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South Africa: Food Labelling Legislation - Not Just About Compliance
[Biz-Community] The requirements of the new 'food labelling' legislation presents an enormous opportunity for the advertising profession.
AllAfrica | 16-May-2012 11:12

Gambia: Buygambiaonline.com - an Online Market Place for Country Products
[Daily Observer] Buygambiaonline.com is a complete online shopping service that facilitates buying and selling of Gambian products and services targeting Gambian producers and buyers in the diaspora.
AllAfrica | 15-May-2012 11:41

ABG to Up Gold Production
[EA Business] Dar es Salaam - African Barrick Gold plc (ABG), one of the largest gold producers in Africa said it expects to increase gold production by about 300,000 ounces a year in the next two years.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 16:24

Power Threatening Country's Gold Production
[EA Business] Dar es Salaam - A fall in gold production caused by the cost of operation due to unreliable power supply makes Tanzania's dream to be among the fourth biggest producers in Africa difficult to realise.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2012 15:57

Zimbabwe: Sanctions Hinder Attainment of Diamond Revenue Target
[The Herald] ZIMBABWE may miss the expected US$600 million revenue collection target from diamonds due to sanctions that are preventing fair trade of the gems.
AllAfrica | 12-May-2012 15:36

Kenya: The GM Debate Is More Than About Biosafety
[The Star] This month, after almost a decade of intense debate, Kenya is expected to become the third country in Sub-Saharan Africa - after South Africa and Burkina Faso - to approve the commercial planting of genetically modified (GM) crops.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 17:47

Kenya: North Rift Farmers Hoard Maize As They Wait for Better Prices
[The Star] Most Farmers in North Rift still have surplus maize but they are unwilling to sell until prices go up, the Star has established. Early this month, millers said they faced a maize shortage and the stock they had could only last two weeks. A bag of 90 kilogrammes of maize has increased to Sh3,200 from Sh2,900 in February. Some farmers have sold their crops to pay school fees for their children.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 17:35

Zimbabwe: Nation to Import Zambian Maize
[Zimbabwe Independent] ZIMBABWE has been forced to import maize from Zambia to avert starvation as a result of a massive maize deficit largely attributed to the country's disastrous agricultural policies.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 15:00

Rwanda: RRA Slams Tax Stamps On Imported Liquor
[New Times] Tired of losing inestimable revenues due to the increasing value of smuggled liquor, Rwanda Revenue Authority has introduced tax stamps for all imported alcoholic beverages.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2012 12:56

Kenya: Maize Fungus Nandi Alert
[The Star] MAIZE farmers in Nandi county were yesterday put on high alert over the emergence of a strange fungal-related disease that is threatening to wipe out the crop in the area.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 18:45

Namibia: Breweries Launch New Soft Drink
[Namibian] NAMIBIA Breweries Limited (NBL) launched their new non-alcoholic soft drink Vigo yesterday, to complement its rich portfolio of brands while offering a refreshing and unique malt based soft drink.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2012 12:54

Africa: Is the Diamond Trade Fuelling the Machinery of War?
[Penguin Books] The following extract from Terry Crawford Browne's new book, Eye on the Diamonds examines "how diamonds link the colonial and apartheid histories of South Africa with the close histories of Israel and Palestine".
AllAfrica | 09-May-2012 16:17

Tanzania: Glut Helps to Calm Sugar Price
[Daily News] INCREASED sugar supply has never benefited consumers as the commodity's retail prices remained higher for most households to afford.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 14:23

Global Platinum Surplus to Persist - Report
[The Herald] A substantial increase in demand is required to offset the global platinum surplus, which stood at 735 000 ounces by the end of last year, precious metals consultancy Thomson Reuters GFMS has said. In its 2012 platinum and palladium survey, Thomson Reuters GFMS said global production is expected to continue outweighing demand.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 11:57

Estée Lauder Now in Country
[Capital FM] Estée Lauder South Africa is delighted to announce its entry into Kenya. And the full line Branded counter will be available at Lintons Beauty World, Junction Mall- Nairobi from this month. The counter marks a new standard for High Touch service, innovation and is evidence of the continuous pursuit of excellence for Estée Lauder.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2012 11:27

Kenya: Flour Prices Soar On Maize Hoarding
[The Star] The price of maize flour has shot up in retail stores with millers accusing farmers of hoarding maize to maximize profit from an expected shortage. Millers, distributors and retail chains in Kisumu,Kisii and Eldoret yesterday confirmed an increase in the price of various brands of maize flour attributing owing to low supply from farmers.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 18:46

