Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) will launch in this month a call to tenders regarding the implementation of Noor photovoltaic project, L’Economiste reports. In fact, it has already pre-selected 20 consortia which are to submit their offers for construction of the plants. The pre-selected groups were picked out of a pool of 37 candidates from 20 different countries. With a capacity...

Holding a press conference in Ouagadougou on December 17, Burkina’s Professional Association of Communication Agencies (advertising partners) affirmed that “Burkina’s political parties were not using communication as it should be”. Advertising partners claim the communication market of individuals and political parties. The claim follows an observation the association made during the...

As part of a new corporate strategy, Africa Energy Corp on Thursday announced that, it has implemented three decisive agreements which will allow it obtain a 90% working interest and operatorship in Block 2B offshore South Africa. The first agreements include, a sale and purchase contract in administration with Afren, whereby the Africa Energy is to obtain the Afren plc subsidiary...

The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has sanctioned the next phase of reorganization of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources revealed. Dr. Ibe Kachikwu Kachikwu revealed this at the town hall meeting in Abuja on Thursday. He stated that the next phase of the reorganization which has been sanctioned by the president, would see the...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday announced that three oil giants were amongst 21 companies awarded crude oil term lifting contracts for 2016. These companies include France's oil super major, Total and international trading firms Trafigura and Vitol. According to NNPC spokesman, the 2016 crude oil term contracts was awarded to 21 companies for the lifting of an...

Eidesvik has announced that it has established an office Eidesvik Ghana Ltd (EGL) in Takoradi, which is Ghana’s leading operational center for the oil industry, Subsea World News reports. EGL is a collaboration between Eidesvik and Ghanaian partners with the aim of serving the oil industry in Ghana and West Africa. Its first responsibility is to support the Viking Neptune which was deployed in...

Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd, which owns a large diamond concession in Angola, announced on December 18, 2015, it sold its eighth parcel of alluvial diamonds, totaling 817.6 carat, from its Lulo project in Angola for gross revenue of 654,000 USD. This represents an average selling price of US$800/ct, said the diamond company which is listed on Australian and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges. It...

In the framework of 3-days seminar organized by Côte d’Ivoire Online Press Professionals Association (REPPRELCI in French), actors of Côte d’Ivoire’s online press industry will meet next Monday December 21, 2015 in Abidjan. The theme of the seminar is: “Self-regulation and economic environment of online press in Côte d’Ivoire – Which mechanisms to produce more credible and viable...

The 2014 Human Development Index (HDI) published on December 15 by UNDP – United Nations Development Program - revealed a slight progress of DR Congo in the rankings. The nation moved from 186th position (out of 187) in 2013 up to the 176th (out of 188) in 2014, the new ranking shows. DR Congo has indeed improved in terms of life expectancy at birth (in years), expected and mean years of...

On October 1, 2015, mobile operator Telma grabbed Comoros’ second telecom licence, thus ending monopoly of incumbent operator Comores Telecom. For its arrival, Telma promised to bring 4G technology to consumers. During press conference held on December 14, 2015, few hours before acquiring licence, Telma’s CEO Patrick Pisalhamda said the company would “bring the latest technology”, that...