Milling Middle East & Africa- Week 43 Mid-Week News

LATEST AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

Kenya to host National Cassava Conference and Exhibition 2023

KENYA – ?Kenya is set to host the National Cassava Conference and Exhibition 2023 (NCCE), aimed at enhancing cassava production, productivity, and value addition?.?. .?MORE

Biftu Baha to open a US$4.5M flour and pasta company in Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA - Biftu Baha Oromia Share Company has started construction of a grain processing plant to?house production lines for the manufacture of wheat flour and pasta.?. .?MORE

Tiger Brands picks former Premier Food exec Tjaart Kruger as CEO

SOUTH AFRICA - Tjaart Kruger, the former CEO of Premier Foods, has been appointed as the new CEO of Tiger Brands effective from November 1, 2023.?.?.?MORE

Rwanda plots replacing wheat with sweet potato flour to tame import costs

RWANDA - ?Rwanda seeks to replace wheat in baking with sweet potato flour?in a bid to tame import costs following hefty trade sanctions on its major wheat supplier?.?.?.?MORE

Malawi makes first-ever large-scale wheat harvesting

MALAWI? – Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat seed after years of attempts to find a variety of grain suitable for its soil.?.?.?MORE

LATEST WORLD NEWS

ADM invests US$33M to optimize dry pet food flow in Mexico

MEXICO - US agri-food giant Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) has invested US$33m to build a new pet-food production line in Guadalajara, Mexico. . .?MORE

Bunge celebrates 100 years in Australia

AUSTRALIA - ?Commodity trading giant Bunge Limited is marking a century in Australia throughout October, hosting an event with more than 100 local partners?. . .?MORE

ARS discovers potential biocontrol agents for tar spot fungus in corn

USA?– Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are diligently seeking innovative ways to combat the fungus responsible for tar spot, a disease that significantly reduces the yield of field corn.?.?.?MORE

India is considering slashing floor price for basmati rice?

INDIA – The government of India is likely to bring down the floor price, or minimum export price (MEP) for basmati rice, to US$950 per metric ton from US$1,200 a metric ton...?MORE

UK Flour Millers awards six Advanced Milling Diplomas to trained members

UK - ?UK Flour Millers has celebrated six employees from flour mills across the United Kingdom who have been awarded the highest qualification, the Advanced Milling Diploma, after three years of study. .?. MORE

Insights from our latest issue of MILLING MEA Magazine

ICYMI: In your latest Issue of Milling Middle East & Africa: In this issue, we feature Unga Group Ltd, one of the milling industry pioneers in East Africa. Unga has been providing Kenyans and East Africans with high-quality and safe food for over 116 years. As competition in the milling sector heats up, we spoke with CEO Joseph Choge about the company's bold new strategy to become a holistic food and feed company?. . .?MORE