In Morocco, a group of deputies from the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), one of the country’s major parties, submitted to the parliament a draft bill to better protect State lands. This was reported by le360.ma relaying newspaper Al Massae.  “It is a group of deputies from the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) that submitted to parliament a draft bill which aims to protect...

According to businessdailyafrica.com, 3 out of the 6 telecom operators active in Tanzania have distributed around Tsh153.58 billion (USD68.04 million) to their mobile money users in the past 3 years. Those are Vodacom, Airtel and Tigo. Last September 20, Vodacom shared Tsh6 billion (USD2,661,039) to its M-Pesa subscribers. According to Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, manager of M-Pesa, the money...

To mitigate fluctuations in global prices of cocoa, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire plan to, together, create a buffer stock. This was told Reuters by Narcisse Sepy Yessoh, chief of staff to the Ivorian trade minister. “The countries agreed that we needed specialised warehouses to allow us to conserve cocoa so that we can regulate supply and push up prices,” said the official highlighting that...

Next year, construction of the Grand Sfax desalination plant, in the Sfax governorate, will begin. This was reported by Tunis Agence Presse (TAP) citing Samir Taieb, Tunisia’s minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fishery. The plant will treat daily 200,000 m3 of seawater and be built over 20 hectares in the southern delegation of Sfax. The project is to cost overall 480 million dinars...

Symbion Energy signed with Highland Group Holding Ltd (HGHL), an agreement to co-invest $100 million in a project to extract methane gas from Lake Kivu. This falls under a $370 million project to generate 106MW from the gas. The Lake is estimated to hold 55 billion cubic meters of natural methane gas and could insure the generation of about 500MW over 40 years, according to experts....

After proceeding to the development of 40 ha of lands over which extends the Baie des Rois of Librevile, Façade maritime du champ triomphal (FMCT), a company owned by the Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments (FGIS), just started selling out properties at the site. Indeed, with road works, earthworks and installation of water-drainage networks completed by the China Harbour engineering...

Today, Cape Town in South Africa inaugurated the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), the world’s biggest African contemporary art museum. The infrastructure emerged from a partnership between V & A Waterfront and famous German collector, Jochen Zeitz (picture).  The location of the building perfectly fits the goal set by the Zeitz MOCAA to become the African...

To mitigate fluctuations in global prices of cocoa, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire plan to, together, create a buffer stock. This was told Reuters by Narcisse Sepy Yessoh, chief of staff to the Ivorian trade minister. “The countries agreed that we needed specialised warehouses to allow us to conserve cocoa so that we can regulate supply and push up prices,” said the official highlighting that...

Swiss Internet Services Provider (ISP) Cajutel plans to establish a solar-powered high-speed internet network in Guinea and its neighboring countries. To this end, the firm intends to proceed to a major Ether-based fundraising. Indeed, Cajutel is looking to issue 720,000 Ether tokens and 60,000 additional shares to settle its premiums and advertising fees. A million tokens will be kept by...

ASKY, the Pan African Airlines, is pleased to announce the re-opening of flights to Monrovia, Freetown and Banjul, starting November 1, 2017.  The flight schedule is as follows: MONROVIA Flights DAYS ORIG DEP ARR DEST Monday – Wednesday - Thursday -...