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Arla Foods Establishes New Sales and Packaging Facility in Ghana

Sep 1, 2017

Dairy products supplier Arla Foods has set up a new sales and packaging facility in Accra, Ghana. Arla, owned by 11,200 farmers, is planning to expand its business in Sub-Saharan Africa by selling its products including powdered milk ...

Tags: Dairy products, Packaging

Nestle to Lower Salt Content in Maggi Range

Jun 2, 2017

Nestle is planing to revamp its Maggi brand in the next three years to offer tastier and healthier choices for consumers. The move is part of the new Maggi Simply Good initiative, which includes lowering salt content in the Maggi range, ...

Tags: Nestle, vegetables

Kuli Kuli Secures $4.25m Investment From Kellogg's Venture Capital Fund

Jan 16, 2017

Moringa-based products maker Kuli Kuli has secured a $4.25m investment from Kellogg Company's venture capital fund eighteen94 capital in a Series A funding round. InvestEco and S2G Ventures were the other institutional investors featuring ...

Tags: Kuli Kuli, capital fund

Cargill Establishes Own Licensed Buying Company in Ghana

Nov 10, 2016

The cocoa & chocolate business of Cargill has set up its own licensed buying company (LBC) after securing a licence from the Ghanaian Cocoa Board (Cocobod). The new LBC has started operations and Cargill purchased its initial consignment ...

Tags: Cargill, cocoa

Huawei Launches Innovation Center in Nigeria

Oct 9, 2016

Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Saturday launched an Innovation and Experience (I&E) center in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub with an investment of six million U.S. dollars. The center, being the first in West Africa, is set up to ...

Tags: Huawei, Consumer Electronics

Sidel to Show Innovations in Beverage Packaging at Propak West Africa

Sep 6, 2016

Taking place in Lagos, Nigeria, from 20 - 22 September 2016, the event will mark the debut of Sidel in the West African version of the show and is part of its commitment to supporting beverage producers in Nigeria and neighbouring ...

Tags: Sidel, beverage producers

Frigoglass Announces Second Quarter Results Ended June 2016

Aug 9, 2016

Frigoglass SAIC announces audited results for the quarter and six months ended 30 June 2016. Second Quarter 2016 Highlights Sustained recovery in West Europe (+27% y-o-y) driven by ICOOL’s penetration in Coca-Cola bottlersOngoing ...

Tags: Frigoglass SAIC, beer market, Glass business

Arla Foods Opens New Milk Powder Production Facility in Senegal

May 23, 2016

Denmark-based dairy company Arla Foods has opened a new milk powder production facility in Dakar, Senegal, to further its expansion in West Africa. The new plant, which was inaugurated on 17 May, has an annual capacity of 5,000 tons of ...

Tags: Arla Foods, Milk Powder

China Hails End of Ebola Outbreak in Guinea

Dec 31, 2015

China on Wednesday hailed the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declaring the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea. "This is a big victory in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. We ...

Tags: Ebola Outbreak

CRCC Signs Deal to Upgrade West Africa Rail Line

Dec 29, 2015

China's leading rail producer, the China Railway Construction Corporation, has signed agreements with the west African countries of Senegal and Mali to renovate a rail line linking the two countries. The project itself is worth around 2.7 ...

Tags: CRCC, West Africa Rail Line

China Polymer Traders Re-Exporting Offload Cargoes

Nov 26, 2015

Some polymer traders in China are re-exporting their spot imported LDPE and LLDPE cargoes in a bid to clear inventory in the face of weak domestic demand, sources said Wednesday. This is an unusual practice because China usually absorbs ...

Tags: polymer, LDPE, LLDPE

Official of The Department of Foreign Assistance of Ministry of Commerce Comments on China’s 5th-Round Aid to Ebola-Stricken African Countries

Nov 25, 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a few days ago that China would provide the 5th-round emergency aid to African countries to fight against Ebola. On November 4, the Official of the Department of Foreign Assistance made a comment on ...

Tags: Ebola, emergency aid

Philips' Connected LED Lighting Illuminates Ghana's National Theatre in Accra

Nov 13, 2015

On the occasion of Philips’ sixth consecutive Cape Town to Cairo roadshow, Philips today unveiled the newly illuminated National Theatre of Ghana. Philips, the global leader in lighting, has provided the theatre with a stunning ...

Tags: Philips, LED Lighting, LED illumination

Feature: LR1 Tanker Rates Surge; Europe Ullage Issues, Naphtha Demand From East

Nov 6, 2015

Long Range 1 tanker rates are soaring in Europe as vessels are delayed due to high storage levels in Europe, and the busy naphtha arbitrage to the East is rapidly eating into the available tonnage. LR1 rates on the Northwest Europe to ...

Tags: LR1 Tanker, Naphtha, ships

2014 Business Review VIII: Foreign Investment and Cooperation in 2014 Realizes Steady and Rapid Development

Oct 23, 2015

In 2014, in the face of complex and volatile domestic and international trends, China’s foreign investment and cooperation maintained steady and rapid development and became a highlight of foreign trade and economic cooperation. In ...

Tags: Foreign Investment and Cooperation, Steady and Rapid Development

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