LOUIS KALUMBIA Dodoma. The ministry of Agriculture yesterday outlined seven areas the government will prioritize in the 2021/22 financial year to boost growth of the key economic sector. They include research, seed development and extension services. Others are increasing the size of land for irrigation farming, strengthening markets for agricultural crops, improving access to inexpensive […]
May 30 2021 | Posted in
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ABU MUBARIK Sierra Leone has sold 100 hectares of beach and protected rainforest to China to construct an industrial fishing harbor. The deal, said to be worth $55 million, was struck by the two countries amidst protest from conservationists, The Guardian has reported. According to the UK newspaper, rights groups, landowners, and conservationists have described […]
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TAWANDA KAROMBO Mobile money is providing a much-needed revenue buffer against disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic for Africa’s big telecoms companies, such as Airtel Africa, MTN and Safaricom. This was evident in the financials for Airtel Africa, which reported this week that revenue from Airtel Africa Money had rebounded from a dip in the initial […]
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ANTONY SGUAZZIN Lion breeding in South Africa and trade in products such as their bones should be ended and the country won’t lobby for the lifting of global restrictions on the rhino horn and elephant ivory trade, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said. Still, the country should position itself as a destination for hunting of some […]
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EVANS ANNANG News that China has recently exported cocoa to Belgium is a great cause of concern for the industry in Ghana, COCOBOD has said. According to the Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD, Fiifi Boafo, Ghana should be concerned about China growing cocoa. In an interview on Citi FM, he said this development can have […]
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AMAURY HAUCHARD Ousmane Djebare Djenepo, wearing sunglasses and an easy smile, stands upright to show off the mighty Niger River which is flowing around his traditional wooden canoe, or pirogue. The 76-year-old Malian is one of tens of thousands of fishermen who make a living from the river and the verdant wetlands which surround it. […]
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Africa’s energy needs are growing. This has led some governments to turn to coal-powered plants. Critics say that’s not a smart move in times of climate change and point to the continent’s renewable energy resources. In South Africa, power outages are not the exception but the rule. In the past, those power cuts often occurred […]
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WAHANY JOHNSON SAMBOU It’s a first of its kind in Senegal, an ostrich farm. Over the past seven years, these rare birds have become the economic powerhouse of Mlomp, a village in Casamance, southern Senegal. And now the whole community depends on these ostriches. A profitable farming business. “Nothing is discarded in the ostrich business. […]
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Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announces death of 61-year-old after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died, the country’s vice president announced, after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. In a televised address to the nation late on Wednesday, March 17, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan […]
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CHRISTOPHE KOFFI Cashews are big business in Ivory Coast, the world’s leading producer, and the country is waging an intensifying campaign to stop smuggling of the nut known there as “grey gold”. The West African nation has strengthened its laws to punish those caught sneaking the nuts over its borders and is trying to make […]
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