Although Nigeria leads Africa in oil exports, two recent Harvard graduates are trying to ramp up the West African country’s production of a different natural resource—tomato paste. “It was a pipe ...

The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG) has unveiled an ambitious 12-month implementation roadmap aimed at transforming Ghana’s tomato sector and achieving year-round food sufficiency, following ...

A tomato-paste factory owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, resumed production in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano after staying idle for more than two years over a supply disruption partly ...

With the per hectare yield of tomatoes estimated at six metric tonnes (MT) short of the 200,000 MT required by processing firms, manufacturers cannot bu look beyond the shores of the land for supply.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over ...

Baltimor, the leading Russian sauces producer, says it is upping production of tomato paste at its Uzbeckistan production facility in an effort to increase its own supply of the key ketchup ingredient ...

Dangote Tomato Processing Factory, a newly commissioned company owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has suspended its operations due to the unavailability of its most important raw material ...

Efforts are top gear to ensure the production and supply of tomato in the country all year round, writes DANIEL ESSIET. Tomato is an important vegetable crop in Nigeria. It is widely grown for home ...