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Africa Newsletter 01-08-21
East Africa Update NCPB Starts Buying Maize From Farmers The National Cereal and Produce Board (NCPB) in Kenya has opened ...
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Africa Newsletter 12-23-20
East Africa Update Kenya Cereals Board To Start Purchasing Maize This Week The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will ...
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Africa Newsletter 12-11-20
East Africa Update Kenya And UK Sign Trade Deal The Kenya and UK governments have formally signed a trade agreement ...
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Africa Newsletter 11-27-20
East Africa Update Grain Shortage Hits Flour Vendors In Kenya In Six Arid Counties Operators in Turkana, Mandera, Samburu, Isiolo, ...
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Africa Newsletter 11-13-20
East Africa Update The EAC Partner States Get Five Years To Join Kenya-UK Trade Deal As Brexit is slated for ...
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Africa Newsletter 10-30-20
East Africa Update Tighter Aflatoxin Checks Loom For Ugandan Maize In Kenya As the issue of aflatoxins in the region ...
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Africa Newsletter 10-16-20
East Africa Update Maize Flour Price Drops By Biggest Margin In Years The current weak demand for maize flour has ...
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Africa Newsletter 10-02-20
East Africa Update Exports to Asia Narrow Uganda’s Trade Deficit The Middle East remains the leading destination for Uganda’s exports ...
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Africa Newsletter 09-11-20
East Africa Update Traders Livid As Kenya Port Authority Offers Transit Goods Free Storage Kenya's Port Authority has stated that ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-28-20
East Africa Update Kenya's Grain Commodities Exchange Warehouses Upgrade Starts Ahead Of Roll Out Kenya plans to spend over KES ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-21-20
East Africa Update Maize Price Fall Sees Lower Price For Maize Flour The price of maize in Kenya has seen ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-14-20
East Africa Update Kenyan Millers Fail To Import Full Quota Maize During Duty Window Kenyan millers failed to take advantage ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-07-20
East Africa Update Tanzania And Uganda Supply The Majority Of Kenya's Maize Imports Kenya's maize imports in the second quarter ...
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Africa Newsletter 07-31-20
East Africa Update Fear of looming maize shortage pushes price up in Kenya Managers of the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR) ...
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Africa Newsletter 07-24-20
East Africa Update Fall In Yellow Maize Price Kenyan animal feed producers have seen a decline in the yellow maize ...
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Africa Newsletter 07-17-20
East Africa Update Kenya Imports Continue Ahead Of September Harvest Kenyan millers and traders will continue to import maize over ...
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Africa Newsletter 07-03-20
East Africa Update Kenyan Millers Request For Duty On Maize To Be Removed As the government recently cleared the vessels ...
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Africa Newsletter 06-26-20
East Africa Update Mexican Maize Still Docked At Mombasa Port The incoming maize grain from Mexico is still being held ...
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Africa Newsletter 06-19-20
East Africa Update Kenya Maize Price Falls The maize price in Kenya has reduced to KES 3,100 per 90 kg ...
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Africa Newsletter 06-12-20
East Africa Update Mexican Maize At Sea But Kenyan Millers See Little Price Relief After the governments decision to extend ...
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Africa Newsletter 06-05-20
East Africa Update Sugar Imports To Kenya Rise Sugar imports into Kenya increased by 23% in the first four months ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-29-20
East Africa Update Kenyan Truck Drivers Push To Suspend Operations The Kenya Long Distance Truck Drivers Union have called for ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-22-20
East Africa Update Rainfall Hits Kenya Fresh Produce Exports As The EU Increase Orders Growers of fresh produce have seen ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-15-20
East Africa Update The EU Introduces Stricter Measures For Kenyan Beans Exports According to Business Daily, The European Union will introduce ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-09-20
East Africa Update The Window To Import Maize From Outside EAC At Reduced Tariff To End On 30th May Many ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-01-20
East Africa Update Kenya Traders Prepare For Beans Supply After the National Cereals and Produce Board announced the purchase of ...
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Africa Newsletter 04-24-20
East Africa Update Kenya Continues Efforts On Food Security During Covid-19 The National Cereals and Produce Board in Kenya will ...
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Africa Newsletter 04-17-20
East Africa Update Covid-19 Cases Rise To 234 In Kenya Kenya continues to see an increase in positive Covid-19 cases ...
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Africa Newsletter 04-10-20
East Africa Update Government Of Kenya Restricts Movement In and Out Of Nairobi The government of Kenya has introduced a ...
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Africa Newsletter 04-03-20
East Africa Update Kenya Battles To Contain Covid-19 Kenya has seen the most cases of Covid-19 in the region as ...
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Africa Newsletter 03-19-20
East Africa Update Corona Virus In Kenya As the corona virus continues to cause major disruptions in the global economy, ...
