German agribusiness firm Amatheon-Agri has invested in a major irrigation project in Zambia
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Ethiopia secures Chinese funding for sugar project
The Ethiopian government has secured financing from a Chinese bank for Kuraz V, the fifth factory in the Omo-Kuraz Sugar Project
New Holland delivers tractor fleet to Kenyan sugar mill
Kenya-based sugar manufacturer Butali Sugar Mills Limited (BSML) has taken delivery of more than 50 TS6000 2WD tractors from New Holland
Irrigation project to come up in Rwandan province
The government of Rwanda and Howard G Buffett Foundation have signed a US$24mn partnership deal to fund the development of irrigation infrastructure in Kirehe district in the country’s Eastern Province
WACOT to invest US$25mn in Nigerian state
The West African Cotton Company (WACOT) has announced it will invest a substantial sum in Nigeria’s Ogun State