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Dr Damien Akankwasa, the National Forestry Authority executive director, was already under suspicion by State House and the Shs900 million allegedly stolen from his bed room provided the perfect opportunity for the government to clamp down on him, Sunday Monitor can reveal.
The East African Cement Producers' Association wants the 35 per cent tariff for imported cement products restored to save the sector from collapse.
The sugar industry in Southern Africa is a success story.
NIGERIA, which has been hit hardest by collapse in movement of goods around as a result of inefficient transport system, poor road governance, delays, corruption or bribery, etc. will soon say bye to cargo delays, courtesy of USAID/MARKETS.
Sand quarry owners in Magarini District must from now on sell their sand to the Magarini Sand Harvesters Cooperative Society.
Holidaymakers who will be driving to their destinations might be disappointed about a 27 cent fuel increase expected ahead of the festive season.
According to oil marketers, the Kenyan refinery is holding some 300, 000 tonnes of crude belonging to marketers.
Ahead of the Tobaski feast, farmers in the North Bank Region and Central River Region are selling their groundnuts to middle men at D5 per kilo, in preparation for the coming Tobaski feast. This works out to D5000 per tonne compared to the producer price of D8500 per tonne in the last trade season.
FOUR months into the first half of its financial year ending in June next year, Bidvest yesterday warned trading conditions "remain reasonably tough".
MILK producers and processors, who compromise quality, will be dealt with "ruthlessly," Bright Rwamirama, the animal husbandry state minister, has warned.
Dana Steel Limited, the core investor in the Katsina Steel Rolling Company, has cut down the volume of its billets' import by 81 per cent. Billets are one of the raw materials used in the production of steel.
In line with its objective of increasing exploration and production of hydrocarbon resources with a view to growing the nation's oil reserves to 40million barrels of crude, the federal government has renewed the leases of OLS 67, 68 & 70 shallow waters with Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, under the NNPC / Mobil Producing Nigeria Joint Venture operation.
The federal government has gotten six million euros as grant, to boost cassava production from Netherlands, while the World Bank has approved a $30 million credit to strengthen agricultural productivity and growth in Uganda.
THE Government has distributed coffee seedlings to the youth in Kayunga district in order to increase their household incomes and help them get rid of poverty.
Eastern Africa coffee farmers, roasters and exporters will in February next year meet to discuss policy issues and measures that can facilitate the logistics and easier movement of coffee across borders.
The government has said that it has not intentions of winding up the Kenya National Trading Corporation formed in 1965 primarily to supply essential commodities.
Tea growers are upbeat about the coming of the rains saying; it has boosted the production of the country's fourth export earner.
Ms Patricia Musiime used to buy two litres of milk at the beginning of the year. She gradually decreased it to one litre then finally resorted to black tea as she could not afford the milk.
Kwara state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a local firm, PRISMAC Farms, for the commencement of Snailery and assorted Juice production for local consumption to promote agricultural produce and reduce the price of agricultural products in the state,.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has put wholesalers and retailers who fail to adhere to the certification marks on notice.
The Morogoro-based, tobacco processing company, Alliance One Tobacco Tanzania Ltd (AOTTL), says tobacco production in the country has increased by 167 per cent during the last eight years.
A NEW developing licence for the Kudu gas field, which is likely to feature Russian natural gas giant Gazprom as a shareholder alongside existing partners Tullow Oil, Itochu Corporation and Namcor, will be announced soon.
Uganda settled for relatively unfavourable terms from agreements she signed with companies currently working the huge oil fields discovered in western Uganda, according to a new report to be released this week.
Opec's president Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos said today the group sees global oil demand growing to 106 million barrels per day in the period from last year to 2030, up 20 million barrels.
Campaigners from fifty countries from around the world meeting in Montreal, Canada to strategise on pushing further the frontiers of transparency in oil, gas, and mining industries, have blamed opacity in oil and mineral licensing for the bad deals natural resource-dependent countries are often saddled with.
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