Morocco, 3rd Business-Friendly Country in Africa, Doing Business 2017 Report
The World Bank Tuesday hailed Morocco, in its 2017 Doing Business report, for the reforms conducive to investment it initiated, ranking the Kingdom third in […]
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Morocco-China Strategic Partnership Opens Up New Possibilities
The strategic partnership sealed Wednesday in Beijing by King Mohammed VI with China has opened up new cooperation opportunities for Morocco as this giant Asian […]
Africa Power Vision to Electrify Continent by 2063
A joint venture called Africa Power Vision (APV) is planning to electrify the African continent with reliable and affordable energy sources by 2063. The development […]
AfDB launches new energy deal in Davos
The Head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, presented a New Deal on Energy for Africa to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in […]
Franco-tunisienne committee ends on high note
The two-day 20th session of the Algerian-Tunisian High Joint Committee ended in Algiers on Monday with the signing of 10 cooperation agreements, Memoranda of Understanding […]
Kenya: Google to buy Africa’s largest wind farm
Google Inc. has agreed to buy a 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind project, Kenya’s Lake Turkana, from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems […]
Egypt ventures into Iraq for oil
Egypt has acquired 10% of the concession of Kuwait Energy, a private firm, on an oilfield in Basra, southern Iraq. Egyptian Petroleum minister Tarek El-Molla […]
Guinea: China to build $2 bln hydropower dam
Guinea is in talks with China International Water & Electric Corp. to build a $2 billion hydropower dam that would boost the West African country’s […]
Algeria scales up oil output by 32,000 bpd, officials
The Algerian ministry of energy announced Sunday its crude oil production has increased by 32,000 bpd after the start of two other oil fields. Algeria, […]
Zimbambwe: China to build $1.1bn thermal power plant
Zimbambwe signed on Thursday a $1.1 billion agreement with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to build a 600-megawatt thermal power plant by 2019 […]