food prices Archive

Food prices have gone up in different parts of the country compared to the past few months. Rwanda’s main staple food (Irish potatoes) now goes for between Rwf200 and Rwf250 a kilogramme in most …

Residents in the Northern Province, celebrated the festive season with a sigh of relief following a reduction in food prices compared to the previous year. For instance a kilogramme of Irish Potatoes cost between …

KAMPALA – Uganda’s headline inflation rate fell sharply in the year to November as a rise in food prices slowed, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. Consumer prices fell 0.7 percent during …

Year-on-year headline inflation is down to 8.1% at the end of October with lower prices for vegetable oils, milk, eggs and vegetables. This has increased the purchasing power of money. Food prices are the …

Lagos – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is expected to increase to 6 per cent in 2014, from 5 per cent this year, supported by investment in infrastructure and production capacity, the International Monetary Fund …

Kenya’s economy slowed down between 2008 and 2012 as a result of adverse multiple shocks including the post-election crisis, drought and the global financial and economic crisis. The economy also suffered high international oil and food prices as …

Tanzania should stop using export bans to address food security concerns, an expert with the US aid agency (USAID), Mr Tom Hobgood, said in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. Mr Hobgood ...