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Evergrow building ties for Cairo to push fertilisers in Africa

Published on 28.10.2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

Like its government, which has been trying new tacks to increase its influence on the continent, the Egyptian fertiliser producer Evergrow is developing a growth strategy.

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Africa, Egypt Evergrow building ties for Cairo to push fertilisers in Africa

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Africa, Egypt
Evergrow building ties for Cairo to push fertilisers in Africa

Horn of Africa, South Sudan
GERD: Egypt and Ethiopia kowtow to South Sudan

DRC, Egypt
Félix Tshisekedi to travel to Cairo in November to meet Sisi

DRC
Kinshasa woos Cairo and Emirati banks for its infrastructure projects

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa bolsters diplomatic route in attempt to rekindle dialogue with Cairo and Washington

Spotlight | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

East Africa, Southern Africa
Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

In Focus | Africa
Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco
Gas shortages put brakes on OCP's fertiliser plans

Africa, Russia
Russia's PhosAgro lands back-to-back projects on continent

Ethiopia
Mehdi Filali leads OCP's fertiliser ambitions

South Sudan
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