The county government has started distributing over 38 tonnes of maize, millet, sorghum and cowpeas to farmers in Mbeere North and Mbeere South. Governor Martin Wambora said the exercise will enable more farmers to access the input thus help to improve agricultural production in the county. He said they are providing residents with subsidized fertilizers and certified seeds so as to boost crop production in the region and move away from.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 9th October 2015

The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Presidential running mate, Ms. Samia Suluhu Hassan has pledged fish processing factory for Mwibara residents, should the party be voted in office during this year's general election.   Addressing a rally at Mnadani grounds here yesterday, Samia said CCM will also use all necessary means to end robbery incidents on Lake Victoria, where residents conduct fishing activities. "The end of such theft has come.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th October 2015

 About 9,000 farmers stand to benefit from a new joint venture deal signed between the Government of Rwanda and Africa Improved Foods (AIF) on Tuesday to produce fortified foods in the country.   Africa Improved Foods is a consortium created by Royal DSM (the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company), the Dutch Development Bank, the DFID, the UK government's Development Finance Institution under the Impact Acceleration.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th October 2015

 Chinese well-known machinery manufacturer firstly launches and boosts new type hammer mill in Kenya market at the end of September, 2015 At the beginning the hammer mill has been widely used in the daily life. This type is the latest improved model. It is fine in workmanship, high quality of material inside out, high efficiency and stability in grain processing compared to others. The reason why we select Kenya Market is that the perfect.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th October 2015

Kenya has written off 39.7 billion shillings ($381 million) owed by state-owned sugar companies, aiming to ease their planned privatisations, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Friday. The government in May approved the sale of the government's holdings in five sugar companies and said it expected to sell 75 percent stakes, in transactions to be completed in the following nine to 12 months. "My Government has had to take a hard decision.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 5th October 2015

Hospitality leader Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has just announced aggressive expansion plans into Africa. Starwood made this announcement at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) being hosted in Addis Ababa from September 30th to October 1st. Starwood currently has a strong footprint in the region, with 34 operating hotels and a pipeline of 20 hotels under development. With the expansion of the company’s luxury,.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 1st October 2015

A Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) consultant, Dr Halima Noor, told a news conference during a high level policy dialogue for rice value chain stakeholders that Tanzania was not utilising her potential in producing and selling rice in East Africa. "Something should be done now in this important rice sub sector," she said in Dar es Salaam over the weekend. Tasked by TPSF, Dr Noor presented a paper titled 'A Policy Scoping.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 28th September 2015

As Mauritius developed into one of Africa’s wealthiest and advanced nations, the island nation’s focus tended to be far beyond the shores of its home continent. With sugar, textiles and financial services the mainstays of its economy, the country’s traditional trading partners have been Europe, India and the US. In terms of Mauritian exports only two African nations — South Africa and Madagascar — registered.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 25th September 2015

The Yara fertilizer Terminal that was launched by President Jakaya Kikwete, last week, has the capacity to hold 120,000 tonnes annually, enough to supply the local market and the rest of East Africa.   The installed capacity of the Minjingu fertilizer factory is about 50,000 tonnes, thus Yara’s introduction. It is bringing new impetus into the farming methods that need fertilizer to transform the agricultural sector.   The.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th September 2015

TRADE Mark East Africa (TMEA) has pledged to support Tanzania to capitalise on its comparative advantage on rice production by increasing sales of the commodity in the regional markets. The TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) Country Director, Dr Josephat Kweka, said in Dar es Salaam at the high level policy dialogue for rice value chain stakeholders in the EAC Common Market that although Tanzania leads in rice production it was still not able to take.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th September 2015

South African wine producers are trying to cater for Angolans’ thirst for sparkling wine and Nigerian demand for bottles of red to penetrate the African market, according to the country’s leading trade body for the industry. Wine producers aim to more than double annual sales growth to 5 percent in Nigeria, boosting profits from Africa’s largest economy, Matome Mbatha, of Wines of South Africa, or WOSA, said in an interview.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd September 2015

It is now emerging that Kenya imports milk from Uganda to meet its shortfall. Statistics show that Kenya bought milk worth Sh520 million from Uganda last year. On its part, Kenya sold dairy products valued at Sh290 million to Uganda during the period. The milk imported by Kenyan firms is mainly in powder form and is meant to safeguard the processors’ market share during the dry season when local supplies are low. Data from the East and.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 23rd September 2015