Mauritania received a $110 million loan from Exim Bank of India to build a 470km-long power line. The line, whose projected capacity is 225 KV, will connect the country’s two largest cities, Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. It is also planned to build high voltage electric grids in the framework of this project. According to Moctar Ould Diay (picture), the Mauritanian minister of economy and...

Rwanda’s government has recently banned unprocessed milk export in order to improve the performance of this sub-sector, The NewTimes reports. The ban affects mainly four districts of the Western Province which are namely Rubavu, Rutsiro, Nyabihu and Ngororero whose collection, transport and sales methods do no respect to the standards set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources...

Last Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, the Ivorian government has approved in a ministers’ council the 2018 budget which stands at FCFA6723.5 billion (about $12.06 billion). Under the budget, internal revenues, tax and non-tax revenues made up more than 80% of the total revenues expected while investments represent 29.6% of expenditures. Pro-poor expenditures, that is spending in the favor of...

Guinea’s minister of posts, telecommunications and digital economy, Moustapha Mamy Diaby (picture), has declared that “the $50 million planned to revive the Sotelgui are not enough”. According to the official, “not even $100 million would be. What is needed is a dynamic private-public partnership to breathe life into the company, in order for it compete with other telephony...

In few days, Radio Santé Maroc, the first radio discussing health issue in Morocco, will be airing. The station’s programmes will mainly be prevention-oriented and provide advices from specialized doctors. They will be aired in French and Darija. Radio Santé Maroc will also be accessible on www.radiosantemaroc.ma as well as on an Android application. In addition to providing information...

Morocco’s minister of agriculture, maritime fishery, rural development, water resources and forests, Aziz Akhannouch (picture), and Guinea’s ambassador to Morocco, have launched on October 3 a technial support and training programme which will benefit 130 Guinean lawyers and technicians. The scheme concerns domains such as cadastre, geodesy, mapping, and land registration. In the framework...

“From 2010 to 2020, Coca Cola would have invested $17 billion in Africa. This level of investment is proof of our trust and commitment to Africa,” said the Head of the Coca Cola Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Brian Smith (picture). The executive declared this last September 28th, in Abidjan, during the signing of a grant agreement between the Coca Cola group and Côte...

In 2017/18, the global cotton output will increase by 10% to reach 25.4 million tons. This was disclosed by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), in a statement published on October 1, 2017.  According to the institution, the forecast is due to a greater area sown (32 million hectares), stability of global prices in 2016/17, and a better ratio of cotton’s prices against...

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has granted Guinea Bissau a CFA25 billion (about $45 million) loan to boost its power production capacity. The funds will serve to build a 20MW PV solar power plant in the capital city, Bissau. Moreover, two mini-PV plants of 1MW each will be constructed in Gabu and Canchungo with part of the financing, a statement released by the bank...

Despite pro-gay programmes being strongly opposed in Africa, PrideTV, the only LGBTQ streaming platform of the continent just added freemium to its platform. Now, in addition to its premium content which can be accessed via a $5.5 monthly subscription, Pride TV offers free video content which requires no subscription. “In freemium, we have gathered the best of the web content,” says...