In order to increase capacity at its plants in South Africa, Country Bird has secured a US$25mn loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group

More than 215,000 chickens from poultry farms in Nigerias Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kogi state are said to have died as a result of being struck by a disease, according to poultry farmers in the country

Rainbow Chicken Ltd has revealed its early earnings fell an estimated 75 per cent as a result of an increase in imports, high costs and oversupply in its domestic South African market

Zambeef Products plans to sell 49 per cent of its shares in its Zamchick subsidiary to a South African firm at a cost of US$14mn