Foodstuff Africa

19/09/2022

Coffee exports from Africa were valued at nearly $2.5 billion in 2021. Ethiopia was the leading exporter, earning around $1.2 billion in coffee exports. Uganda followed with an export value of $594.2 million in 2021

Coffee is big business – it is estimated that over 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed around every day around the world. According to rough estimates, over 140 million bags of coffee...

12/04/2022

Zimbabwe has licensed 57 foreign and local entities to grow medicinal cannabis in the country according to a recent statement by the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency. As a result, production has already begun at some of the licensed farms which are spread across the country.

Zimbabwe has legalised cannabis cultivation and has withdrawn laws requiring sole state ownership for cannabis farming in an effort to encourage investment in cannabis cultivation for industrial and medicinal uses. Demand for cannabis is projected to grow worldwide while to***co output is expected t...

16/07/2020

Given proper access to more capital, electricity, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods, and if African governments can work more closely with agribusinesses to feed the Africa's fast-growing urban population

Farmers in Africa and agri-businesses sector in Africa could be worth a trillion-dollars by 2030 if given proper access to more capital, electricity, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods, and if African governments can work more closely with agribusinesses to feed...

26/12/2018

African entrepreneurs are invited to register free for Agra Middle East at https://bit.ly/2Lsfha7 for their free invitation to attend the largest exhibition enabling food security in the Middle East and Africa region.

Explore new and innovative ways to boost domestic agricultural production and reducing import dependency.

With a more targeted focus on the Crop Farming, Animal Farming, Aquaculture and Animal Health sectors, AgraME 2019 will attract buyers looking to source the latest products and innovative solutions. Be there.

African visitors are invited to register free for the event. Register free for your personal invitation at: https://bit.ly/2Lsfha7

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26/08/2018

According to industry reports, Africa imported 17 million tonnes in the last five years. Many African rice importers import a significant amount of rice for local consumption and regional...

28/05/2018

http://foodstuff-africa.com/nestles-iconic-brand-kitkat-desserts-launched-in-the-middle-east/

KITKAT’s first of a kind dessert recipes come in four different unique flavors that are produced in the UAE in mini portions and an indulgent taste

04/05/2018

John Deere will lease up to 300 tractors to about 100,000 farmers in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria The global tractor maker John Deere has partnered with Alluvial, a Nigerian company which...

09/04/2018

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WhatsApp Business takes B2B networking in Africa to a new level. Foodstuff Africa B2B networking group is now promoting foodstuff trade in Africa through WhatsApp for Business.

If you are dealing in foodstuff, beverages, agricultural produce, frozen food, meat, canned food, bottled water, dairy products, confectionery.... then join this group to interact directly with buyers and sellers.

From 2016 onwards, WhatsApp has emerged as one of the fastest growing networking apps as well as a media platform in Africa. For most Africans, WhatsApp is their main social media platform, overtaking even Facebook. According to recent reports, more people in Africa use WhatsApp, not Facebook, to communicate with each other and share information.

People all around the world use WhatsApp to connect with small businesses they care about – from online clothing companies in India to auto parts stores in Brazil. But WhatsApp was built for people and we want to improve the business experience. For example, by making it easier for businesses to respond to customers, separating customer and personal messages, and creating an official presence.

Although WhatsApp has not released any official data about its market position in Africa but it seems to be eager to tap into the growing popularity of WhatsApp in Africa – evident from the recent launch of a dedicated standalone app called WhatsApp Business which targets small businesses. WhatsApp Business is currently just for Android users who dominate market share in emerging markets.

It is estimated that 40% of small businesses in Africa will use WhatsApp Messenger to reach their customers and peers by 2020.

WhatsApp Business features include business profile, messaging tools such as quick replies, greeting messages and away messages, metrics and a verified business account listing. “Our new app will make it easier for companies to connect with customers, and more convenient for our 1.3 billion users to chat with businesses that matter to them,” WhatsApp says.

Customers won’t need to install new apps as messages sent from WhatsApp Business will be received on WhatsApp Messenger as usual. Already, over 500,000 users have installed the app within two weeks of being rolled out. A quick check showed the app which was rolled out initially in the UK and US on January 18, is now available in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.

“It is a nice move that WhatsApp is going all-in for small businesses even though Africa’s big companies would also jump on the WhatsApp Business train as part of their digital business outreach,” said Chris Alagboso, an Owerri-based Nigerian media entrepreneur.

While several early users of the new app in Nigeria said they were impressed, they observed that several important features that small businesses need are still missing such as receiving payments and the possibility of finding potential customers with a service similar to Facebook’s Sponsored Posts.

WhatsApp rise has caused tensions with some of the mobile network operators as its success has eaten into the traditional voice and SMS revenue structure since the app enables users to make voice calls and text messaging for relatively low data costs.

But the upside of WhatsApp’s popularity is that it is likely partly responsible for the continued rise in internet use particularly with smartphone take-up. For example in Zimbabwe, one of the few countries to provide data, WhatsApp alone was responsible for nearly half of all internet traffic in the country in 2017.

In Nigeria, both e-commerce startups and traditional retailers in local markets have been experimenting with reaching their customers on WhatsApp, usually targeting popular WhatsApp groups or building broadcast lists.

Foodstuff Africa has always been leading the brigade in terms of embracing new digital technology to reach new audiences in Africa and already has a dedicated WhatsApp Business Group that helps African entrepreneurs connect with businesses worldwide.

Join the Foodstuff Africa WhatsApp Group at > https://chat.whatsapp.com/FmWItmQMO4a83poH6zjTLk

22/03/2018

http://foodstuff-africa.com/beverages-dominate-global-sales-of-food-and-beverage/

Beverages is the largest category, with soft drink dominating overall sales. Forecast growth to 2021 is strong at a 2.5% CAGR with stronger growth in hot drinks as many consumers switch to the health benefits of tea, different varieties of coffee and other hot drinks. Sugar-laden carbonates are suff...

11/03/2018

http://foodstuff-africa.com/food-and-beverage-industry-set-to-grow-worldwide/

The food and beverage industry is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in terms of jobs and value added in most economies contributing US$77.5 trillion globally in 2017. A forecast overall CAGR of 2.9% over 2017-30 is driven in part by population growth in emerging markets within Asia Pacific an...

10/03/2018

By 2030, there will be 1 billion additional consumers ready to be served across the globe The world population in 2017 stood at 7.47 billion and is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030.

23/01/2018

http://foodstuff-africa.com/govt-donates-27-square-miles-land-uae-investor/

President Museveni has promised to allot 27 square miles of land in Mbarara District to a United Arab Emirates investor to set up model farm in the country. The investor, Dr Ahmad Eltigani Al Mansouri, will bring in new technology to fertilise cows that produce high milk, according to a press releas...