Change in commodity futures prices YTD May 8, 2020: Cocoa (-4.8%); Wheat (+3.7%); Maize (-17.5%); ICE Natural gas (-55%); Gold (+12.1%); Soyabeans (-23.1%); Cotton (-18.2%); Rough rice (+27.2%); Platinum (-18.5%); Arabica coffee (-15.1%); Brent crude oil (-53.3%); Copper (-14.6%); Sugar (-23.3%); Whilst Africa's growth in 2020 could fall to its lowest since the 2008/9 global financial crisis, the asymmetric nature of shocks facing the region, coupled with increasing investment and cross-border trade, should help the region recover speedily.

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Record sugar prices provide sweet treat for Sucrivoire’s IPO

September 30, 2016

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FrancTrade view: The IPO of Sucrivoire could not have come at a better time in sugar markets with raw sugar price rising this week to their highest level since March 2012. Sugar prices have rocketed higher on concerns over production deficits in top producers Brazil and India. Paris based Sucden and Denrees, one of the

New entrant into Cameroon’s sugar market will not ruffle the status-quo

August 29, 2016

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International Sugar Company (INSUCO) has entered the Cameroon sugar market, according to information we gleaned from the business website Investir au Cameroun. According to the site, INSUCO, which reportedly is affiliated to Louis Dreyfus, will initially produce 45 tonnes of refined sugar a day which it hopes to increase significantly in 2017. We calculate that