Kenya

On May 7, 2024, Lipton announced the sale of its Kenyan tea estates to LOLC Holdings PLC. The tea estates are on land that was violently seized from the Kipsigis and Talai clans by the British army in the early 20th century.

“Some African nations, such as Kenya and Uganda, are ready to fast-track collaboration in agriculture with India and recently offered land on lease to Indian businesses during a delegation visit," said an Indian official

In a fresh push to have the lands reverted to local communities, Henry Belsoi, a resident of Chesoen in Bomet Central said the leases held by Unilever and other multinational tea companies should have ended after the declaration of independence in 1963.

Les sociétés de crédit carbone expulsent des communautés à travers l’Afrique.

Facing a civil lawsuit over killings allegedly carried out by its security staff at a pineapple plantation near Nairobi, food company Fresh Del Monte is claiming it cannot be sued in Kenya because it is registered in the Cayman Islands.

In Kenya’s lush Thika region, stealing pineapples is a de facto capital crime. At least nine men have allegedly been killed by security guards employed by Del Monte, the world’s largest producer of pineapples.

Eni is pursuing agricultural production for biofuels in six African countries, including the Republic of the Congo where collaboration with ‘Big Agri’ companies risks land dispossession and environmental degradation.

Catona Climate announces that Microsoft has signed a six-year offtake agreement to purchase 350,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits from an agroforestry project in Kenya.

The Agriculture and Livestock Ministry has opened up 21,000 acres of idle land belonging to the National Youth Service and Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority for commercial leases to boost food security.

US food giant Del Monte is facing multiple accusations of assault, rape and murder by its guards at the vast farm northeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, some going back years.

The Gabiro Agribusiness Hub est un projet du gouvernement avec l’entreprise israélienne Netafim dont la première phase prévoit l’exploitation de 5 600 hectares de terres agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers et locaux

Kenya is encouraging foreign investors to contribute to agricultural projects within the country's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), comprising 80 percent of its landmass, to enhance food security