African Business News

Brookside Dairy enters powdered milk market

Brookside Dairy has begun selling powdered milk, a year after commissioning a Sh3.5 billion dry milk plant to facilitate production.

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Kenya gets Sh3.8 bn boost from IFAD

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has agreed to provide a $37.7 million (Sh3.8 billion) loan to fund key agricultural programs in the country.

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Kenya outlines measures to lift fisheries sector

The Ministry of Agriculture has developed a raft of policy, regulatory and financing incentives to accelerate transformation of the fisheries sector that contributes 0.6 per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Ugandan firm Pearl to construct dairy factory in Kenya

Ugandan firm Pearl Dairy Farms has announced plans to construct a dairy factory in Kenya that will be tasked with production and repackaging of milk products. The factory to be constructed in the capital Nairobi is aimed at growing Pearl’s market share in the region.

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