Shem Oirere is a Kenyan journalist who previously worked for daily newspapers as a general news correspondent, business reporter and sub-editor before turning to full-time freelancing. For the more than 20 years, he has covered various sectors of Africa’s economy including agriculture, food processing, and maritime industries. A graduate of the University of South Africa, he has traveled within and outside Africa covering various industry events that have a bearing on the continent’s economy on behalf of different international consumer and trade publications. He currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya.
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South Africa has pushed back the deadline for the 2020/2021 Fishing Rights Allocations Process (FRAP), which will now end on January 2022, after the new online application procedure became problematic for applicants.
Deputy Director-General for Fisheries Management in the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Susan Middleton said, in a public notice dated 28 December 2021, the re-opening of the FRAP Online system is to
… Read MoreThree West African countries have forged a partnership to implement a joint fisheries’ observer program as part of their effort to ensure safe, secure, and legal fisheries are maintained across the Gulf of Guinea.
Ghana has signed a pact with Togo and Benin to carry out the joint monitoring of the countries’ fisheries, including sharing intelligence supplied by the Regional Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Centre (RMCSC) that
… Read MoreThe Legislature of Liberia has approved a USD 40 million (EUR 35.6 million) financing deal between the West African country and the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) for the implementation of the Liberia Sustainable Management of Fisheries Project (LSMFP).
The approval by both the Liberian House of Representatives and Senate comes weeks after IDA and Liberia announced the financing, which includes a USD 20 million
… Read MoreGuinea-Bissau has reiterated its commitment to the latest five-year fisheries partnership agreement with the European Union.
The agreement, which was first signed in 2007 and which was renewed for four years in 2019, will enable the West African country to increase national revenue, create additional jobs, and support growth of the nation's seafood industry, according to Guinea-Bissau Foreign Minister Suzi Barbosa.
Barbosa told
… Read MoreA new OMR 20 million (EUR 45.7 million, USD 51.7 million) shrimp project in Oman has commenced commercial production according to a top official in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources …
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… Read MoreNamibian NGO Affirmative Repositioning (AR) has entered into a partnership with London, U.K.-based global anti-corruption fund Restitution to begin litigation targeting the tracing and recovery of more than NAD 2.5 billion (USD 156.3 million, EUR 133.1 million) suspected to have been lost through the Fishrot scandal between 2014 and 2019, the Namibian reported.
The initiative creates an avenue to initiate international civil lawsuits against
… Read MoreCape Town, South Africa-based Premier Fishing and Brands posted a achieved a 27 percent increase in revenue to ZAR 575 million (USD 35.9 million, EUR 31.8 million) for year ending 31 August, 2021 …
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… Read MoreMembers of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) have, for the second time in under a year, failed to agree on a resolution for the outcome of a secret ballot vote on proposed amendments to regulations on the management of fish aggregating devices (FADs).
During a special meeting on 29 November, efforts to strike a deal on the disputed June 2021 vote on amendments to Resolution 19/02 – supported by Kenya, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
… Read MoreThe Sultanate of Oman is exceeding its fisheries sector growth targets so far in 2021 …
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