A 15-megawatt solar power project capable of ensuring 10% of the country’s electricity demand has been announced in Nouakchott by the government and Masdar, an energy company in UAE. It is the first of its kind in Mauritania. The project will provide an annual demand growth in the country, estimated to be at a rate [...]
Positive developments are coming from the king’s visit to the Gulf countries halfway through his tour. King Mohammed has already visited Saudi Arabia and Jordan and will be travelling to Qatar. He will visit the UAE on Tuesday and Kuwait on Wednesday. Yassir Zenagui who is part of the delegation said that “the aim of [...]
Telecommunication companies in the MENA are teaming up for a pan-Arab online platform that would earn them more revenue from their networks by challenging western social networks. Osman Sultan, chief executive of the second biggest operator in the UAE said he came up with the idea over a year ago and has called upon all [...]
The Tunisian government has received and is currently going through bids from investors whom are mostly from the gulf countries for its proposed tourism project. The project which will be executed in Hergla is estimated to be worth around $308 million according to a senior official. The country is working towards reviving its battered economy [...]
Algeria will be producing armored vehicles in Khenchela, northeast of the country, after an agreement with the United Arab Emirates. The deal was signed by the Defense Ministry’s Mechanical Industry Promotion Group and the Tawazun Holdings of Algeria and UAE respectively. Although the deal was signed on the 19th of July, reports started emerging yesterday [...]
The Dubai-based Emirates airlines will increase the number of its flights to Zambia and Zimbabwe as of next October. The carrier which currently operates Dubai-Harare-Lusaka flights five days a week will introduce daily flights to meet the rising demand on the route, the air company said. The cargo capacity will also be increased by 40 [...]
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