Newly constructed Weetabix East Africa plant in Kenya opened
The Newly constructed Weetabix East Africa plant in Kenya has been opened in the capital Nairobi. The move is aimed at increasing production capacity as well as enhancing efficiency.
The new plant which cost US$ 2.5m has the potential of generating up to 60 per cent of the company’s produce.
Managing director Mr. Ahsan Manji launched the new plant while marking the company’s 40th anniversary in Kenya.
“The recently unveiled capacity upgrade project was completed at a value of US$ 2.5m. It involved new plant equipment – giving us 60 per cent more capacity, automation of some sections of the plant and a new office wing. Furthermore, we have also installed a 1,000 tonne wheat silo that will improve our productivity,” said Mr. Manji.
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Kenya eyes Chinese tea market
Nairobi - Kenya on Tuesday said that it is currently formulating strategies in order to export tea into the Chinese market.
The Interim Head of the Tea Directorate Elizabeth Kimenyi told Xinhua in Nairobi that the Chinese market will help to diverse tea export markets.
"We want to reduce our reliance on traditional markets such as Egypt, Britain and Pakistan in order to reduce price fluctuations," Kimenyi said on the sidelines of the Africa Coffee Outlook Conference which kicked off in Nairobi on Tuesday.
Kenya 'Telephone Farmers' Harvesting On Hi-Tech
Farmers in Kenya "are making use of a growing number of technologies and platforms to help them choose and manage their crops more efficiently," according to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report.
The report says a growing number of 'telephone farmers', who live in the city are making use of mobile devices to monitor effectively what goes on in their farms while working in the cities.
"Tech giant IBM's EZ-Farm project - currently being trialed in Kenya - is exploring how sophisticated data analytics can help farmers keep in touch with what is really happening on their out-of-town smallholdings," the report said.
Kenyan dairy farm project set up by Italian investors
Italian firm Sace-Servizi Internazionali together with nine specialists in the beef and dairy value chain, is investing US$20mn in a model dairy farm at MoiUniversity in Eldoret, Kenya
The proposed model farm will manufacture yoghurt, butter and powdered milk, as well as have a feed chamber.
Upon completion later this year, the farm aims to produce more than 25,000 litres of milk daily from 1,000 high-yielding pedigree cows and generate around €3mn annually in revenues.
Already, MoiUniversity, located in the agricultural-rich North Rift region, has donated 300 acres of land for the project. The Italians are expected to transfer their expertise in dairy farming to the project.
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