8 Miles LLP, the pan-African Private Equity firm, announced an investment in Blue Skies, a UK-incorporated business with operations in several African countries that is the leader in the production of fresh-cut tropical fruit for UK and Western European supermarkets
Agriculture
Moody's: Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are remaining resilient to credit pressures from cocoa price fall
Moodys Investors Service have produced a report on Côte dIvoire and Ghana, stating that the nations are remaining resilient against credit pressures bought upon by the drastic fall in cocoa price
US Trade Mission seeks to expand African agribusiness cooperation
Over 40 U.S. business representatives plan to meet with senior Egyptian government and private sector officials to discuss ways to expand agricultural trade between the United States and Egypt
African Farming weekly digest - 27th - 31st March
Here is a brief overview of the weeks new on africanfarming.net, from 27 - 31 March 2017
Track African fall armyworm with Russell IPM’s optimised pheromone lure
UK-based biorational pest control solutions provider Russell IPM has developed and tested an effective monitoring system against fall armyworm (FAW)