Once a small market, the halal food industry is now big business for the food industry. To underscore this point, by the end of 2010 the sector will be worth over 5 billion euros.
In his bakery stacked with warm bread, Djibril Bodian keeps a cool head after receiving the Grand Prize for the best baguette in Paris. His baguettes will now grace the presidential table for a year.
Since the mid-1990s, China has embraced trade with several African economies. The overall volume of trade between the Asian giant and the African continent now exceeds 100 billion dollars annually.
