Industry Dynamics

Some businessmen see opportunities in the livestock industry, whose mainstay is traditional breeds of cattle, reared by pastoralists, which produce little milk.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) invests 600 million dollars in the cocoa sector industry to resuscitate the sector in Ghana, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive of COCOBOD announced on Tuesday.

Although the tading environment is very difficult, the cement manufacturer of Pretoria Portland Cement(PPC) reveal that PPC sales increase by 40%.

Tanzania is a coastal country, which has plenty of various fishes. However, the fishing processing of Tanzania lacks investment.

Economic diversification is currently constrained by many factors, including poor and unstable power supply, bad roads and high cost of funds.

The Kenya and Ethiopia electricity transmission interconnector is expected to be completed in mid-2019.

Ghana government will soon introduce a new fiscal regime for the mining sector to ensure Ghana derives maximum benefit from the extraction of her mineral resources.

Faced with growing losses, farmers in Zomba district have come up with an innovative way to adapt: Solar-powered pumps used to pull up underground water, and newly constructed water storage dams that are also used to farm fish, writes Charles Mkoka for Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Zambia government says it has an active discussions with China railways,a parastatal, about the concession of Tanzania Zambia Railways (TAZARA).