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Kantar introduces Uganda’s first consumer panel

Kantar introduces Uganda’s first consumer panel

26 Jun 2024

New Coca-Cola Wozzaah celebrates vibrant and dynamic African culture

New Coca-Cola Wozzaah celebrates vibrant and dynamic African culture

24 May 2024

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Nine decades of Coca-Cola in Africa

Nine decades of Coca-Cola in Africa

11 May 2018

Image supplied by Zonnebloem

Millennials' premium palate driving a shift in the wine market

8 May 2018

Photo by Emre Gencer on

Food prices steady, output in cereals expected to decline

4 May 2018

Nigeria's TradeDepot secures $3m Series A round

Nigeria's TradeDepot secures $3m Series A round

Tom Jackson 27 Apr 2018

Photo by Mike Kenneally on

Key insights into the global garlic market

25 Apr 2018

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Tom Jackson 19 Apr 2018

Mondelez inaugurates $90m 'factory of the future' in Bahrain

Mondelez inaugurates $90m 'factory of the future' in Bahrain

19 Apr 2018

One of the Castle Lite Unlocks concerts. Image supplied.

Castle Lite's 'Unlocks' concert brings the brand's purpose to life

Juanita Pienaar 16 Apr 2018

African bottling giant unveils new head office in PE

African bottling giant unveils new head office in PE

13 Apr 2018

AB InBev plans to build $100m brewery in Tanzania

AB InBev plans to build $100m brewery in Tanzania

9 Apr 2018

Coke bottler dedicates R3.9bn of procurement spend to black suppliers

Coke bottler dedicates R3.9bn of procurement spend to black suppliers

28 Mar 2018

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Rich Haridy 23 Mar 2018

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

7 Mar 2018

Carrefour's chicken blockchain set to lay eggs

Carrefour's chicken blockchain set to lay eggs

7 Mar 2018

Enterprise should implement watertight crisis management strategy or else it is history!

Enterprise should implement watertight crisis management strategy or else it is history!

Bonnie Ramaila 6 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

World prices rising for grains and dairy, wheat output poised to dip in 2018

World prices rising for grains and dairy, wheat output poised to dip in 2018

2 Mar 2018

SAB tie-up exceeds AB InBev's expectations

SAB tie-up exceeds AB InBev's expectations

Robert Laing 2 Mar 2018

Jonathan Robinson

Fair trade at the core of Bean There's buying philosophy

28 Feb 2018

Black Panther to inspire beauty trends in 2018

Black Panther to inspire beauty trends in 2018

Roshida Khanom 22 Feb 2018

Kenya seeks to bridge trade deficit with Morocco

Kenya seeks to bridge trade deficit with Morocco

20 Feb 2018

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

13 Feb 2018

Lee Applbaum, global chief marketing officer, Patrón Spirits International.

#MeettheMarketer: Marketers are relying too heavily on data

Louise Marsland 8 Feb 2018

Brimstone CEO Mustaq Brey. Image credit: Sunday Times

Brimstone Investment Corporation sells R387m stake in Tiger Brands

Marc Hasenfuss 8 Feb 2018

Unilever posts rising 2017 profits

Unilever posts rising 2017 profits

2 Feb 2018

Pernod Ricard halts use of plastic straws and stirrers

Pernod Ricard halts use of plastic straws and stirrers

22 Jan 2018

Water shortage cuts commercial banana production

15 Jan 2018

Global potato processing market to surpass $3,500m by 2025

Sayali Tribhuvan 12 Jan 2018

2017 global food prices highest since 2014 despite December decline

12 Jan 2018

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Nine decades of Coca-Cola in Africa

Nine decades of Coca-Cola in Africa

11 May 2018

Image supplied by Zonnebloem

Millennials' premium palate driving a shift in the wine market

8 May 2018

Photo by Emre Gencer on

Food prices steady, output in cereals expected to decline

4 May 2018

Nigeria's TradeDepot secures $3m Series A round

Nigeria's TradeDepot secures $3m Series A round

Tom Jackson 27 Apr 2018

Photo by Mike Kenneally on

Key insights into the global garlic market

25 Apr 2018

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Tom Jackson 19 Apr 2018

Mondelez inaugurates $90m 'factory of the future' in Bahrain

Mondelez inaugurates $90m 'factory of the future' in Bahrain

19 Apr 2018

One of the Castle Lite Unlocks concerts. Image supplied.

