We are Back! The Betta Grains website www.bettagrains.com was designed to help Africa’s smallholder farmers and informal trader to simply access market information through pictures and prices. The Markets Trade Analysis was simply to further help them understand Africa’s grains movement and markets. We had no idea, this would lead … Continue reading
Twelve years ago, I stood at the World Bank Development Marketplace 2008, Washington DC to make a case on fostering the adoption of Market Information Technologies by African women informal traders. I had NO idea!!, my proclamation would lead to Mothers of Africa Mobile Soko www.mothersofafricamobilesoko.com 12 Years!!!? Well, … Continue reading
We are looking for suppliers of Dry Non-GMO White Maize 12-13% moisture content, for a number of deliveries in the Coast region. Kindly email your offer to marketing@bettagrains.com, along with your legally registered company/individual details, supply capacity, harvest location of the maize and payment terms. Please note to minimize poor … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis The price of Dolichos has drastically increased because of the commodity’s shortage in Tanzania, caused by delayed rainfall in the East Africa Region. Nairobi is currently experiencing a huge shortage of maize, coupled with increasingly high wholesale prices of the commodity. The price of Green Grams … Continue reading
The Week’s Market Analysis The price of Dolichos has drastically increased because of the commodity’s shortage in Tanzania, caused by delayed rainfall in the East Africa Region. Nairobi is currently experiencing a huge shortage of Dolichos, coupled with increasingly high wholesale prices of the commodity. The price of Green Grams … Continue reading
Egypt is the world leading importer of wheat. Kenya being the 25th,, Ethiopia 31st, and Tanzania 43th position in the world importers of wheat ranking[1]. Kenya imports a lot of maize, making it an ideal market for Zambia, and Tanzania maize exports. Burundi has no recorded exports and imports of … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 31 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The recorded trade volumes for the week ending 31 August 2018, continued to indicate significantly low trade volumes according to EAGC’s RATIN. Eldoret, Kenya offered the best market prices for … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 24 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The price of rice in Nairobi dropped by Ksh10(0.09)$/kg to Ksh141($1.40)/kg during the week ending 24 August 2018. There was a huge reduction of beans export from Uganda to Kenya (478MT) … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 17 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis Unusually large volumes of maize bran was exported from DRC (2,604MT) to Rwanda, the week ending August 17, 2018. There was a drastic reduction in the maize and beans … Continue reading
Figure 1 East Africa Regional Grain Trade Flow for the Week Ending 10 August 2018 The Week’s Market Analysis The price of wheat in Burundi drastically dropped from Ksh81($0.80)/kg, the week ending 3 August 2018 to Ksh63(US$0.62)/kg the week ending 10 August 2018. The price of Dolichos (Njahi) has … Continue reading