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Africa Newsletter 01-10-20
East Africa Update Fear of looming maize shortage pushes price up in Kenya Managers of the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR) ...
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Africa Newsletter 12-23-19
Firm Wins Aflatoxin Chemical Tender Koppert Biological Systems (Kenya) has won the tender to distribute Aflasafe - a chemical that ...
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Africa Newsletter 11-28-19
East Africa Update Animal feed manufacturers push for importation of yellow maize The Association of Kenya Animal Feed Manufactures (Akfema) ...
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Africa Newsletter 10-28-19
East Africa Update Kenya Maize shortage fears as rainfall delays harvests Heavy rains pounding most parts of the country have ...
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Africa Newsletter 09-05-19
Grain and pulses prices remained flat over the past two weeks with maize within the 3,000 Ksh/90kg range as imports ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-21-19
Pulses and Maize prices have stabilized in the last weeks due to the onset of harvesting of the pulses and ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-06-19
Maize prices are set to ease after the beginning of harvest in parts of South Rift and western Kenya and ...
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Africa Newsletter 07-23-19
After the duty free maize import period was cancelled by the agriculture minister, the price jumped sharply, by an average ...
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Africa Newsletter 07-10-19
In an attempt to steady markets amid supply concerns, the Kenyan National Cereals and Produce Board has been distributing reserve ...
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Africa Newsletter 06-25-19
Maize prices continue to fluctuate and are currently trading at UGX 1,150 per kg in the Kampala area as traders ...
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Africa Newsletter 06-12-19
Due to the current maize shortage, the Kenyan government is in the process of finalizing a deal that would allow ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-17-19
Maize prices in the Rift Valley have dropped as NCPB plans to sell off more than two million bags from ...
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Africa Newsletter 05-03-19
Kenya The maize prices have steadily gone up to an average of Kshs 3,300 per 90 Kg bag. Government set ...
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Africa Newsletter 04-16-19
Kenya The price of maize has continued to rise over the past two weeks, and is now trading at Sh2,600/90kg ...
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Africa Newsletter 04-04-19
Because the vetting process and conditions introduced by Kenya Farmers Association director Kipkorir Menjo has made the registration process slow ...
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Africa Newsletter 03-20-19
Kenya: Last season productivity Last seasons maize, beans, and pulses production is near completion and is estimated to be below ...
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Africa Newsletter 03-06-19
Kenya: Rains in the North Rift and Western regions set in over the past two weeks. Farmers expect to start ...
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Africa Newsletter 02-20-19
Kenya: The NCPB opened its depots on January 23 in 14 counties to receive maize from vetted farmers only. The ...
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Africa Newsletter 02-06-19
Kenya: The price of maize remained steady over the past two weeks, trading at Sh 2,200/90kg and Sh 2,000/90kg in ...
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East Africa Post Harvest Struggle
As maize harvests go full steam, the eternal struggle continues. There’s a bumper harvest and maize prices drop. Farmers decry ...
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Africa Newsletter 01-23-19
Africa Update: January 23, 2019 The NCPB announced they will begin buying Wednesday, January 23, the board's acting manager said ...
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Africa Newsletter 01-23-19
Kenya: The NCPB announced they will begin buying Wednesday, January 23, the board's acting manager said. Albin Sang claims that ...
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Africa Newsletter 01-09-19
Kenya: Maize prices have been relatively stable in Kenya to start the new year as the commodity is trading at ...
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Africa Newsletter 12-19-18
Kenya: For the past two weeks, prices have remained relatively stable across the country and most commodities. Maize has continued ...
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Africa Newsletter 12-05-18
Kenya: The price of maize has been steady in Nairobi and Thika trading at Sh 2,200/90kg, while prices have increased ...
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Africa Newsletter 11-21-18
Kenya: The price of maize across Kenya has increased since the beginning of the month and is currently trading at ...
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Africa Newsletter 11-07-18
Kenya: The price of maize has been on the rise, currently trading at Sh1,900 per 90kg, as farmers throughout Kenya ...
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Africa Newsletter 10-26-18
Kenya: The short rains season has begun in Kenya, with areas such as Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu ...
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Africa Newsletter 10-11-18
Kenya: Maize prices have been plummeting as of recently, reaching Sh800 per 90-kilogram bag as the NCPB has not allocated ...
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Africa Newsletter 09-26-18
Kenya: Farmers from the Eastern, Western and South Rift regions have started harvesting, but the peak period in the North ...
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Africa Newsletter 09-12-18
Kenya: The prices of maize and most beans have remained steady over the past two weeks while the market faces ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-29-18
Kenya: Maize prices have dropped significantly as harvests around North Rift continue. Some areas are seeing as low as 1350 ...
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Africa Newsletter 08-15-18
Kenya: Kenya is facing a bumper harvest expected to put pressure on prices, particularly at the farm gate level. Exploitative ...
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