AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Marble Capital offers US$6.5 million first-ever Halal commodities fund to promote investment in agriculture
NIGERIA- Marble Capital Limited, yesterday offered an N3 billion (US$6.5 million) Marble Halal Commodities Fund to investors, domiciled in the agro-economic sector and its first…
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Tanzania invests US$42,500 in research to boost production of quality sorghum seeds
TANZANIA – The Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Hombolo Centre has received 100m/- (US$ 42,500) from the government for the development of quality sorghum seeds…
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Angola devotes to purchasing 10,000 tons of corn from local farmers in a bid to attain self-sufficiency in markets
ANGOLA – The Angolan Strategic Food Reserve (REA) has partnered with Carrinho Agri, an agricultural transformation company, to purchase more than 10,000 tons of corn…
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Dekel Agri-Vision achieves a 108.4% jump in crude palm oil output to hit 6,179 tonnes
IVORY COAST – Dekel Agri-Vision PLC, a United Kingdom-based agro-industrial company with subsidiaries in Ivory Coast, has announced that crude palm oil multiplied to 6,179 tonnes…
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Tanzania announces 10% edible oil import duty hike, eyes to be self-sufficient in wheat by 2025/26
TANZANIA – Ministry of Agriculture seeks to hike edible oil import duty from the current 25 percent to 35% in a bid to protect local…