West-Africa: Akon Lighting Africa to invest $ 200,000 in Energy
The Akon Lighting Africa initiative will give $200 000 dollars to support the newly created Western African Energy Leaders Group. The financial commitment was made by the […]
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Nigeria: Transcorp plans to increase power generation capacity by 2018
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) is planning to expand its power generation capacity to 2,500MW by 2018 with an investment of $1.57bn. Transcorp, which also […]
Ghana: 15% hike in petroleum prices
One week after new 15 percent increment in transport fares across Ghana, prices of gas and petroleum products are due to go up by 15% […]
Tourism: Tunisia expects to lose over $500 Mln after Sousse’s attack
The tourism sector of Tunisia expects to lose at least $515 million this year following last Friday’s attack on a Tunisian beach in Sousse, in […]
New IDA Loan to Connect 36,000 Liberians to electricity
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a new $60 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Government of Liberia, in West Africa. […]
Egypt created 136,000 job opportunities with EGP 76.5Bln in past 10 months
Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour announced on Wednesday that EGP 76.5 billion has been pumped into the industrial sector […]
China: No Ramadan in China, Beijing cracks down on believers
Ramadan fasting will be a difficult pill to swallow for Chinese Muslims as the government on Thursday banned the observance of the holy month of […]
Cameroon: MTN borrows CFA 60 billion to expand its 3G network
South Africa’s MTN, Cameroon’s leading mobile provider with nearly 10 million subscribers or about 60 percent of the market, said it has obtained a syndicated […]
Palestine: Hamas and Fatah resumed reconciliation talks
The two Palestinian mainstream organizations and political rivals, Fatah and Hamas, have resumed talks after relations between the two groups fell apart since 2007 when […]
Gabon-Morocco: a Royal Visit under the Sign of Unwavering Friendship
The friendship and working visit King Mohammed VI of Morocco is paying to Gabon is expected to give a new momentum to the two countries’ […]