Industry Dynamics

Vietnam imported nearly 1.45 million metric tons of cashew nuts from the international market during the first five months of 2026, according to independent agricultural advisory service N’kalo. The figures are based on customs statistics cited in the organization’s latest cashew...

Ivory Coast's cotton industry expects production to recover in the 2026/27 marketing season after two consecutive years of decline, as the country seeks to narrow the gap with regional leaders Benin, Mali and Burkina Faso. On June 24, Brou Kouakou, Executive Director of the Profe...

Kenya’s June inflation figures, due from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on 30 June, may indicate whether the recent rise in food and fuel prices is easing or settling in for longer.

Egypt’s cosmetics and personal care market generated more than $900m in revenue in 2025, with projections indicating that it will expand to $1.57bn by 2032, reflecting sustained annual growth of around 7%.

Egypt’s Minister of Industry, Khaled Hashem, met with representatives of GILA Al Tawakol Electric, led by Chairperson Sherif Abdel Fattah, to review the company’s expansion plans in smart lighting and renewable energy manufacturing.

Grain SA has strongly rejected the final outcome of the wheat tariff amendment investigation, following confirmation in the Government Gazette that the Dollar-Based Reference Price (DBRP) for wheat will remain unchanged at US$279 per ton and that no automatic trigger mechanism wi...

Kenya is accelerating efforts to transform its sugar industry into a key contributor to the country’s energy sector, with the government promoting electricity generation and ethanol production as part of a broader strategy to reduce fuel imports, enhance energy security, and incr...

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture has signed a contract with Chinese agro-industrial engineering company Agrifam Co., Ltd to build a fully automated poultry hatchery, strengthening the country’s poultry production capacity as demand for animal protein continues to rise.

Global prices for forest products exported by the six member states of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) rose 2.9% between the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, according to the Composite Commodity Price Index published by the Bank of...