Cameroon Sugar Upstart Bets $100 Million Against Castel
Nassourou Issa's $100M Cameroon sugar mill targets 300,000 tons by 2028, challenging the Castel family's Sosucam with Société Générale backing.
July 12, 2026Section
Agri Business
PepsiCo’s Big Indian Bottler Enters Kenya With a $32 Million Dairy Deal
Varun Beverages Kenya entry: the Indian PepsiCo bottler is buying DFIL Kenya's dairy, juice and water business for $32 million,...
July 10, 2026
China Set to Revive Congo’s Potash Mining Before Dangote
Congo potash production is set to resume in early 2027 through China's Mboukoumassi project, ahead of Aliko Dangote's planned $3...
July 8, 2026
JBS Shuts US Beef Plants as Cattle Herd Hits a 74-Year Low
JBS is closing two US beef plants as America's cattle herd falls to 86 million head, its lowest since 1951....
July 8, 2026
Brazil Puts Soybean Meal on Year-Round Rails to Chase Argentina
VLI tests year-round soybean meal rail to Itaqui, where grain volume hit 20M tonnes in 2025 as Brazil targets Argentina's...
July 7, 2026
Peru Bets Its Next Export Boom on Cherries for China
Peru cherry exports to China move closer as officials confirm market talks and the Chancay port cuts transit to just...
July 7, 2026
Kenya’s $8.4 Billion Agri-Food Plan Courts Investors
Kenya's agri-food plan seeks KES 1.08 trillion, about $8.4 billion, over five years to expand irrigation, lift yields by half...
July 7, 2026
The One Crop Brazil Still Can’t Grow Enough Of: Wheat
Brazil wheat is the great exception to the country's farm success, with output set to fall and imports to rise,...
July 7, 2026
Your Coffee Is Getting Pricier Again, and Brazil’s Weather Is Why
Coffee prices jumped to a five-month high as a slow Brazilian harvest and El Niño fears revived supply worries in...
July 7, 2026