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Abuja agrees to Russian potash swap

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Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

Despite taking place thousands of kilometres from Africa, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having a substantial impact on the continent's economies and governments. Facing hurdles in the supply of grain, fertiliser and fuel, and starved of Russian investment, especially in mining projects, African countries are trying to adapt to the crisis while Moscow and Western countries are lobbying hard to bring them into line with their respective positions. [...]

The Nigerian presidency has had to give up on the idea of selling Moscow's gift at the market price and accept a barter deal after fierce resistance from local fertiliser producers. [...]

Published on 06/03/2024 at 05:40 GMT

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Nigeria
Abubakar Kyari
Aminu Umar-Sadiq
Dmitry Mazepin
Dmitry Tatyanin
Femi Gbajabiamila
Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria
Food and Agriculture Organization
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
Sadiq Kassim
United Nations
Uralchem

Nigeria
Fertiliser production at heart of tug-of-war over state assets

The Nigerian government wants to group state holdings and companies into a single fund, along the lines of what is done in Singapore. But the move is being resisted by an increasing number of state entities.

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Nigeria
Intelligence services keep close eye on fertiliser imports

The Department of State Services is keeping a close eye on fertiliser imports into Nigeria. It is focusing on one type of agricultural input in particular, granular ammonium sulphate (GAS).

Subscribers only Commodity traders 25.09.2024

In Focus | Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Two of the region's main urea producers are suspected of having organised a shortage in order to favour exports and payments in dollars. This may be in breach of a 2022 agreement with the Nigerian security services.

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Nigeria
Dubai trader ITL undermines Nigerian president's fertiliser import system

An Emirati trader's shipment of fertiliser is on its way to Rivers State, despite the fact that the amount of the invoice had been rejected by the import supervisory authority. The move could deal a severe blow to Abuja's centralised purchasing process.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.05.2024

A farmer spreads fertiliser on cabbages at a farm in Jibia in Nigeria on 17 February 2024.

Ivory Coast
Japan's Mitsui prepares Ivorian comeback

The Japanese conglomerate is aiming to boost its trading activities in the sub-region, and has acquired minority stakes in agricultural operators in recent years, including ETG.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.03.2024

Nigeria
Tinubu pressured to scrap 'exploitative' new tax on foreign workers

Employers' organisations and industrialists are lobbying the Nigerian president to renounce plans to make companies pay for each foreign worker they bring into the country.

Subscribers only Politics 07.03.2024

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on 24 February 2024.

Zimbabwe
Harare awaits gift from Russian fertiliser group Uralchem

23,000 tonnes of Russian and Belarusian fertiliser is currently on board a ship off the port of Beira. The World Food Programme will transport it to Harare, where it will be received by President Mnangagwa.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 17.01.2024

Nigeria
Gift of potash sows discord in Abuja

Local fertiliser producers are at odds with the Nigerian authorities over how to distribute an imminent shipment of potash from Moscow, which has delayed the whole process by several months.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 15.01.2024

Bags of fertiliser donated to Malawi by the Russian company Uralchem, 6 March 2023.

Nigeria
Vice President Shettima to blame for Russian fertiliser delay

A shipment of Russian potash, promised to Nigeria months ago, has been plagued by delays. Moscow has tried to use this as a political weapon, blaming Europe for the hold up. But the delay is in fact the fault of the Nigerian vice president.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 10.10.2023

Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima shaking hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the second Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St Petersburg, Russia, 28 July 2023.

Africa
PhosAgro, Uralchem, Eurochem: how Russian fertiliser giants cope with sanctions

In light of Western measures against their shareholders, the fertiliser producers PhosAgro, Uralchem and Eurochem will drastically cut their exports to Africa, a market they had turned to with relative success after the loss of their Ukrainian clients in 2014.

Free access Commodity traders, Business 21.03.2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin (back right) and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa (back left) with Dmitry Mazepin (front right) of Uralchem, and Perence Shiri (front left), Zimbabwean minister of agriculture, 15 January 2019, Moscow.

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Dmitry Tatyanin
Femi Gbajabiamila
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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Sadiq Kassim
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The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

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Fertiliser production at heart of tug-of-war over state assets

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Dubai trader ITL undermines Nigerian president's fertiliser import system

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Harare awaits gift from Russian fertiliser group Uralchem

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Vice President Shettima to blame for Russian fertiliser delay

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