“Secure access to land and effective awarding of 30% of plots in hydro-agricultural spaces”. Those are the main claims of rural women in Burkina Faso who are leading the “Rural women for a Burkina without hunger” campaign. During the elections in November 2015, these women got from the country’s six political parties, including the one actually ruling, to commit to implement a set...

ASX-listed mining junior, Oklo Resources will raise $AU10 million ($7.3 million) to advance exploration at its gold projects in Mali. Fundraising will be done through the private placement (no broker) of 79.9 million shares, at 12.5 cent a share. The company announced that share placement will be done in two tranches. First tranche includes placement of 40 million, under the firm’s...

Namibia’s public power utility NamPower, finalized with its South African counterpart Eskom, an agreement for the supply of 200 MW. This was announced by NamPower’s managing director Kahenge Simson Haulofu. “Any additional supplies that may be requested will be negotiated as part of the-ahead market established under the Southern African Power Pool, and can be sourced from any utility...

Swiss group Glencore is in talks to sell 9.9% in its agricultural unit. The move comes few weeks after the group sold 40% stake in its activities to Canadian pension fund CPPIB for $2.5 billion. The new sale which should bring the firm about $625 million will be conducted with firms beaten by CPPIB last month (April 2016). Now, the battle will oppose the Saudi Agricultral and...

In Cote d’Ivoire, MIABOX launched pre-orders for Video on Demand (VoD) and online TV. Commercialization should start between June 1 and July 1, 2016. The firm is the leader on the online TV and VoD local market. MIABOX started its activities with an offer that provides 50 TV channels, including 25 Africans. VoD gives access to 5,000 hours of movies and series. A diversified catalogue...

The onshore gas processing plants at Atuabo in the Ellembelle District in the Western Region of Ghana has recommenced operation and has started receiving raw gas. Operated by Ghana’s National Gas Company (Ghana Gas), the plant currently transmitting between 38 and 40 Mmscf/d of gas to the Volta River Authority (VRA) at Shama for power generation. Apart from that, the shortfall of liquefied...

China will grant Egypt $15 billion to build its new administrative capital, Wall Street Journal reports. The project, which has been estimated to cost $45 billion was announced in March 2015 by the Egyptian government, which at the time, provided no detail regarding financing media. However, the Wall Street Journal revealed that an agreement was signed in January 2016, between...

American telecom firm, Harris Corporation, which operates in the defense sector, will equip Morocco’s royal armed forces (FAR in French) with a radio communication system for around 4 billion dirham ($415 million). The fulfillment of the contract by Harris Corp was approved last week by US States Department of Defense. The news was published on the institution’s website. With this...

On May 9, 2016, telecom firm Vodacom announced that it is giving up on M-Pesa in South Africa. According to qz.com, Vodacom’s M-Pesa business in South Africa will officially shut down on June 30, 2016. The subsidiary of the British group Vodafone has indeed failed to reproduce the Kenyan mobile money experience. Let us recall that in March 2016, the firm’s management was hesitating between...

Attacks on oil infrastructure have made Nigeria’s output slide close to a 22-year low to 1.69 million bopd, thereby putting intense pressure on the country's finances. The activities of militants in the Niger Delta region last week made Chevron shut down its Okan offshore facility, taking out 35,000 bpd while Shell’s workers at the Bonga oilfield in the south were evacuated due to...