Cheikh Bakhoum, General Manager of the State IT Agency (Agence de l’Informatique de l’Etat - ADIE), announced the upcoming launch of 3rd phase of the “mainly Senegal” project which consists in a total country coverage through optic fibre. These are an additional 3,000 km of optic fibre will which be added to the 1,500 km already rolled out by ADIE. In an interview given to the Senegalese...

FAR Limited is raising approximately $40 million through an Equity Raising. The equity raising comprises of a placement of fully paid ordinary shares to raise approximately $25 million and a 1 for 17 underwritten pro-rata non-abandonable entitlement offer of fully paid ordinary shares to existing eligible shareholders to raise approximately $15 million. The Equity Raising is a...

Sudan’s oil minister Mohamed Zayed Awad today reveals that the country has submitted an application to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). "We have already submitted an application and are waiting for a decision," the minister told Sudan tribune "Now, everything depends on OPEC" he added. The country had for a long time expressed its desire to be a part of the...

Afrox has revealed plans to partner with a start-up Biogas Company in order to produce quality carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane for distribution to industries in the Western Cape which have been suffering from shortages of CO2. “Initially, we expect to produce between 18 t and 30 t a day of CO2, which will benefit wastewater treatment applications, as well as the food and beverage industries....

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the commencement of the public opening of technical bid submitted by 91 companies. The technical bid is to secure contracts for the provision of coastal and Bunkering vessel services, which is to be used for the operations of PPMC (the pipeline and product marketing company), an affiliated company of NNPC,the Group General Manager,...

The Senior General Manager, of Dangote Petrochemicals Ltd, a subsidiary of Dangote Group Madhav Kelkar has announced that its 650,000 bpd capacity petroleum refinery and fertilizer plant would come on stream by 2018. According to him, the refinery will boost the country’s refining capacity and enhance industrialization. Construction works is expected to be completed on the project by 2017...

ERHC Energy Inc., an American oil and gas company based in Houston, announced on 20th October having transferred all of its rights on block 11 in the exclusive economic area of São Tomé e Príncipe to Kosmos Energy, a major Texan oil and gas company listed in New York with many assets throughout Africa. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Kosmos, considering the difficult...

Mohamed Salah Ben Aissa (photo), Tunisian minister of Justice, was dismissed with no official reason. According to spokesperson for the government, the minister had apparently “issued some declarations which lacked seriousness”. In fact, Mohamed Salah Ben Aissa has reacted to the sentencing of a young Tunisian man to one year in prison for homosexual practice, by declaring himself in favour...

The historical telecommunications operator, known as Bénin Telecom, operated a transformation on 14th October 2015. The name under which the state company accumulated many complaints and much discontent from consumers due to the bad quality of service was abandoned for a new name. Bénin Telecom has thus become be.Télécoms. A new beginning the management of the company wants full of...

Federal councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann signed on 21st October an international agreement aimed at improving transparency and governance in the raw materials sector in developing countries. Signed as part of the 30th session of the Board meeting of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) which is taking place in Bern from 20th to 22nd October, this agreement regulates the...