World: Brenntag Chemicals Nigeria opens to offer warehouse services locally
Brenntag Chemicals Nigeria Ltd was recently established in Lagos, Nigeria.
The company says the country is currently ranking number one in terms of gross domestic...
Africa: Cargill opens licensed buying company in Ghana
Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business has established its licensed buying company (LBC) following the successful application for a license from the Ghanaian Cocoa Board...
World: Klöckner Pentaplast introduces PET multi-pack system for yoghurt at show
Klöckner Pentaplast will introduce its newly developed polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-based technology for yogurt packaging clikPET at Propak Africa 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa this...
Americas: Rising income, pricing raise demand for meat, finds report
Meat-eaters are increasingly selecting plant-based protein options rather than meat for health, environmental, and flavor reasons.
Nevertheless, meat consumption worldwide is expected to increase...
Africa: Liqui-box buys equipment maker
Liqui-Box has signed a definitive agreement to acquire both the engineering and flexible operations of Maverick, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Maverick...
World: Nestlé creates factory blueprint costing half the time, resources to build in Africa
Nestlé has created a blueprint for a factory that can be built in half the time of a more traditional one for about 50-60%...
Africas: Symrise, partners join Save the Children program
Vanilla supplier Symrise, Unilever, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit join Save the Children to help improve the livelihoods of vanilla farming communities in...
World: Hershey, partners build health center in West Africa
The Hershey Company, Blommer Chocolate and Olam Cocoa have together funded and built a community health center in Teapleau, Cote d’Ivoire as part of...
World: Use powdered food for safer meal preparation, personalized nutrition, says Blendhub
With the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting how people live, work and play, the food supply change is adapting to the volatile changes and directives by...
Africa: Malawi gets US$22.6M for malnutrition among children, disease prevention causes
The World Bank has granted Malawi US$22.6 million just over half of which will be used to help curb acute malnutrition in under-five children...