Africa: China Buys Up East Africa Soybean

The effects of the trade war between the US and China have spilled over into East Africa as Beijing starts looking to the region as one of its alternative soybean sources.

China's interest has caused a soybean shortage and an increase in prices, with processing companies like African Improved Foods (AIF) in Rwanda, which import the product from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, operating below capacity.

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