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Morocco's sweet potato exports are steadily increasing by an average of 67% per year, quadrupling to 130 tonnes in January 2023, according to the horticulture analytics platform East Fruit.

China’s investment in Tanzania has hit a record $1.8 billion since President Xi Jinping’s visit in the East African country 10 years ago, while bilateral trade between China and Nigeria has taken dip by about a third in 2022 compared to 2021.

The Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has launched the maiden edition of the Cassava Week Celebration.

Morocco phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP posted a record revenue of 11.28 billion dollars in 2022, up 40%, thanks to high prices as well as industrial flexibility, commercial agility, and efforts to reduce production costs.

Morocco resumed the exports of tomatoes capped at 1000 tons daily, professionals said, after a ban that lasted weeks.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli held a meeting Wednesday with the representatives of China's TEDA and Chen Cheng to discuss their plan of establishing a $2-billion factory for the manufacturing of steel and cast iron pipes, and whose production would be entirely exported.

Marrakech will host the world’s largest startup event GITEX Africa Morocco, which will take place from May 31 to June 2, 2023. The major tech event will attract over 20,000 guests, 125 government bodies, and 900 international exhibitors.

The fourth edition of Sinapi Aba's Women Mentorship programme has been launched to economically empower women in Ghana. The Sinapi Aba mentorship programme is an SME business development initiative that seeks to transform female entrepreneurs with a 6-month intensive free busines...

Jeune Afrique draws up a ranking, of the 500 companies on the continent that have best-taken advantage of opportunities in the 2021 financial year. A ranking that reaches the third-highest level of overall turnover since the launch of this type of investigation.