Mr. Ogbeh said this during a tour of the Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Kadawa, Kano State, a report by The Cable, highlighted. According to the report, Mr. Ogbeh said the ban will encourage massive tomato production. “The federal government has set aside N250 billion
After rapid economic growth averaging 10% every year between 2004 and 2014, Ethiopia has emerged as an engine of development in Africa. And there are no signs that ambitions for further growth are fading. This is clear from the government’s blueprint to achieve middle-income status—or gross national income of
This was after it had been genetically modified to resist the pest – Maruca Virata. The cowpea, by this development, becomes the first genetically modified food crop to be approved in the country. The crop was developed by the Institute for Agricultural Research at
Dangote said this on Monday in Lagos during the 2018 Dangote Customers Celebration and Food Distributors’ Award Night, organized by Dangote Foods. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dangote Foods comprises of Dangote Flour Mills, Dangote Sugar Refinery and NASCON Allied Industries.
Several decades ago when the story of the shrinking of the Lake Chad Basin first became public not much attention was paid to its implication on Nigeria’s national life but decades down the line, it is obvious that its implications are very grave, BENJAMIN UMUTEME
After rapid economic growth averaging 10% every year between 2004 and 2014, Ethiopia has emerged as an engine of development in Africa. And there are no signs that ambitions for further growth are fading. This is clear from the government’s blueprint to achieve middle-income status – or gross national
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih and Minister of Trade and Investment Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qassabi to study the establishment of an oil refinery and
In Nigeria, the world’s largest single-train urea plant has created over 50,000 jobs across the agriculture value-chain, while its affordable fertilizer is boosting farm yields and putting big smiles on farmers’ faces. For years, Shuaibu Yusuf, a Kaduna-based farmer, struggled with low harvests from his
Adopting cost-effective technologies could help smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa tackle postharvest losses and increase their income, a report says. According to the FAO, postharvest losses reduce the income of the continent’s farmers and value chain actors that depend on farmers by about 15 percent. The report by the International
Nigeria is looking to reposition itself as a major player in the global cocoa industry, as the government’s cocoa revival initiative aims to generate about 1.7 billion dollars annually from the crop according to the Cocoa Association of Nigeria. Akin Laoye, Executive Director of FTN