Food

With six weeks to go before Africa's most significant food and beverage sourcing event opens its doors, industry publication BakerSA this week reported that South African food ingredient companies are…

The machinery behind one of the largest deals in consumer packaged goods history is now formally in motion. On April 15, 2026, McCormick & Company announced that Andrew Foust, President…

East Africa's aquaculture sector received a significant vote of confidence this month as AgDevCo, the specialist African agriculture investor, committed a $15 million follow-on investment into Victory Group, the company…

South Africa's Public Investment Corporation has confirmed it is actively seeking a buyer for Daybreak Foods, the country's once-celebrated black empowerment poultry producer, after more than a decade of mounting…

Olam Group, one of the world's largest food and agribusiness conglomerates, has commissioned a sweeping digital overhaul of its global operations, signing an eight-year, $1 billion-plus engagement with Wipro to…

McCormick & Company and Unilever have announced one of the most consequential restructuring moves in the global packaged food industry in years. In a cash-and-stock transaction announced on 1 April…

Bunge Global SA has tapped the U.S. debt capital markets for $1.2 billion, pricing a dual-tranche offering of senior unsecured notes that closed on March 19, 2026. The transaction marks…

The AFS Forum has officially confirmed that its 2026 summit will take place on 31 March at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda, positioning the event as a central platform…

Brazilian beef processor Frigol has announced a major capacity expansion strategy aimed at increasing its annual beef production by 60% in 2026, leveraging new operational partnerships with regional slaughterhouses in…

South Africa’s agricultural export sector has reached a new milestone, with total agricultural exports climbing to R268.7 billion by the end of 2025, according to newly disclosed government data highlighting…