Passed during a ministerial council, the new draft bill on electronic communications which is about to be voted by the national assembly is not accepted by Senegal consumers organizations. Indeed, according to sixteen of those organizations, who expressed themselves during a press conference, article 27 of this law introduces the restriction of mobile telecommunications applications.   This...

Last week, Libya’s daily oil production surged to reach one million barrels, Libya Observer reveals. This is the highest level reached by the local oil industry this year and, it is due to the relaunch of extractions at Sharara (the main oil field where 300,000 barrels are extracted daily), Amal and As-Sarah. