Dairibord eyes bigger dairy market share in Zimbabwe as its Dendairy bid rolls on
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COVID-19 shocks on Nigeria’s retail sector to still shape its performance in 2021
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UAE’s food manufacturing giant IFFCO to build major global manufacturing base after acquiring India’s 3 F Fuji Foods
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Egypt’s export of food industries marginally grew by 1% in 11 months of 2020 earning US$3.2 billion
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Global malting company Boortmalt kick starts production at its US$71m plant in Ethiopia
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Rwandan agro-processing firm Inyange Industries to pump US$20m in construction of milk powder plant
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Olam seeks to raise US$188m from Singapore’s debt market even as it extends its food prize application deadline
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SA startup Nile introduces online marketplace connecting producers to commercial buyers
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DuPont introduces new probiotic with proven ability to reduce perceived stress
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American snack company Utz to acquire Vitner’s snack brand for US$25M
US – Utz Brands, a large snack food company based in Hanover, Pennsylvania, is acquiring…
Del Monte’s subsidiary Mann Packing opens fifth vegetable production facility in US
US – Mann Packing – a subsidiary of North American food production and distribution company…
Australia-based hydration solutions company Waterlogic expands presence in Sweden with the purchase of three firms
SWEDEN – Waterlogic, an Australia-based hydration solutions company, has expanded its presence in Sweden with…
Molson Coors to distribute ZOA, a new energy drink co-founded by Hollywood actor Dwayne Johnson
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Shoprite taken to court by aggrieved workers in Namibia as it inches closer to its official exit from Kenya
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Samona Zambia Limited sets up agribusiness venture with US$500k investment
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Newly launched startup EverGrain to convert AB InBev’s barley waste into plant-based protein
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FrieslandCampina to start using 100% rPET bottles to meet ambitious sustainability goals
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Simbisa Brands operates at 25%, cuts down supply orders and derails expansion plan due to COVID-19
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Africa launches initiatives aimed to promote biodiversity protection, sustainable agriculture in the region
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Banana exports from Cameroon declined by 8% in 2020 despite resumption of operations by CDC
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Tough times for German and French vintners as US imposes punitive tariffs on their high-alcohol wine
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AB InBev expands portfolio of its Bud Light brand with the addition of new Seltzer Lemonades
US – Belgium-based multinational drink and brewing company AB InBev has expanded the portfolio of…
GAIL subsidiary of FMN Group becomes exclusive distributor of AgBiTech’s Fall Armyworm biological control tool
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