Uganda is negotiating a $2.3 billion loan with China’s Exim Bank to fund an initial 273 km stretch of rail line the east African country is planning to build for faster and cheaper transportation, an official said on Thursday. Read More
In continuation of its drive towards de-risking agriculture and facilitating agribusiness aimed at attaining sustainable flow of finance to private sector, the Nigerian Incentive Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has stated that one of its key priorities for the year 2017 is to
At least four major sectors of the Nigerian economy are expected to benefit from multi-million dollars’ worth of investments from Japanese firms. According to the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Segun Awolowo. Read More
Baker Hughes Inc., which will soon be the world’s second-largest oil services provider, called the Middle East a positive environment for expected work in the first half this year. The region was one of the main reasons the company stopped a sales slide of seven
The African Development Bank is giving Comoros a $20.4 million grant to help it improve and expand its road networks, a move that will boost its agriculture and tourism sectors. Read More
Commodity Port has been engaged by a credible multinational buyer to source crude oil suppliers willing to deliver up to 15 million barrels. Commodity Port is currently compiling a shortlist to present back to the client and are keen to hear from suppliers that can
Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: –Export sales of 256,600 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year; and –Export sales of 100,000 metric tons of grain sorghum for delivery to China during
MY 2016/17 seed cotton production from the selected West African countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Chad, and Senegal) could reach 1.9 million tons (3.6 million bales) representing 19 per cent increase compared to previous year’s. Burkina Faso did not plant Bt cotton in MY2016/17
This report provides the latest status of consumption, regulation, public perception, research, development, production, and use of genetically engineered crops and animals in Japan. read more
After two decades of absence, US beef was newly released to the Israeli market on November 29th. Consistent, long-term, efforts by FAS Tel Aviv and Embassy Tel Aviv yielded the removal of sanitary and technical barriers to trade, as well as the successful matching of