA – Lantera a Kenyan agri-tech startup has obtained a loan facility of an undisclosed amount from Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) to enable it to meet its early targets as it prepares to raise […]
KENYA – Kangema Unity Investment, a dairy cooperative of local farmers in Murang’a County, Central Kenya, has built a Sh300 million (US$2.8 million) milk processing plant to start operations by the end of this year. […]
ETHIOPIA – A local Ethiopian investment firm, Gold Group has built two water bottling plants in separate parts of Oromia Regional State, Southern Ethiopia worth 600 million Br (US$20m) investment. Gold Group has set up […]
TANZANIA – Serengeti Breweries, a subsidiary of East African Breweries Ltd (EABL), has embarked on a TZS 28.1 bn (US$12m) expansion project of its Dar es Salaam brewing plant to increase its beer production. The […]
