Industry Dynamics

Phosphate is used as a vital ingredient for agricultural fertilizer products. Morocco’s phosphate reserves are among the largest in the world, and the extraction and exportation of phosphate represent a significant part of the country’s GDP.

Africa's first ever sub marine cable which connects Cameroon to Brazil will boost telecommunications in the Central African sub region and the continent as a whole, the General Manager of the Cameroon Telecommunications, CAMTEL, Judith Yah Sunday has said.

Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said, stressed that electric energy is the mainstay for comprehensive development, as all industrial, agricultural, tourism, urban, and service sectors depend on it to operate their facilities and generate added value.

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Kano State Government for the supply of 20 megawatts of electricity to enhance the operations of the state water board.

In the new project, the Inter-Africa Coffee Organisation (IACO) is targeting popularising consumption in military barracks, learning institutions, and petrol stations as new outlets that would cascade the beverage’s consumption in the continent.

Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's two largest cocoa suppliers, on Thursday agreed to better cooperate on pricing and combating child labour in the industry.

The biggest consumer of Ugandan coffee in June was Italy that maintained the highest market share with 34.57% compared with 37.02% last month. It was followed by Germany 13.11% (14.36%), India 9.52% (5.00%) Sudan 7.81% (4.04%) and Algeria 6.28% (5.80%)

The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, which is set to span across West Africa from Nigeria to Morocco, may one day traverse the continent into Europe.

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development highlighted Monday that given that the current fiscal year is the fourth/last year of the medium-term plan for sustainable development (18/2019 - 21/2022), the agricultural sector has been allocated 5.9 percent of public investmen...