Kenya

Fresh Del Monte enters row crop business
- GAI
- 06 June 2022
“Growing row crops is an excellent way for Fresh Del Monte to leverage its idle lands,” said Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO, Fresh Del Monte.
Kenya’s Victory Farms to expand operations into Rwanda, Tanzania and DRC
- Farmers Review Africa
- 29 May 2022
Kenyan aquaculture company Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, has raised $5 million in private equity funding to expand operations into Rwanda, Tanzania and the DRC.
Eight years on, collapse of Karuturi flower farm haunts Naivasha town
- Daily Nation
- 05 April 2022
In the yesteryears, international investors trooped to the Kenyan lakeside town in search of land to grow flowers but it is no longer the case.
Yala community rejects Raila's calls for mediation in land dispute
- The Star
- 28 Mar 2022
The community wants Raila to know that Yala Swamp belongs to the people and that court is the best legal means to settle the dispute.
Unmasking Sarai Group, vicious wolves In sheep skin
- Soko Directory
- 14 February 2022
Should Kenyans allow people to run Mumias Sugar who are accused of mass eviction by their sugarcane plantation companies in neighbouring Uganda?
NLC blow as court stops Yala Swamp land allocation to Lake Agro Limited
- The Star
- 14 November 2021
The High Court in Siaya, Kenya, has suspended the intended allocation of Yala Swamp land by the National Land Commission to Lake Agro Limited. “The land under Yala Swamp is yet to be registered as community land so that community around the area are allocated their share,” petitioners say.
Fresh row over move to allocate Yala Swamp land to new investor
- The Standard
- 23 October 2021
In Kenya, a row is brewing between local leaders, members of the community, and Siaya county government following a notice to allocate land within Yala Swamp to a new investor, Lake Agro Limited.
Karuturi fights receivers over property auction
- The Standard
- 15 October 2021
Cash-strapped Karuturi Flowers in Naivasha is back in court in a bid to stop receiver managers from auctioning its property over Sh1.8 billion debt
Adenia Partners acquiert une part majoritaire dans une entreprise floricole au Kenya
- Agence Ecofin
- 13 October 2021
La firme de private equity a acquis une part majoritaire au capital d’Altilands SA, la société qui contrôle le producteur kényan de roses haut de gamme, Red Lands Roses, pour accélérer son expansion à travers l’acquisition de 20 hectares
Karuturi flower farm assets' sale begins
- The Star
- 18 August 2021
3,000 former workers of the once flourishing Naivasha based flower farm have been gien two months notice to move out and pave way for the sale of the staff quarters.
4 foreign funds invested in Adani firms have history of wrong bets: Report
- The Week
- 28 July 2021
Elara India Opportunities Fund, which Indian lawmakers suspect may be linked to Gautami Adani, was the largest foreign shareholder in Karuturi Global Ltd, owning 3.25% of the company in 2018.
Karuturi for sale
- Citizen News
- 26 July 2021
Banks receive nod to auction Karuturi assets in Kenya