For the first day of the Tunisia 2020 conference which is currently being held in Tunisia, overall commitments of countries present reached nearly $8 billion, out of a target of $30 billion to finance projects. Pledging close $1.5 billion, Qatar is Tunisia’s top bilateral partner. The country is slightly ahead of France, the other nation strongly present at the conference,...

Last Friday, the president of the Supreme Court of Mauritania, Yahfoudhou Ould Youssouf, revealed at a round table on land tenure that “conflicts related to land represent more than 38% of the cases brought to the institution last year,” Le 360 Afrique reports. Gathering high officials from the administration, magistrates, actors of Justice, and experts of land issues, the meeting’s...

Kenya and South Africa are the only African nations to enjoy total freedom on internet, according to the 2016 Global Internet Freedom report released by U.S. non-governmental organization Freedom House. The study covers the period of June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. Kenya and SA are the best ranked among African nations surveyed in the global ranking which lists 65 countries. In South Africa, which...

A team from the International Monetary Fund will visit Mozambique from December 1 to 12, 2016, to talk about funding, a statement from the Washington-based institution says. This is step forward since the IMF halted its support to the nation after discovering close to $2 billion of loans hidden by Mozambique. “Mozambique has implemented sound economic policies and allowed an audit...

In Mozambique, fourteen national and International companies have submitted bids for the development of industrial projects that make use of liquefied natural gas in the country. The tender to select companies interested in the design, development and investment in projects for the use of liquefied gas in initiatives like power generation and the production of fertilizers and liquid fuel for...

Tunisia hopes to mobilize $30 billion at the Tunisia 2020 conference taking place in Tunis on November 29 and 30. The nation, which is considered the success of the 2011 Arab Spring, is currently experiencing some economic challenges, worsened by terrorist attacks, which drove tourists away and cause their currency to plummet. Among about 40 countries present at the conference, France,...

Metal Tiger, natural resource investor with assets in Botswana, announced on Monday it has rejected an offer from BMR Group issued last week to buy its shares. The firm said the bid, which states that Metal Tiger’s shareholders will receive for each of the shares they sell 0.231 share of BMR, “fundamentally undervalues” the investor.     BMR said it would examine answer and...

U.S. firm General Electric and Northern States’ Governors Forum (NSGF) signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of five solar plants having a total capacity of 500 MW in the northern part of the country. The plants, with an individual capacity of 100 MW, will be built in the Borno, Kebbi, Niger and Taraba States. The project is the pilot phase of the Northern Nigeria Global...

ASKY, the Pan-African Airline with the largest network in West and Central Africa, has the pleasure to announce that it is the recipient of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Airline of the Year Award for Regional Operations at the AFRAA 48th Annual General Assembly held on November 20-22, 2016 at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. The AFRAA annual awards recognize excellence in service delivery,...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said that it would rehabilitate the Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline, as well as upgrade and expand the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited, in order to move the facility towards the path of growth and profitability. This was disclosed by the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Maikanti Baru (photo) during a town hall meeting with...