Eswatini Financial Times

Agriculture

Ivory Coast deforestation rate rises as EU green imports law looms

A farmer prepares to collect a cocoa pod at a cocoa farm in Alepe, Ivory Coast. LONDON — Deforestation in top cocoa producer Ivory Coast increased last year after declining…

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RES Corp puts E954 million into its workforce’s pockets

Mhlume sugar mill. By Sifiso SibandzeThe Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation (RES Corp) has put E954 million into the pockets of its 4,206 employees under its employ at the end of…

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Egypt in talks for Emirati funding to buy Kazakh wheat — traders

A combine harvests wheat in a field in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. (Reuters) CAIRO — Egypt is in talks with an Abu Dhabi-based bank for a loan facility that would finance…

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EFT July 29 – August 4 Edition

Front page of the EFT

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Russia must stop using food as a weapon

Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission By Josep Borrell FontellesHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign…

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How El Nino threatens emerging market economies

A farmer plants saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo By Jorgelina do Rosario and Libby George LONDON – Countries around the world…

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EFT July 15-21 Digital Edition

The front page of the Eswatini Financial Times

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Eswatini Financial Times July 8 – 14 Digital Edition

The front page of the Eswatini Financial Times

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Kenyan president’s tax hikes alienate his ‘hustler’ base

Workers package rice processed at the Capwell industries limited in Thika area of Kiambu County, Kenya. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi By Duncan Miriri GITHUNGURI, Kenya (Reuters) – Eighty per cent of voters…

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Zimbabwe frees up grain trade, opens door for private sector

A worker cycles past irrigated wheat at Hopeful Farm near Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (Reuters) – The private sector will fund three-quarters of Zimbabwe’s wheat crop this year, playing a…

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