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Rainbow’s Wouter de Wet shares value chain insights at Market Access Africa 2025

FMCG

Rainbow’s Wouter de Wet shares value chain insights at Market Access Africa 2025

Issued by Rainbow Chicken 10 Jun 2025

Thanda’s agroecology initiative cultivates opportunities for youth as unemployment rises

Agriculture

Thanda’s agroecology initiative cultivates opportunities for youth as unemployment rises

4 Jun 2025

Jacobs debuts its new Origins’ Beans range in SA

FMCG

Jacobs debuts its new Origins’ Beans range in SA

2 Jun 2025

Consistency and variety - Nutrition for real immune support

Nutrition

Consistency and variety - Nutrition for real immune support

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 27 May 2025

Africa Day on the plate! Town Lodge Roodepoort celebrates Seven Colours Sunday tradition

Hospitality

Africa Day on the plate! Town Lodge Roodepoort celebrates Seven Colours Sunday tradition

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 23 May 2025

April's CPI inflation ticks up with surge in food and drink prices, says Stats SA

Banking & Finance

April's CPI inflation ticks up with surge in food and drink prices, says Stats SA

21 May 2025

Chinese manufacturers "expose" where luxury brands are really made

Design & Manufacturing

Chinese manufacturers "expose" where luxury brands are really made

15 Apr 2025

Meet Claudette Smith, the latest franchise owner of Shift Espresso Bar at Riverlands Mall, CPT

Franchising

Meet Claudette Smith, the latest franchise owner of Shift Espresso Bar at Riverlands Mall, CPT

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Apr 2025

Eastern Cape blended finance scheme supports 30 agribusinesses

Agribusiness

Eastern Cape blended finance scheme supports 30 agribusinesses

2 Apr 2025

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Nutrition

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Issued by Stone 1 Apr 2025

Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol

Noncommunicable diseases

Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol

Issued by Stone 31 Mar 2025

Inflation uptick in January as new CPI basket takes effect

Retail

Inflation uptick in January as new CPI basket takes effect

19 Mar 2025

The Katse Dam in the Lesotho Highlands, where SanLei Trout has its farm. Source: Sechaba Mokhethi

Agriculture

The “biggest trout farm in Africa” and the failed R5,000 community fund

17 Mar 2025

Coffee trade hit hard as prices surge, industry braces for impact

Agriculture

Coffee trade hit hard as prices surge, industry braces for impact

10 Mar 2025

Ivory Coast cocoa output to remain low amid challenging conditions

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast cocoa output to remain low amid challenging conditions

Gus Trompiz 25 Feb 2025

SA's coffee industry in hot water: price surges explained by Domaine Rautenbach of Jacobs Coffee

FMCG

SA's coffee industry in hot water: price surges explained by Domaine Rautenbach of Jacobs Coffee

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Feb 2025

Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

Higher Education

Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

Sandiso Phaliso and Joseph Chirume 12 Feb 2025

Medshield offers guidance on how to prepare for a healthy pregnancy

Medical Aid

Medshield offers guidance on how to prepare for a healthy pregnancy

Issued by Stone 11 Feb 2025

Food inflation remains at record low despite slight uptick to 1.7% in December 2024

Agribusiness

Food inflation remains at record low despite slight uptick to 1.7% in December 2024

Paul Makube 23 Jan 2025

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Trends

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Jan 2025

ILE PHOTO: Cocoa pods are pictured at a farm in Sinfra, Ivory Coast April 29, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

Agriculture

Drought, heat pose a double threat to Ivory Coast cocoa farmers

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Dec 2024

Cocoa firms invest millions in Ghana to prevent further losses

Agro-processing

Cocoa firms invest millions in Ghana to prevent further losses

Joe Bavier, Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 27 Nov 2024

City Lodge Hotels’ culinary clash at CSG’s new training kitchen

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels’ culinary clash at CSG’s new training kitchen

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 18 Nov 2024

Homes are submerged in water after a massive flood in N'djamena, Chad, 14 October 2022. Reuters/Mahamat Ramadane/File Photo

Climate Change

Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom

Mahamat Ramadane and Alessandra Prentice 15 Nov 2024

4 things to consider before starting your plant-based journey

Wellness

4 things to consider before starting your plant-based journey

Mercy Mogase 14 Nov 2024

Trevor Digoamaje crowned Diners Club's Barista of the Year 2024

Food & bev. services

Trevor Digoamaje crowned Diners Club's Barista of the Year 2024

8 Nov 2024

Coffee culture deepens in South Africa: trends driving the evolution

FMCG

Coffee culture deepens in South Africa: trends driving the evolution

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Oct 2024

OFM – proudly agri

Radio & Audio

OFM – proudly agri

Issued by OFM Radio 14 Oct 2024

How to eat right for a better life

Nutrition

How to eat right for a better life

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters

Agriculture

Cameroon farmers turn to vigilantes and amulets to stop cocoa theft

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 2 Oct 2024

Inflation is impacting coffee prices and consumption in South Africa

FMCG

Inflation is impacting coffee prices and consumption in South Africa

2 Oct 2024

Agriculture

Maize crop shrinks to under 13 million tons, lowest in 5 years

Paul Makube 27 Sep 2024

Unlocking Africa’s agricultural power to ensure food security for all

Agriculture

Unlocking Africa’s agricultural power to ensure food security for all

3 Sep 2024

Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by nearly 45%

Agro-processing

Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by nearly 45%

3 Sep 2024

Wimpy's R19.90 short Cappu-cci-no special launch comprises the creative integration of sounds like a coffee machine-meets-beatboxer (Image supplied)

Promotions & Activations

Wimpy launches cappu-cci-no special with top beatboxers

30 Aug 2024

Kauai introduces exclusive signature coffee blend and coffee companion, KAUA.I

FMCG

Kauai introduces exclusive signature coffee blend and coffee companion, KAUA.I

29 Aug 2024

Cold and iced coffee trending in the South African market

Research

Cold and iced coffee trending in the South African market

Issued by Insight Survey 28 Aug 2024

Cocoa traders suffer $1bn blow amid Ghana supply issues

Agro-processing

Cocoa traders suffer $1bn blow amid Ghana supply issues

Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 15 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Teaching nutrition: Crucial in combating SA's childhood obesity crisis

4 Jul 2024

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

Supply Chain

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

27 Jun 2024

No respite for coffee lovers as higher global prices stoke local inflation

Agro-processing

No respite for coffee lovers as higher global prices stoke local inflation

Paul Makube 20 Jun 2024

Image source: Marcin Jucha –

Agriculture

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment and for people – evidence from Ghana and Malawi

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Ingo Grass, Marney Isaac and Rachel Bezner Kerr 19 Jun 2024

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Ange Aboa 18 Jun 2024

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Research & Development

Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil

Alan Dixon 13 Jun 2024

Ghana delays cocoa shipments, impacting global chocolate industry

Agriculture

Ghana delays cocoa shipments, impacting global chocolate industry

Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 12 Jun 2024

Healthy-eating guidelines for the winter

Nutrition

Healthy-eating guidelines for the winter

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 May 2024

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

Agriculture

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

24 May 2024