In Ghana, the Norwegian oil company Aker Energy postponed submission of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) development plan to early 2019 till it completes an appraisal drilling which should start next month.   According to Arve Haugan (photo), the company’s managing director, this will help identify the oil-water contact to update the reservoir model. He explains that this is...

Egypt’s information and communication technology minister Amr Talaat (photo), highlighted to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s delegation led by their president Trân Dai Quang, the investment opportunities his country’s Information and communication technology sector has to offer. The official did this strategic promotion during the Egypt-Vietnam business forum held in Egypt on...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could lose between 6% and 14% of their GDP by 2050 due to water shortages being experienced for some years now. This was revealed by a UN-FAO-World Bank joint paper published on 28, August 2018. According to the authors of this paper titled "Water management in Fragile Systems : building resilience to shocks and protracted crises in the Middle East...

Acting on the initiative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, the 2nd edition of the ECOWAS Mining & Petroleum Forum & Exhibition, ECOMOF, is taking place from 9-11 October 2018 in Abidjan, Hotel Sofitel Abidjan. The event is organised by the ECOWAS Commission, the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire and AME Trade Ltd. The ECOWAS Commission is seeking to develop an...

DR Congo’s lead production increased by 7.9% on a year-to-year basis to stand at 597,249 tons during H1, 2018, the country’s central bank revealed on 30, August 2018. According to figures reported by Reuters, cobalt and gold production has also risen by 37.6% to 52,941 tons and 15.8% to 17,948 KG respectively during the period under review.   The International Copper Study Group (ICSG)...

To fight hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is campaigning for better consumption habits. This initiative falls in line with the action taken by this institution to reach its target of “zero hunger” by 2030. Around the world, the United Nation’s institution has chosen a pedagogical approach by educating consumers and teaching those who are able to decently...

During UK prime minister Theresa May’s African tour this week, £300 million investments treaties were signed, Downing Street indicated in a release published on the government’s website on 30, August 2018.   According to information published in this release, the amount will be invested in many sectors and help create more than 3,000 jobs in African countries, namely South Africa,...

Senegal and the World Bank signed, on August 30, 2018, three funding agreements totaling $220 million for the implementation of water, education and community resilience projects. These agreements were signed by Senegal's economy, finance and planning minister Amadou Ba and World Bank’s country director Louise Cord (photo). The first agreement is about a $130 million loan that will...

As part of its mission to always bring innovations and good products to satisfy its customers, local telecommunication company Airtel Seychelles has now introduced the home broadband service on the local market. The new service was officially launched by the company’s commercial manager Heritiana Randrianarison during a ceremony yesterday at the company’s headquarters at Providence, in the...

In French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, 12.1 million people listen to the radio daily. This figure was revealed by Kantas TNS in its research Africascope 2018, published August 29, 2018. The research surveyed the audience in main towns in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, DRC, Congo and Senegal. According to this research, at least 65% of this population are aged above 15...