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Diane Radley, CEO: Old Mutual Investment Group
#Africa Month: Old Mutual ups equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments
Old Mutual Investment Group has increased its overall effective equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments to 49%... read
#AfricaMonth: Fairtrade consumers can realise Africa's potential
#AfricaMonth: Fairtrade consumers can realise Africa's potential

Lynsay Sampson

Who doesn't love a cup of deliciously brewed coffee to kick start their day? Or a block of dark chocolate for a midday-pick-me-upper? read
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Agriculture
Lambasi Chief Mthuthuzeli Makwedini, Technoserve intern Kamvalethu Hoyi, business advisor Jabulile Sithole, Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qobohiyane and Technoserve intern Siyabonga Mbuzwa at a maize plantation in Lambasi. Picture sourced from
Anglo American Zimele, Jobs Fund collaboration creates agri-entrepreneurs
Zimele, in collaboration with the Jobs Fund, has helped to establish entrepreneurial projects like the Lambasi agriculture initiative - a jointly owned farming operation... read
Agribusiness
Rhodes Food H1 net profit jumps 89.2% to R110m
Rhodes Food H1 net profit jumps 89.2% to R110m
A string of acquisitions since Rhodes Foods (RFG) listed on the JSE in October 2014 helped its interim revenue jump 53.5% to R2bn, the company reported... read
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Pioneer Foods has sufficient scope to enhance efficiencies
In an interview with Business Day TV conducted on Monday, Phil Roux, CEO of Pioneer Foods, speaks about the company's half-year results, which showed... read
Agri Tech
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How nanotechnology can help us grow more food using less energy and water

Ramesh Raliya and Pratim Biswas

With the world's population expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, scientists are working to develop new ways to meet rising global demand for food, energy and water... read
Agro-processing
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Women-in-Maize celebrates first harvest season
Women-in-Maize, which supports the empowerment of women-run maize farms, began its first successful harvest season.... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
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Partnership sees new potato offering brought to market
RSA Market Agents introduced a new value-for-money potato offering from Wesgrow, which will see a new high-quality potato brand available to fresh produce buyers... read
Weak Rand stops SA benefiting from low global agricultural commodity prices
Weak Rand stops SA benefiting from low global agricultural commodity prices
SA is till reeling from the effects of the drought despite a drop in global agriculture commodity prices in 2015 and early 2016 and has failed to capitalise on the slowdown... read
Business
Change vs. transformational management
Change vs. transformational management

John Sanei

Forget about change management, we are squarely in the transformation age and with it we need to apply transformational management... read
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