East African countries’ increasing restrictions on foreign investments are being blamed for the decline in foreign inflows into the region. A new survey by the US-based advisory firm AT Kearney shows that investors are more concerned about the operating environment in emerging markets and prefer
Busari, who noted the negative impact of flooding on investments in the country’s sugar industry over the years, said since sugar projects are located in flood plains and close to water sources, hence sugar companies must invest in early warning systems and also construct flood
The investment, approved on 13 December 2018, will support the expansion of the company’s vertically integrated food and agriculture operations to transform the Sudanese agriculture and food industry. “By partnering with DAL Group, the Bank will leverage on Sudan’s high agricultural potential as well as
With the realities that there are structural bottlenecks in Nigeria causing inadequate growth of the economy; high imports of all categories of goods; low exports of non-oil goods and increased unemployment and high level of poverty, stakeholders in the cocoa sector have proactively moved to
The NNPC, countering the impact of the shutdown said it holds 2.6billion liters of petrol and 90,000 metric tonnes of diesel. It said the stock is expected to last 52 days, even if no single drop of products is imported. NNPC Group General Manager, Group
The agreed ‘Katowice Climate Package’ is designed to operationalize the climate change regime contained in the Paris Agreement. Under the auspices of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, it will promote international cooperation and encourage greater ambition. The guidelines will promote trust among nations that
Major stakeholders in the sector like the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Global Rights and Miners Association of Nigeria. Have also expressed worry over the development. The full concentration by governments at various levels on hydrocarbon resources is said to have worsened
So what happens when multiple players are vying for land and its various uses, while continuously contesting the overlapping boundaries? Land use planning as a technical tool: a realistic approach? Land use planning at the national level in Lao PDR is meant to be a
For this reason, technologies to maximize irrigation efficiency—increasing the “crop per drop” of irrigated water—are among the top tools promoted to improve food and nutrition security while protecting vulnerable natural resources. The idea is that more efficient irrigation will save water and make it available
Rosemary Chate’s seven children gather around the table inside their home in Malela, a village in Zambia’s remote Northern Province. They dig their spoons into bowls of food prepared by their mother – for the second time that day. Not long ago, Rosemary Chate’s family