Zimbabwe: Nation's Tobacco Industry Records Sales Boom
[Zimbabwe Standard] ZIMBABWE'S tobacco industry is experiencing an unprecedented increase in sales volumes and consistency in favourable prices on offer, following the general shortage of the golden leaf on the market.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2012 13:58

Zimbabwe: Firming Gold Prices Present Investors With Positive Returns
[Zimbabwe Independent] FIRMING gold prices on the international markets are currently presenting Zimbabwean investors with positive returns in comparison to other asset classes in the country which have performed negatively in light of the subdued economic outturn.
AllAfrica | 06-May-2012 16:09

Kenya: Samsung Galaxy SIII to Hit Stores By June
[Capital FM] The Samsung Galaxy SIII that was launched in London yesterday and is due to roll out to other parts of the world in June, is expected to touch down in Nairobi later this month thanks to tech-crazed Kenyans.
AllAfrica | 04-May-2012 16:44

Nigeria: Sokoto to Harness Natural Resources
[Daily Trust] Kaduna - President of Sokoto Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture Alhaji Kabir Tafida said that the state is blessed with abundant natural resources which if judiciously harnessed would supplement other sources of revenue for the state.
AllAfrica | 04-May-2012 12:39

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. State Passes Conflict Mineral Law
[ENOUGH] Washington, DC - The Enough Project commends Maryland for passing a law to curb the global trade in conflict minerals from eastern Congo which fuel ongoing mass atrocities there.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2012 20:11

Africa: Ernst & Young Survey Shows Investors' Perceptions are Shifting
[African Press Organization] Johannesburg, South-Africa - Growing optimism and confidence among international and African investors has lead to significant inward investment into Africa over the last decade according to Ernst & Young's second African Attractiveness Survey.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2012 18:21

Nation to Start Exporting Sugar
[Daily News] TANZANIA may soon start exporting sugar to other East African countries after increased supply of the commodity in the local market despite closure of four factories for maintenance, the Sugar Board of Tanzania (SBT) said on Wednesday.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2012 05:56

Tanzania: Gold Production Set to Edge Down
[Daily News] TANZANIA's chance to become Africa's third biggest gold producer is uncertain due to a drop in production as a result of rising operational costs.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 09:31

Tomato Prices Soar in Rwamagana, Kayonza
[New Times] Rwamagana and Kayonza districts have over the last one week registered a significant increase in the price of tomatoes by almost 80 per cent in wholesale trading with bulk traders virtually running out of the commodity.The price skyrocketed from Rwf400 a kilogramme the previous month, to Rwf900 in the week under review.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2012 08:48

Namibia: U.S. Ambassador On Processing Uranium Ore Concentrate
[State Department] U.S. Department of State Remarks by Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs IAEA Regional Seminar Windhoek, Namibia, April 23, 2012.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 21:11

Zambia: Growing Tomatoes - a Profitable Business
[Times of Zambia] TOMATO to most of us is a vegetable because of the way we eat it, but botanically speaking, it is a fruit because it has seeds but it could alsobe classified as a berry since it is pulpy and has edible seeds.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 18:54

Nation Records Maize Surplus
[Times of Zambia] ZAMBIA has this year produced 2.8 million tonnes of maize, 300, 000 tonnes above the 2.5 million tonnes national consumption level.
AllAfrica | 01-May-2012 18:43

Zimbabwe: Marange Diamonds - Questions Remain Unanswered Despite Spin
[SW Radio] The document entitled, "Mbada Diamonds: The Facts 'they' will not tell you," New Zimbabwe.com, 28 March 2012, raises more questions than answers.
AllAfrica | 29-Apr-2012 07:23

Angola: National Singers Participate in Beer Company Anniversary Show On Saturday
[ANGOP] Luanda - The head of the music production company 100 Fronteirras, Ikuma Bumba, on Thursday here said the concert dubbed "Grande Show Cuca 60 Anos", in celebration of the 60 years of existence of the beer company Cuca, will have a 100 per cent participation of national singers, meant to valorise the national music, ANGOP has learnt.
AllAfrica | 27-Apr-2012 13:46

Uganda: Another Sugar Firm to Build 12mw
[Observer] Sugar and Allied Industries Limited (SAIL) intends to set up a sugar factory in Busoga by January 2013, according to the company's top management. The company also plans to build a power plant to produce 12 MW, some of which will be connected to the national grid.
AllAfrica | 26-Apr-2012 14:44

Kenya: Kebs New Rules for Fruit Juice Package Labels
[The Star] THE Kenya Bureau of Standards is determined to stop fruit juice and soft drinks manufacturers from displaying images of fruits on their packaging material if the content inside is less that 35 per cent of the fruit extract.
AllAfrica | 26-Apr-2012 13:36

