Trade
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Financing Africa’s Minerals: Momentum Builds Ahead of African Mining Week 2025
CAPE TOWN, July 17, 2025 — International finance institutions are playing an increasingly pivotal role in Africa’s mining sector, providing essential capital and technical support to unlock the continent’s vast mineral potential.…
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Sericulture project brings new hope to Sebei residents
KWEEN, July 17, 2025 –– Despite recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed key infrastructure earlier this year, the Tropical Institute of Development Innovations [TRIDI] in Kween district, Sebei Subregion, has embarked…
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Experts in Teso advise farmers on fighting Fall Armyworms
SOROTI, July 17, 2025 –– Agricultural experts in the Teso sub-region are urging farmers to adopt best practices for managing the Fall Armyworms [FAW], a destructive pest that commonly affects crops such…
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In Burkina Faso, cashew cultivation is a lever for sustainable and inclusive rural development
ABIDJAN, July 17, 2025 — Launched in 2017 and completed in 2024, the Cashew Development Support Project in the Comoé Basin for REDD+ [PADA/REDD+] exemplified sustainable development. The project combined poverty reduction,…
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China’s Zero tariffs on 53 African countries to boost coffee imports from continent
BEINJING, July 17, 2025 — China’s decision to eliminate import tariffs on goods from 53 African nations is set to give the continent’s coffee growers a stronger foothold in the Chinese market,…
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Cooperatives among 2,000 business entities at risk of losing trademarks
KAMPALA, July 16, 2025 – – The Uganda Registration Services Bureau [URSB] has issued a warning to at least 2,000 businesses, including several cooperatives, that their registered trademarks risk being deleted from…
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Bunyoro and Tooro sugarcane farmers unite to boost bargaining power
HOIMA, July 16, 2025 –– Sugarcane farmers from the Bunyoro and Tooro subregions have formed a joint body, the Bunyoro Tooro Sugarcane Farmers Association [BUTOS], in a move aimed at strengthening their…
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Traders rush to import Brazilian coffee ahead of Trump’s 50 percent tariff
NEW YORK — Commodities traders are scrambling to bring Brazilian coffee into the United States before a new 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods, announced by the Trump administration, takes effect on…
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Rwandan coffee farmers to receive 50 percent fertiliser subsidy
KIGALI, July 16, 2025 –– Rwandan coffee farmers will benefit from a 50 percent subsidy on fertiliser starting in September, following an agreement signed on July 9 between the National Agricultural Export…
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Farmers urged to embrace dairy farming to enhance food security
KERICHO, July 15, 2025 –– Farmers in Kenya’s Kericho County have been encouraged to embrace dairy farming as a sustainable means of increasing milk production, boosting household incomes, and strengthening food security…
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