ZIMBABWE – Two local Zimbabwe companies are angling for a shareholding in Zimbabwe Glass Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the state enterprise, Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Glass Industries who are the sole […]
GHANA – The GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, an alcoholic beverage manufacturing company based in Kumasi Ghana, will this year switch to the use of natural fruit alcohol extracts for the production of its alcoholic beverages. […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Tiger Brands, a South African packaged food company has launched its enterprise supplier development fund to support smallholder farmers, processors and distributors in the food-processing value chain. According to Mary-Jane Morifi, chief […]
COTE D IVOIRE – Socak Katana, a cocoa cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire has received an undisclosed amount of investment from the Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund), managed by Bamboo Capital Partners, in partnership with Injaro. […]
NIGERIA – AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited (AFEX), a private commodity exchange firm in Nigeria has secured an investment for an undisclosed amount from Consonance Investment Managers, a Sub-Saharan Africa focused early-stage and growth investment firm. […]
NIGERIA – The Federal Government on Monday entered into an agreement with a Russian firm, Uralchem, on fertiliser production in Nigeria. The signing which was done under the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) will see Russia […]
NAMIBIA – The Ohlthaver & List Group has acquired a 60% stake in Hartlief Corporation Limited, a meat producer, a move that is in line with the group’s 2025 corporate strategy. This majority stake ownership […]
GHANA – The government of Ghana through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has secured loan facilities of US$150m from India and US$33m from Brazil to enhance agro-processing in the country through purchase of machinery. […]
KENYA – Guala Closures East Africa (GCEA) subsidiary of the Guala Closures Group (GCG), screw-top manufacturer, has opened its KSh570 million (US$5.5m) factory in Nairobi, Kenya. The Italian listed company has set up the plant […]
MALAWI – Pyxus Agriculture Limited, subsidiary of United Kingdom-based company Pyxus Agriculture Holding Limited, focusing on groundnuts and sunflower value addition ventures has announced that it will invest $50 million (about K37 billion) in Malawi’s […]
