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Call for full exploitation of East Africas rice market

MEMBERS of the private sector and the government have been advised to consult each other and see how they can solve challenges that impede Tanzania to take advantage of the readily rice market in the East African countries. 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.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Government urged to facilitate increased soybean production

The government has been urged to facilitate and put in place conducive environment that will enable more production of soybean in Tanzania. The call was made during the soya stakeholders' consultation meeting held in Dar es Salaam at the weekend organised by the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC). The EAGC Country Director, Mr Julius Wambura, said it was high time for the government to put more efforts and make sure that the grain.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Uganda Official says could pick Tanzania over Kenya for Oil Pipeline

Uganda’s government is still considering a pipeline through Tanzania to export oil if it proved cheaper than alternatives, an official said on Wednesday, even though the Ugandan president indicated last month that a route through Kenya had been picked. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta made a joint call in August to implement a pipeline project via north Kenya “without further delay”, a.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

U.S. ties approval of $472.8 mln Tanzania aid to graft fight

The United States told Tanzania on Friday it must do more to fight corruption if it wants to receive a $472.8 million financial aid package next year. Tanzania has made big discoveries of natural gas and hopes to start large-scale production within a decade, but investors in the east African nation of over 45 million people have long complained of graft. "Despite some efforts to address corruption, it remains a serious concern.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Kenya chosen Africa’s co-ordinator for FAO food standards

 NAIROBI: Kenya is the new Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation co-ordinator for the Codex Food Standards programme for Africa. The country took over the co-ordination role from Cameroon, whose term ended in July. As a co-ordinator for Africa, Kenya will be responsible for defining problems and needs concerning food standards and food control for all Codex member countries in the continent. Other countries that.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Kenya Government seeks funding for $150 mln project to expand power grid

 Kenya has announced a second $150 million project to expand its electricity grid to connect another 1.5 million people, with the head of its sole power distributor saying the country was in talks with the African Development Bank to help finance it. The project represents the second phase of a plan to add a total of 3 million people to the grid of the country, where around half of the 40 million population are not connected and many still.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

KNBS notes rising demand of cement in Kenya as construction industry booms

 Manufacturers of cement in Kenya are racing to meet high demand of cement  in the wake of many infrastructure construction projects and booming real estate industry in the country, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has observed.   According to statistics from the (KNBS), the production of cement in Kenya last year was 5.88m tones which is a 16 per cent increase compared to the previous year.   KNBS also said.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Africa’s largest solar carport in Kenya to be opened at newly constructed Garden City mall

 Africa’s largest solar carport in Kenya constructed by Solarcentury is set to be opened at the newly constructed Garden City mall. The move is set to cut carbon emissions by around 745 tonnes annually.   Solarcentury said that the constructed solar carport in Kenya will use the dual-mode technology which is a highly innovative energy solution that provides solar energy during the day implying that less is used from the grid;.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Meta Beer Invests 90 Million Br for Sourcing Malt Barley

Meta Abo Brewery S.C. invested 90 million Br in three years for sourcing beer malt barley. Of this sum, 12m Br was dedicated to providing pre-financing to all of its smallholder farmers, and purchasing 8,000 tons of local barley from both commercial and smallholder farm sources.   Meta partnered directly with 6,113 smallholder farmers in Arsi, West Arsi and South West Shewa Zones, providing training, interest free pre-financing, quality.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Kenya: Usiu Gest Sh33 Million Agri-Business Kitty

The USIU-Africa Global Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship Center has received a Sh33.9 million grant from Cultivate Africa's Future, a joint programme of the International   Development Research Center of Canada and the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research.   The 18-month funding programme will support expansion of business opportunities for youth in the fish and poultry sectors in Kenya to help them.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Kenya: Country to Focus On China to Accelerate Agricultural Transformation

Nairobi — Kenya will strengthen agricultural cooperation with China in order to transform the sector through technology adoption, value addition and irrigation, a government official said on Wednesday.   Sicily Kariuki, the Principal Secretary in the State Department of Agriculture, said Kenya will strengthen agricultural cooperation with Beijing in strategic areas like research, investments in irrigation alongside post harvest.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015

Namibia: Fisheries to Rethink Freshwater Aquaculture

According to the Ministry of Fisheries, legislation and regulations changes are needed to ensure parity with other food production sectors in advancing the promoting of pro-poor uptake of freshwater aquaculture.   Current freshwater fish production is low with estimates of only 50-100 tonnes per year even with the establishment of a series of Inland Aquaculture Centres and farms in Omusati, Oshana, Kavango, Otjozondjupa and Zambezi.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 21st September 2015



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