Castle Lite's 'Unlocks' concert brings the brand's purpose to life

Juanita Pienaar 16 Apr 2018

African bottling giant unveils new head office in PE

African bottling giant unveils new head office in PE

13 Apr 2018

AB InBev plans to build $100m brewery in Tanzania

AB InBev plans to build $100m brewery in Tanzania

9 Apr 2018

Coke bottler dedicates R3.9bn of procurement spend to black suppliers

Coke bottler dedicates R3.9bn of procurement spend to black suppliers

28 Mar 2018

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Rich Haridy 23 Mar 2018

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Sustainable diets will remain a minefield until we change the way we approach food

Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

7 Mar 2018

Carrefour's chicken blockchain set to lay eggs

Carrefour's chicken blockchain set to lay eggs

7 Mar 2018

Enterprise should implement watertight crisis management strategy or else it is history!

Enterprise should implement watertight crisis management strategy or else it is history!

Bonnie Ramaila 6 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

World prices rising for grains and dairy, wheat output poised to dip in 2018

World prices rising for grains and dairy, wheat output poised to dip in 2018

2 Mar 2018

SAB tie-up exceeds AB InBev's expectations

SAB tie-up exceeds AB InBev's expectations

Robert Laing 2 Mar 2018

Jonathan Robinson

Fair trade at the core of Bean There's buying philosophy

28 Feb 2018

Black Panther to inspire beauty trends in 2018

Black Panther to inspire beauty trends in 2018

Roshida Khanom 22 Feb 2018

Kenya seeks to bridge trade deficit with Morocco

Kenya seeks to bridge trade deficit with Morocco

20 Feb 2018

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

13 Feb 2018

Lee Applbaum, global chief marketing officer, Patrón Spirits International.

#MeettheMarketer: Marketers are relying too heavily on data

Louise Marsland 8 Feb 2018

Brimstone CEO Mustaq Brey. Image credit: Sunday Times

Brimstone Investment Corporation sells R387m stake in Tiger Brands

Marc Hasenfuss 8 Feb 2018

Unilever posts rising 2017 profits

Unilever posts rising 2017 profits

2 Feb 2018

Pernod Ricard halts use of plastic straws and stirrers

Pernod Ricard halts use of plastic straws and stirrers

22 Jan 2018

Water shortage cuts commercial banana production

15 Jan 2018

Global potato processing market to surpass $3,500m by 2025

Sayali Tribhuvan 12 Jan 2018

2017 global food prices highest since 2014 despite December decline

12 Jan 2018

Is this goodbye? Chocolate producing plants will go extinct by 2050

Njideka Agbo 9 Jan 2018

How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

How Africa can negotiate an effective continental free trade area agreement

Calestous Juma 2 Jan 2018

Mali hopes to revive industry and increase exports

Mali hopes to revive industry and increase exports

Bram Posthumus 29 Dec 2017

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Food processing factory to jack up national cassava farming

26 Dec 2017

Sweet n Dried founder Mercy Mwende at the processing factory with dried mangoes. (Image Supplied)

Ultra-modern fruit drying machine opens export markets for hundreds of Kenyan smallholder farmers

14 Dec 2017

Alcohol delivery service Jumia Party launches in Ghana

Alcohol delivery service Jumia Party launches in Ghana

11 Dec 2017

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Kraft Heinz extends 100% cage-free egg commitment to Africa and Asia

8 Dec 2017

Women in rural Tunisia mix hot sauce with business

Women in rural Tunisia mix hot sauce with business

Eleonore Voisard 7 Dec 2017

MoU unites African countries against chicken dumping, fights for level playing field

MoU unites African countries against chicken dumping, fights for level playing field

6 Dec 2017

Heineken begins construction on $100m brewery in Mozambique

Heineken begins construction on $100m brewery in Mozambique

4 Dec 2017

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