Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has concluded arrangements to further diversify its operations into other key sectors of the economy, announcing its plans to set up a sugar refinery in the near future.
THE Council of Ministers of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation has passed a resolution to curb illegal fishing and trade in immature Nile Perch in local and regional markets.
A participant I was seated by got angry at a point and moaned to my hearing that nature has been too kind to the dark skinned loud-mouthed dwellers of sub-Saharan Africa; such that they have been overwhelmed and cannot use the abundant natural resources like the Shea nut to better their lot.
Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians.
A strong rally in commodity prices could help put Kenya's economy back on the growth path, analysts said even as they warned of persistent risk of imported inflation from the steady surge in the prices of key imports such as oil.
Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. "This is a different year," she smiles, hurriedly greeting other women farmers at the centre. For them, the story is the same: blessings in times of calamity.
The highly anticipated pan-African commodity and derivatives exchange, Bourse Africa, is now expected to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2010 after some delays due to regulatory issues.
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Xu Jianguo has called on the Nigerian Customs Service, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria and other relevant authorities to work with China in its effort to curb the influx of fake products from China to Nigeria.
UGANDA'S milk production reduced at least by 25% between May and August, the Dairy Development Authority indicated last week, reports Chris Magezi.
The monopolistic tariffs enjoyed by the country's largest grain handling company were never approved by the government as required by the law, a Mombasa court heard on Wednesday.
Kasim Befunza, 54 got the idea of fish farming and particularly cat fish from Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu as he travelled from Entebbe to Kampala. In 2003 Befunza had gone to Kampala to look for employment and as he roamed the city he came across the breeding centre at Maj Gen Muntu's ponds in Kajjansi where he breeds cat fish fingerings for export.
The down trend in activity on the Nigerian Stock Exchange persisted yesterday with the twin equity indicators-market capitalisation and all share index sliding by 1.9 per cent.
When Jack Bigirwa died, coffee farmers in Bushenyi district thought it was the end of coffee farming and processing in the district.
Parents in Tiira parish in Busitema sub-county, Busia district have withdrawn over 500 of their children from school to work in gold mines. Busitema sub-county LC3 chairperson Tom Etaru Ekisa told The New Vision in an interview recently that the children, both in primary and secondary school, were employed in the Tiira gold fields.
The volume and value of rice exports from Uganda have registered a gradual growth since 2004.
