Arla Foods has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nigeria’s Kaduna state government to develop dairy farming in the state. The scheme involves the state offering land to farmers while Arla Foods will buy, collect, process and market the milk …

German fragrance and flavour manufacturer Symrise has announced it is setting up its own application labs in Lagos. The company already has a sales office in Nigeria. The facility will report into South Africa and work on flavours for soft …

The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) has invested in QSR company Sundry Foods, owner of the Kilimanjaro, Pizza Jungle, Kilishawarma, Nibbles, Suncrust fast food brands. Sundry Foods operates 50 outlets across 11 states in Nigeria. Silk Invest African Food …

Enyo Retail and Supply, a new player in Nigeria’s service station sector, has partnered with Coca-Cola bottler the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) to put carbonated soft drinks chillers on up to 70 forecourts in Nigeria. The initiative will see NBC chillers …

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop providing funds for food imports. It follows July’s announcement that the bank would ban access to foreign exchange for the importation of milk and is part of a wider trend that …

Tolaram Group, partner to Kellogg’s and the manufacturer of the ubiquitous Indomie Noodles in Nigeria, has launched the Goodlife Majik fruit drink brand in three variants into Nigeria’s $165m fruit juice market. The brand, which is aimed at kids and …

Beer in Africa news roundup: Heineken invests in South Africa to take on AB InBev; Rwandan MPs change their tax regime to incentivise brewers to source raw materials locally. Nigerian Breweries’ profits tank as it blames the operating environment and …

Cadbury Nigeria has reported profits of N68.2m ($0.19m) for the six months to end June 2019. It represents a 258% increase from the same period last year, which saw a loss of N318m ($0.88m). The growth in profit has been underpinned …