Senior editor https://www.just-food.com/author/jasonmitchell/ Global Food Industry News | Market Research and Reports - Just Food Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.just-food.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2022/01/cropped-Just-Food-Favicon-150x150.png Senior editor https://www.just-food.com/author/jasonmitchell/ 32 32 Africa’s reliance on China is only likely to get worse https://www.just-food.com/features/africas-reliance-on-china-is-only-likely-to-get-worse/ https://www.just-food.com/features/africas-reliance-on-china-is-only-likely-to-get-worse/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Africa's need for infrastructure and investment means it has a reliance on China that is hard to break and only likely to grow stronger.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/africas-reliance-on-china-is-only-likely-to-get-worse/feed/ 0 Net zero could drive up the global demand for timber, putting at risk the world’s forests https://www.just-food.com/features/net-zero-drive-up-global-demand-timber-forests/ https://www.just-food.com/features/net-zero-drive-up-global-demand-timber-forests/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Timber demand will quadruple by the year 2050 but great uncertainty surrounds where all the additional wood will come from.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/net-zero-drive-up-global-demand-timber-forests/feed/ 0 Africa’s leaders must learn hard lessons from global food crisis https://www.just-food.com/comment/opinion-africa-leaders-hard-lessons-from-the-current-food-crisis/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:38:37 +0000 https://www.just-food.com/uncategorised/opinion-africa-leaders-hard-lessons-from-the-current-food-crisis Food prices have jumped but African countries do not have a fiscal cushion to weather the crisis as they have assumed too much foreign debt.

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]]> Could Western investors’ ESG strategies keep the lights off in Africa? https://www.just-food.com/features/could-western-investors-esg-strategies-keep-the-lights-off-in-africa/ https://www.just-food.com/features/could-western-investors-esg-strategies-keep-the-lights-off-in-africa/#respond Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 The rush by Western investors to adopt ESG strategies could hamper Africa's industrialisation efforts and leave many trapped in dire poverty.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/could-western-investors-esg-strategies-keep-the-lights-off-in-africa/feed/ 0 Is Ghana’s star at risk of dimming in the eyes of foreign investors? https://www.just-food.com/features/ghana-africa-investment-debt-stability-fdi/ https://www.just-food.com/features/ghana-africa-investment-debt-stability-fdi/#respond Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Ghana is a leading destination for foreign investment in West Africa, but will its rising debt levels threaten this stellar reputation?

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/ghana-africa-investment-debt-stability-fdi/feed/ 0 What will Africa’s FDI environment look like in 2030? Ask China… https://www.just-food.com/features/what-will-africas-fdi-environment-look-like-in-2030-ask-china/ https://www.just-food.com/features/what-will-africas-fdi-environment-look-like-in-2030-ask-china/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Africa will have a marketplace of 1.7 billion people by 2030, and it is Chinese investors who look best positioned to take advantage of this.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/what-will-africas-fdi-environment-look-like-in-2030-ask-china/feed/ 0 Hyperinflation, political instability, falling FDI: Argentina’s crying shame https://www.just-food.com/features/hyperinflation-political-instability-falling-fdi-argentinas-crying-shame/ https://www.just-food.com/features/hyperinflation-political-instability-falling-fdi-argentinas-crying-shame/#respond Wed, 06 Oct 2021 23:00:00 +0000 Argentina is in a bad way as it recovers from a particularly destructive pandemic. Foreign investors, it would seem, are not impressed.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/hyperinflation-political-instability-falling-fdi-argentinas-crying-shame/feed/ 0 Brazil remains in investment limbo as all eyes focus on 2022 elections https://www.just-food.com/features/brazil-elections-covid-investment-bolsonaro-lula/ https://www.just-food.com/features/brazil-elections-covid-investment-bolsonaro-lula/#respond Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:00:00 +0000 Brazil's economy has floundered under the rule of Jair Bolsonaro, meaning investors are in wait-and-see mode on the country.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/brazil-elections-covid-investment-bolsonaro-lula/feed/ 0 Freedom of movement could unlock Africa’s rich potential https://www.just-food.com/features/freedom-of-movement-unlock-africa-potential/ https://www.just-food.com/features/freedom-of-movement-unlock-africa-potential/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:00:00 +0000 One of the key factors holding Africa back from realising its economic promise the the lack of freedom of movement on the continent.

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]]> https://www.just-food.com/features/freedom-of-movement-unlock-africa-potential/feed/ 0 Will Africa’s road to prosperity be blocked by environmental concerns? https://www.just-food.com/features/africa-road-rail-environmental-concerns/ https://www.just-food.com/features/africa-road-rail-environmental-concerns/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:00:00 +0000 Africa's insufficient road and rail network is delaying its development, but progress is being held back by environmental concerns.

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