SA’s new mining pure-play Big Tree Copper confident IPO will fund expansion drive
Jan Nelson, CEO, Big Tree Copper NORTHERN Cape copper miner Big Tree Copper said it could raise as much as R100m when it listed, possibly before July, to help fund…
A surge in fertilizers prices fuel food crisis in Africa
FILE PHOTO: A rice farm in Nigeria. /Xinhua By David Ochieng Mbewa An increase in world fertilizer prices is adding to worries about food security across sub-Saharan Africa, where small-scale…
Rwanda to Export Grain Seeds to DR Congo, Central Africa Republic
By Liesse Niwe Rwanda could start exporting different varieties of maize seeds to Central Africa Republic (CAR) and DR Congo, according to the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board…
UNECA chief lauds success in exporting Ethiopian coffee to China
Recent successes achieved in exporting Ethiopian coffee to China will provide a roadmap in leveraging export potential of other African countries, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has…
Where the World’s Bananas Come From
Bananas are big business. They’re the most widely consumed fruit in the world aside from tomatoes – which, let’s admit it, are only considered fruits by botanists and sticklers –…
Kenya: Govt Extends Avocado Export Ban to Curb Harvest of Immature Crops
By Carolyne Tanui Nairobi — Kenyan growers and exporters dealing in the avocado export business face an indefinite ban on the export of Hass and Fuerta varieties. Kenya Agriculture and…
Terrain Tamer expands to South Africa
Terrain Tamer 4WD Parts has recently expanded into South Africa, with their 16th warehouse opening in Bellville, an inner eastern suburb of Cape Town, to facilitate the service of the…
BME initiates record blast in South Africa
Omnia Group company, BME, has completed another record-breaking blast using its latest generation AXXIS TitaniumTM electronic detonation system. The blast of 5209 detonators was conducted recently at a chrome mine…
Gambia: Barrow’s Second Term Targets Rice Self-Sufficiency, Food Security
By Pa Modou Cham During his inaugural speech for a second term as the President of The Gambia, President Adama Barrow revealed that the target for his new government is…
Nigeria: How Oil-Dependence Truncated Nigeria’s Industrial Development
By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka It is the devil’s excrement. We are drowning in the devil’s excrement. -Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, Founder OPEC. All in all, I wish we had discovered water.…