Cashew farmers in Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma have so far pocketed a total of nearly Sh5 billion since the government started buying the precious...
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The latest news from the African cashew industry.
26 nov, 2018
John Magufuli’s latest economic plan is, in all senses, his nuttiest. By buying up the entire cashew harvest at a near-100 percent premium, the Tanzanian president hopes to help farmers. In fact, it will only serve to...
26 nov, 2018
Bobby Thomas, director of Wondernuts Ltd, a cashewnut processing firm based in Kilifi county, has dealt in cashew for 20 years. Today, he sits in his office whiling the time away because business...
26 nov, 2018
It is close to a week now since the shocking drama of nutty business in Tanzania unfolded, with the President of State John Magufuli admonishing the confiscation of the foreign exchange crop to save...
20 nov, 2018
Soldiers arrived in southern Tanzania to oversee government management of the country's cashew nuts, local newspaper Citizen reported, a move ordered by President John Magufuli to protect farmers from...
20 nov, 2018
Tanzania’s plan to buy the country’s entire 2018 cashew nut crop could lead to a global shortage, with processors in Vietnam and India likely to be ...
20 nov, 2018
After Benin, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, Togo has also adopted a tax on cashew exports, baptized Cashew Nuts Tax (PNC).
The tax which was established in line with a decree issued on October 3, 2018, amounts to CFA40 per kg of raw nuts and CFA5 for...
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22 oct, 2018
AT 54, Brenda Akatama Mwanamwalye still has the vigor to contribute to the cashew industry.
Her house in Mongu’s Kambule street is bustling with people trooping in and out buying cashew seedlings or processed nuts.
Her passion and commitment towards the industry is....
28 sep, 2018
Mozambique will have 17 cashew processing plants with the start-up of two new units, according to the director of the Cashew Development Institute (Incaju). Ilídio Bande told Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias in...
14 sep, 2018
Higher operational costs and tough competition from Vietnam is putting pressure on Indian cashew industry with many processors and exporters facing adverse credit profile, reports rating agency Icra. India produces 6-7 million tonne raw cashew per annum and was...
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