Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts
BUSARI Kasali once lived with the fear that his cassava - a staple crop in his native Nigeria - would spoil before it got to market. Today, the 76-year-old says his main concern is keeping up with growing demand from consumer goods giant Unilever. "Things have changed," Kasali said, as his workers loaded trucks with a bumper harvest of the starchy roots destined for processing into toothpaste. He said his earnings have nearly tripled in the past two years. "We now plant as much as we want ... We know where to sell it." Amid pandemic-provoked supply chain disruptions, soaring…
