Industry Dynamics

Tanzania recently announced that it is now issuing permits to traders to import sugar from Uganda as the country is hit by a 290,000-tonne shortage.

The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has predicted that Africa would need a whopping 7 billion U.S. dollars for its rice imports annually by 2020.

Recently,the 2nd Renewable Energy and Power Infrastructure Investors Conference was held in the Gabrone International Conference Center in Botswana.

It is reported that Ghana is currently the largest importer of onions in Niger, a landlocked country in the Midwest of Africa.

Agriculture is an important part of the Ghanaian economy, accounting for at least 25% of GDP and providing employment opportunities for nearly 45% of Ghanaians.

Zimbabwe's tobacco export earnings closed 2018 at $892 million from 184,1 million kilogrammes exported to different parts of the world.

To ensure adequate supply to vegetable oil refineries, Cameroon imported 100,000 tons of crude palm oil and derivatives from Gabon and Indonesia in 2018.

The 2018 Energy Reporter of the Year, Michael Creg Afful, has called on workers in the energy sector especially those in the power sector, to work extra hard to ensure that there is stable supply of electricity throughout 2019 to keep the economy running.

Government and other stakeholders must invest in both short and long-term initiatives if Uganda is to realise its potential in the coffee sub sector, the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (Nucafe), has said.