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Somali livestock sales boosted

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:06:00 +0200

Sales of Somali livestock have seen a sudden increase over the past few days since Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on imports of the kind from Somalia last week.
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Somaliland gets first debit card

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0200

A debit card service was launched for the first time ever in Somaliland last week. The region broke away from Somalia in 1991, when the country's government collapsed, and has been relatively stable ever since.
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Uganda: Barclays sends local entrepreneurs to China expo

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:50:00 +0200

Barclays Bank has flagged off a group of 15 Uganda businesspeople to the Canton III Fair in China to strengthen trade ties with their Chinese counterparts. The trade fair will take place between 31 October and 4 November 2009.
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Finlay shuts down Mara Mara factory

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:42:00 +0200

James Finlay (Kenya), a local tea extracts manufacturing firm, has announced the commencement of a phased shutting down of its Mara Mara Tea Extracts factory located in Kericho, Rift Valley. Finlay's sales volumes have been affected by the economic downturn and increasing competition from lower cost production centres.
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Uganda woos entrepreneurs to invest in energy sector

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:09:00 +0200

Ugandan businesspeople have been urged to invest in mini-hydro power projects to encourage the establishment of cottage industries across the country.
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Kenya: Farmers “need help to reap rewards of El-Niño rains”

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:51:00 +0200

NAIROBI: Following below-average harvests in 2007 and 2008, Kenya's grain farmers need seed and fertiliser support to enable them to make use of El Niño rains, expected between October and December 2009, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says.
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EABL takeover deal frozen by UK court

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:47:00 +0200

A bid by East African Breweries Limited (EABL) to end its partnership with competitor, South African Breweries Miller (SABMiller), and join another brewer was put on hold by a UK court. In a ruling passed on Tuesday, 18 August 2009, Diageo - majority shareholder in EABL with a 50% stake - and SABMiller were ordered to begin an arbitration process.
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Kenya: Massive crop failure in 'grain basket'

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:07:00 +0200

NJORO: Two months before harvest time, the maize in Kenya's Rift Valley should be tall, lush and green, bursting with life. Instead, crops in the province's Lare division are stunted, barren fields of parched browns and pallid yellows.
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Malawi hails COMESA Regional Procurement Market

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:06:00 +0200

Malawi has hailed the establishment of a regional procurement market for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which is scheduled to be launched next month.
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To be the toast of Tanzania

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:41:00 +0200

Alcohol producer and distributor Distell is spearheading a viticultural initiative in Tanzania expected to enable wine farmers in the Dodoma highlands to double their crops within three to five years — and may yet be developing a feasible model for rolling out vineyard productions across sub-Saharan Africa.
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