NIGER— Niger has launched the “National Strategy for the Development of Rice Culture (SNDR)”, a CFA franc (US$653 million), 10-year project on a new roadmap for the development of the rice s... Read more
SOUTH AFRICA – Averda, a leading waste management company in the emerging world, has secured US$30 million loan from International Finance Corporation (IFC) to construct a new plastics recyc... Read more
USA— Ferrero North America, part of the global confectionery company Ferrero is continuing its expansion in the United States, this time with plans to open an innovation center in Chicago’s... Read more
KENYA – Kenyan commercial bank, Family Bank, has signed a €2.9 million (US$2.9m) two-year partnership with Aqua for All, to facilitate increased lending to medium and small-scale water enter... Read more
IRELAND – Diageo, one of the world’s largest producers of spirits and beers, has plans to build a €200million (US$200.74M) new state-of-the-art brewery near Newbridge in Kildare, Ireland. Th... Read more
TANZANIA—Tanzania’s Cereals and Other Products Board (CPB) received US$8.7 million from the executive to finance the construction of 3 flour manufacturing plants. The first processing unit w... Read more
TANZANIA – Said Salim Bakhresa Ltd, the flag-ship company of the Bakhresa Group, has kick started operations at the first phase of its US$300 million Bagamoyo Sugar Limited. The initial phas... Read more
Listen in to learn about the African Water Investment Platform! Hubert Danso, Chairman & CEO of Africa investor along with Matthew Diserio, President of Water Asset Management, LLC joins... Read more
SCOTLAND – British multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo has announced plans to begin work on a new 9,000-panel solar farm at its Leven packaging site from July. The company says t... Read more
NEW-ZEALAND – Scapegrace, a New Zealand-based small-batch distiller of craft spirit, has announced its plans to construct the country’s “largest-ever distillery” facility for £13 million (US... Read more