Cement prices in Kenya may fall as much as 10 percent this year because of increased competition, Business Daily reported, citing the heads of two domestic producers of the building material.[Africa Investor ]

A wave of Western investment in African cinema has focused on sustainability and long-term growth. The emphasis is on discovering fresh talent, increasing the visibility of emerging filmmakers, opening up networks for distribution and building bridges with African helmers.[Variety]

Carlyle,The US private equity group plans to raise $750m to invest in the continent that would be overseen by a team of three with a presence in Johannesburg, Zimbabwe and Nigeria [FT ]

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Agriterra Ltd to acquire, in principle, Equatorial Biofuels (Guernsey) Limited (’EBF’), the palm oil developer, from Equatorial Palm Oil Plc (’EPO’).The expected payment is  approximately US$12 million, to be satisfied by a cashing out US$2.5 million and the allotment of 110,000,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Agriterra,whose African startegy consists of  acquiring or investing in businesses operating in the agricultural sector of Africa , sees that there is potential for early cash flow from EBF from the reactivation of a portion of  the more than 169,000 hectares available  in Liberia, West Africa.

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Carbon offset trade is a financial tool used by businesses to compensate for the amount of carbon dioxide that they emit during their operations.

Most carbon offsets are bought from providers who ensure that the carbon emitted by their clients meets a similar carbon sink mostly through afforestation or mitigative measures like utilising renewable energy and changes in land use.

Entities looking to enter the trade are the  African Conservation Trust,  and the Green Belt Movement among others.

According to the World Bank’s Carbon Finance Unit, about $5.5 billion of carbon offsets were purchased in the compliance market in 2006, representing about 1.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide reduction.

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Major African Coffee producers include Cote d’Ivoire,Sudan,Angola,Tanzania,Madagascar,Uganda,Kenya,Rwanda

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It’s no secret that the music industry and especially hip-hop has turned to the millions of promotional and media dollars that consumer brand companies possess in order to help underwrite album promotional costs. Recent deals where brands are footing promotional costs include:

TAG Bodyspray - The much publicized partnership with Jermaine Dupri and Def Jam to create an entire new record label called TAG Records. Under the deal, TAG will pony up the promotional and media dollars necessary to launch the new artists from the emerging label

Fila - Nas signs his first major promotional deal with a brand company in order to fund his multi-million dollar ad and tour campaign for his latest album. In exchange, Nas lends his likeness to promote the Fila brand in print and outdoor ads

Drinks America – Dr. Dre teams up with Drinks America to launch Aftermath Cognac which was planned to be timed with the release of his long-anticipated album “Detox”

Sears – In a fully integrated marketing campaign, LL Cool J will be releasing his LL Cool J branded fashion line at Sears in conjunction with the release of his new album. Sears will pony up the money for promotional dollars that will be split between promoting the clothing line and the new album.

Verizon – Hollywood hipster rapper Shwayze signs a deal with Verizon Wireless which has Verizon as the exclusive online distributor for his next single “Corona & Lime” and will pay for all other promotional costs in order to push the single
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For the African music industry to follow the same business model, that would mean companies such as MTN,Ecobank,Zain,Solibra,Ethiopian Airlines,Air Ivoire,Safaricom,Peugeot Nigeria,Tantalizers,Nestle,Google Africa,DHL Africa,Coca Cola Africa to name few should embrace sponsorship of music artists as much as they do football teams or favorite soccer players/runners.

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The program is built around the notions of markets and trade, production, and innovation systems

Competition and competitiveness on international banana markets

· Consumer preferences: what do buyers want?

· Banana markets and market segments: from global market dynamics to niche market

Responding to climate change

· Genetic improvement for markets

· Seed delivery systems

· Plant health management

· Intensification versus complexity

How to get technology to the growers

· Turning farmers into businessmen

· Connecting farmers to markets

· Boosting entrepreneurship

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The training of young farmers in modern agricultural methods,to improve productivity, efficiency and environmental sensitivity, taking advantage of the latest research reports coming from highly regarded institution such as at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,seems to be on the agenda of the country.

” The proportion of Ghanaians living in cities is, in fact, exactly the same as Nigeria at 44 per cent, according to the Population Reference Bureau. But in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia it is between 12 and 23 per cent.The Leventis Foundation school is seeking to persuade 25 to 35 year olds – it has recruited about 100 each year since 1987 – that agriculture is not as bad as conventional wisdom suggests. “The general belief is that it’s only the poor man who farms. That’s not true,” says Mr Popoola. “But for anybody to be interested in farming that profit has to be shown. Not just the theory, or someone telling them a story.”[FT Africa]

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“An SMS system which allows farmers in Zambia to compare prices in different locations is creating a revolution in the way farmers can now trade. Without comparative market data, farmers were often short-changed by middlemen who bought cheap and sold expensive“, says the African Business magazine[ Print version for full story].

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