The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority buys a 3,500 ha farm in Nasarawa State through a joint venture with UFF Agri Investment, a South African company owned by Old Mutual Property
- Economic Confidential
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12 Mar 2018
Bukanga Lonzo, c'est un des projets phares de la présidence. Un gigantesque parc agro-industriel, le premier d'une série de fermes géantes, censées mener le pays vers l'auto-suffisance alimentaire.
Los elevados precios de los alimentos y la necesidad de energías renovables alternativas como los agrocombustibles han desencadenado la nueva ola de expropiaciones de tierras en África del Sur.
- El Diario
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16 October 2017
Indian company Estina was given a free 99-year lease to a 4,400 ha farm, as well as a guaranteed R114-million per year for the construction and running of the farm, but cash was siphoned out of the country as quickly as the South African public paid it over.
- Daily Maverick
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19 July 2017
Le gouvernement sud-africain a publié vendredi dans le Government Gazette un projet de loi visant à interdire aux étrangers l’accès à la propriété foncière agricole.
- Agence Ecofin
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22 Mar 2017
«Ce nouveau véhicule d’investissement devrait acquérir des petites fermes», a déclaré le directeur de Polar Star, indiquant que le fonds vise un taux de rendement interne situé entre 8 et 12%.
- Agence Ecofin
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04 Mar 2017
Cape Town-based Polar Star Management Ltd plans to use its own money to buy small farms and processing companies in South Africa this year.
Last year, the Erati district government granted Jacaranda a further 100 hectares, on which it intends to produce not only lemons, but also maize and soya for animal feed.
The stage for an acquisition of Crookes could already be set thanks to the involvement of African agriculture-focused UK private equity firm SilverStreet Capital as the key shareholder through its Silverlands (SA) Plantations investment vehicle.
- Financial Mail
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16 January 2017
A new book presents case studies on changing agro-food systems in Southern Africa within the context of large-scale land-based and agri-business investments.
The land rush in southern Africa is often a sugar rush, with the ‘white gold’ promising riches to governments, local elites and large corporates alike.
- Zimbabweland
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03 October 2016
Holding the Development Finance Institutions responsible when private sector projects fail. The case of Addax Bioethanol in Sierra Leone.
- Bread for the World
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04 September 2016