Africa Matters

Brazil’s Lula eyes trips to Africa to boost trade, diplomacy

Brazil is seeking to mend ties with Africa, largely ignored by the Bolsonaro administration, as the government prepares for two rounds of official trips to the continent. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who in previous administrations sought to strengthen Brazil-Africa relations and visited 23 countries in the region over two terms, wants to visit at least eight African…

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Tanzania gains US market for value added cashew nuts

Summary The ready-made market, poses a challenge to Tanzania to increase production, raise quality of the products Dar es Salaam. Existence of a ready-made US market for branded consumer packaged cashew nuts could mean less competition for Tanzania’s products at a better price, stakeholders told The Citizen on Friday. This may be the case because Tanzania will no longer…

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