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The Rice Paradox: Côte d’Ivoire Produces More Rice, but Imports Hit 1.62M Tonnes in 2024

Rice consumption surges in Côte d’Ivoire, driven by urbanization and dietary shifts Domestic output rises but fails to meet nearly 3 million-ton...
Africa CDC has ended mpox’s continental emergency status, moving toward a longer-term,...
Read more |  25 January 2026
Mineral resource estimates are often widely promoted by mining companies. Some lead...
Read more |  25 January 2026
Zambia and the SADC signed agreements on the North-South and Beira corridors. The...
Read more |  25 January 2026
Circular migration is based on structured, value-added mobility between countries of origin...
Read more |  25 January 2026
A local bank pool will finance Camtel’s CFA52.2 billion network expansion. BEAC approved...
Read more |  24 January 2026
President Goïta named Hilaire Bebian Diarra as mining activities commissioner. The new body...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Tin production rose 7% in 2025 while EBITDA increased 25%. Output exceeded targets...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Extractive revenues rose to CFA124.25 billion in 2023 from CFA19 billion a...
Read more |  24 January 2026
President Tinubu approved incentives limited to the Bonga South West oil project. The...
Read more |  24 January 2026
InfraCredit guaranteed a naira-denominated debt issue for First Electric. The project will deploy...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Africa ran a $16.7 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2023. Five countries recorded net...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Cameroon posted the highest cotton yield in Africa at 1.54 tons per...
Read more |  24 January 2026
The DRC plans to invest CFA14.5 billion to build cereal storage silos...
Read more |  24 January 2026
The Gambia awarded Ghana’s Margins ID Group a contract for its national...
Read more |  24 January 2026
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reddot Finance

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced in a statement released on...
Read more |  5 November 2016
Morocco’s leading bank, Attijariwafa Bank, has announced on September 19 that it...
Read more |  21 September 2016
UK’s recent exit from the European Union (Brexit), should impact the economy...
Read more |  15 September 2016
Only eight African countries have been listed among the countries with low...
Read more |  17 December 2015

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reddot Agriculture

Egypt’s EHCSS secures €12 million EU-backed grant for wheat storage Funding to build five...
Read more |  17 December 2025
As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment...
Read more |  9 November 2018
Yesterday, the Moroccan sugar company Cosumar announced that it acquired a 55%...
Read more |  3 October 2018
In Ghana, fees for shipping cocoa to Europe will decrease from 39...
Read more |  2 October 2018

reddot Electricity

Following deliberations last July 25, the African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company...
Read more |  13 December 2018
The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the French Development Agency,...
Read more |  26 October 2018
Ghana and Burkina Faso inaugurated the 225 KV power line linking them....
Read more |  8 October 2018
Tanzania will need $3.611 billion to complete the nine power plants and transmission...
Read more |  27 September 2018
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced that it provided $25 million to...
Read more |  26 September 2018

reddot Mining

South African miner Harmony Gold said it has successfully produced the 1.1...
Read more |  20 July 2016
AIM-listed Bostwana Diamonds and joint-venture partner Alrosa began exploration at the PL...
Read more |  24 March 2016

reddot Telecom

reddot Comms

In Kenya, Facebook will soon start reporting fake news published on its...
Read more |  5 October 2018
On October 26-27, the second edition of Les Panafricaines, the forum of...
Read more |  4 October 2018
From October 29 to November 1, 2018, Tunis, Tunisia’s capital will host...
Read more |  3 October 2018
Last September 27, Rwanda’s parliament passed a law punishing the caricaturing of...
Read more |  1 October 2018
Reuters just extended its video offers aimed at Africans by launching Africa...
Read more |  21 September 2018
Start Network, a global network of forty national and international humanitarian organizations,...
Read more |  4 September 2018

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the-rice-paradox-cote-d-ivoire-produces-more-rice-but-imports-hit-1-62m-tonnes-in-2024

The Rice Paradox: Côte d’Ivoire Produces More Rice, but Imports Hit 1.62M Tonnes in 2024

Rice consumption surges in Côte d’Ivoire, driven by urbanization and dietary shifts Domestic output rises but fails to meet nearly 3 million-ton...
Africa CDC has ended mpox’s continental emergency status, moving toward a longer-term,...
Read more |  25 January 2026
Mineral resource estimates are often widely promoted by mining companies. Some lead...
Read more |  25 January 2026
Zambia and the SADC signed agreements on the North-South and Beira corridors. The...
Read more |  25 January 2026
Circular migration is based on structured, value-added mobility between countries of origin...
Read more |  25 January 2026
A local bank pool will finance Camtel’s CFA52.2 billion network expansion. BEAC approved...
Read more |  24 January 2026
President Goïta named Hilaire Bebian Diarra as mining activities commissioner. The new body...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Tin production rose 7% in 2025 while EBITDA increased 25%. Output exceeded targets...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Extractive revenues rose to CFA124.25 billion in 2023 from CFA19 billion a...
Read more |  24 January 2026
President Tinubu approved incentives limited to the Bonga South West oil project. The...
Read more |  24 January 2026
InfraCredit guaranteed a naira-denominated debt issue for First Electric. The project will deploy...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Africa ran a $16.7 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2023. Five countries recorded net...
Read more |  24 January 2026
Cameroon posted the highest cotton yield in Africa at 1.54 tons per...
Read more |  24 January 2026
The DRC plans to invest CFA14.5 billion to build cereal storage silos...
Read more |  24 January 2026
The Gambia awarded Ghana’s Margins ID Group a contract for its national...
Read more |  24 January 2026
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