Category: Industry

Toronto, Canada// — McCain Foods has acquired Scelta Products, adding the Netherlands-based producer of frozen foods to its growing family of delicious, prepared vegetable appetiser product offerings.

Shutter2U/Getty Images, CC BY Prinola Govenden, University of Johannesburg When formal apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, several policies were introduced to address the racial and economic segregation of the past. One such policy was Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), designed mainly to facilitate an increase in black ownership across sectors. The media was one […]

London, UK//-Nigel Green, the CEO and founder of deVere Group, has been appointed to the National Innovation Agency (a public agency) of Thailand, it has been announced.

A wave of layoffs has swept across the globe as companies struggle with slower business growth and rising labor costs. Thousands of companies have been forced to reduce costs and cut down their staff; startups are no exception.

A protester holds a placard as workers show solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Dele Ashiru, University of Lagos Lecturers at Nigeria’s public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On 14 February 2022 they went back on strike to make it the […]

A large number of West African women rely on the blue economy to survive. MaaikeZaal/GettyImages Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, University of St Andrews All along West Africa’s coastline, women play a vital role in the fisheries sector as processors, traders and distributors.

“She has been unwilling to distance herself from him (Johnson) – partly because of his continued popularity amongst the party members to whom she was appealing until recently – and perceived failure to tackle the coming economic challenges could make the severe reaction against ‘Partygate’ look like a knee-jerk conniption.

Too many women are locked out of economic opportunities, which is not only unfair but also harms growth and resilience for all. We know that in countries with greater gender inequality just closing the gap in women’s labor force participation could increase economic output by an average of 35 percent.

Tunis, Tunisia// — The slow economic recovery from COVID-19 and a delay in carrying out key reforms, including of subsidies, is likely to further strain Tunisia’s public finances and deepen budget and trade deficits, according to the World Bank’s latest Tunisia Economic Monitor.

Kumasi, Ashanti Region//-Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketer, and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has donated fuel to the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to support and enhance security operations in the region.