Africa: Freeport Versus the People of Fungurume
[OSISA] The largest mining investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should have brought jobs, economic growth and development to communities in Fungurume. But the US$2 billion invested so far into the massive copper and cobalt mine - by a consortium led by the US multinational Freeport McMoran - has brought poverty not prosperity.
AllAfrica | 26-Apr-2012 12:22

Zimbabwe: U.S.$1,3 Million Diamonds Land Detective in Trouble
[The Herald] A DETECTIVE based at the Minerals Unit in Mutare has been arrested for allegedly stealing 13 383 carats and 196,4 grammes of gold worth over US$1,3 million.
AllAfrica | 25-Apr-2012 12:17

Namibia: NBL Urbock to Hit Angolan Shelves
[Namibian] NAMIBIA Breweries Ltd (NBL) celebrated Reinheitsgebot Day in style on Monday by launching its RHG campaign and opening the first barrel of Urbock, the brewer's winter beer.
AllAfrica | 25-Apr-2012 11:49

Nigeria: FG Earmarks N3 Billion for Fertiliser, Seed
[This Day] The Federal Government has disclosed that it had earmarked N3billion for seeds and fertilisers to boost agriculture under its Growth Enhancement Scheme, GES in the country.
AllAfrica | 24-Apr-2012 15:39

Nigeria: U.S. to Boost Agric Commodities With $60 Million in Country
[Daily Trust] The United States has voted $60 million for the second phase of its USAID Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites programme.
AllAfrica | 24-Apr-2012 15:22

East Africa: Barley Transforming Lives in Kapchorwa
[EA Business] Kapchorwa - For thirty year old Alex Chele, life couldn't be any better after he discovered the secret in growing barley, a raw material used extensively in the production of beer.
AllAfrica | 23-Apr-2012 17:28

Zambia: Branding of Local Rice
[Times of Zambia] LAST week, I attempted to show that rice; like maize is grown across the breadth of this country and it can be a staple crop if well harnessed, especially in valleys and floodplains.
AllAfrica | 23-Apr-2012 09:18

Angola: Agriculture Minister Announces Increased Production of Salt
[ANGOP] Baia Farta - The Angolan minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, said on Friday in the village of Chamume, 18 kilometers from the town of Baia Farta, the increased levels of salt production in the near future, in the province of Benguela.
AllAfrica | 23-Apr-2012 08:31

Zimbabwe: Diamonds - U.S. Invites Mpofu to KPCS
[The Herald] THE United States government wants Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu and his delegation to attend the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme meeting set for June this year.
AllAfrica | 21-Apr-2012 16:02

Nigeria: Katsina, Largest Producer of Cotton in Country - Shema
[Daily Trust] Katsina - Katsina State is the largest producer of cotton in Nigeria, Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema has said.
AllAfrica | 20-Apr-2012 11:22

Nigeria: 'We Need Action On Cotton, Not Paper Work'
[Daily Trust] Katsina - Former minister of agriculture, Alhaji Shettima Mustapha, says cotton farmers are tired of paper works being carried out by successive governments regarding improvement of cotton production in the country.
AllAfrica | 20-Apr-2012 10:43

Nigeria: 'FG to Reform Solid Minerals Sector'
[Daily Trust] Sokoto - Federal Government will reform the solid minerals sector to make it more efficient and lucrative, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arch. Musa Sada, has said.
AllAfrica | 20-Apr-2012 10:41

Cote d'Ivoire: Consumers' Association Says Moves to Reduce Price of Food Commodities Have Failed
[U.S. Embassy Abidjan] A front-page story in Soir Info (p. 1) quotes the head of the consumers association as saying that moves by the Ivorian authorities to reduce price of food commodities have "failed". "We can testify that there was no price reduction in the shops," Marius Comoe is reported as saying. Meanwhile, a front-page headline in Le Patriote quotes the Minister of Commerce Dagobert Banzio who vowed that the government "will force traders to reduce the price of food commodities."
AllAfrica | 19-Apr-2012 16:24

Uganda: Meat Packers Want Drug Subsidies
[Observer] The Uganda Meat Packers Cooperative Union wants government to pay more attention to their plight, especially their funding challenges and the lack of veterinary drugs. The meat packers, during their recent annual general meeting, noted that the high cost of drugs was hurting their businesses. Tracy Hathon, the CEO of the union, said the shortage of funds continued to slow down their activities. While donors have chipped in with some money to help the union, Hathon said the funding gap remained wide. She ad
AllAfrica | 19-Apr-2012 15:48