Nigeria’s Push to Process Its Own Cocoa: Johnvents Says Plants Hit 82%
A Nigerian cocoa grinder says its plants ran at 82% in early 2026, yet Nigeria still earns far more from...
September 30, 2026Topic
value addition
Ghana Opens a 30-Acre Hybrid Shea Farm That Fruits in Three Years Instead of Twenty
Ghana has opened a 30-acre hybrid shea demonstration farm near Tamale, where the trees are said to fruit in about...
September 17, 2026
Ghana China Mining Partnerships: Accra Pushes Value Addition in Tianjin
Ghana pressed Chinese investors at Tianjin's China Mining Conference to back refining, iron ore and critical minerals and keep more...
September 11, 2026
Nigeria Sent Its Governors to Benin to Copy a Cotton Park
The Benin cotton industrial zone at Glo-Djigbe turns raw fibre into garments, and Nigeria has sent governors to study a...
September 4, 2026
Most of the World’s Ylang-Ylang Comes From Three Small Islands
Comoros ylang-ylang supplies most of the world's perfume industry, yet the islands remain at high risk of debt distress and...
September 4, 2026
Ruto Orders Tata Chemicals Out of Kenya, Ending 115 Years of Mining at Lake Magadi
Tata Chemicals Kenya is being ordered out of Lake Magadi after 115 years, with Ruto saying a century of soda...
September 4, 2026
Ghana Cashew Processing Stalls Below 6% Despite Export Boom
Ghana cashew processing handled about 15,000 of 262,000 tonnes grown in 2025, a new Nitidae study finds, as farm-gate prices...
August 4, 2026
Nigeria’s Bank of Industry Lands €60 Million EIB Facility for Cocoa and Dairy
A €60 million EIB cocoa dairy facility targets Nigeria's processing sector, backing a ban on raw bean exports. 70% of...
July 18, 2026
Central Africa Moves to Ban Raw Log Exports by 2028
Central Africa's log export ban is set for 2028: CEMAC states and DR Congo plan to halt raw timber shipments...
July 6, 2026