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A farmer tends to dried cannabis bundle in Ketama, in the northern Rif mountains, Morocco, 12 March 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

Morocco pardons nearly 5,000 cannabis farming convictsAhmed Eljechtimi

Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

Afreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

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Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

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BCX, GE co-creates Digital Farm solution tailored for SA and African agriculture

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#AgriIndaba: Meeting the challenges of investing in sub-Saharan agriculture

#AgriIndaba: Meeting the challenges of investing in sub-Saharan agriculture

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Greening the tobacco supply chain in Africa bears fruit

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Dr Klaus Eckstein, CEO and Country Divisional Head of the Crop Science Division for Bayer Southern Africa at the opening of the Mozambique office

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#EntrepreneurMonth: A different perspective on sugar from the sugarcane fields of Mauritius

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From left: Prof Eugene Cloete (vice-rector: research, innovation and postgraduate studies of Stellenbosch University), the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, and Willem Botes (research leader of Stellenbosch University’s Plant Breeding Laboratory). Photo: Stefan Els

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Dr Klaus Eckstein, CEO and Country Divisional Head of the Crop Science Division for Bayer Southern Africa at the opening of the Mozambique office

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