AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA – Packaging company Nampak’s CEO Erik Smuts has resigned, effective April 20, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Phildon Roux.…

EGYPT – Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) has signed three financing agreements worth a combined €22 million (US$24.10m) with SEMADCO, Flex P Films, and Huhtamaki…

NIGERIA – Unilever Nigeria, a subsidiary of consumer goods company Unilever, has teamed up with Bridges Outcomes Partnerships and social enterprise Wecyclers to manage plastic…

MOROCCO – AMG Packaging, a subsidiary of the Italian group Pro-Gest specializing in the marketing of food packaging has invested 266 million dirhams (US$26.3m) to…

SOUTH AFRICA – Paper and packaging group Sappi has been ordered to pay US$0.44 million (R8m) after pleading guilty to contravening environmental law by exceeding…

SOUTH AFRICA – Heineken-owned beer brand Amstel Lager has unveiled a new contemporary packaging design, which debuts on South African shelves in April. Amstel said…

SOUTH AFRICA – Supermarket group Pick n Pay (PnP) has achieved more than half of its volume target of food waste reduction in its operations…

EGYPT – Independent energy expert and assurance provider, DNV has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to support their…

KENYA – E-commerce startup Jumia Kenya has announced that consumers will now receive their online orders in their original packaging from the manufacturer without any…

NIGERIA – Statewide Waste and Environmental Education Foundation (SWEEP) with support from Coca-Cola has launched ‘Green Campus’ project in Nigeria’s universities. The “Green Campus” initiative…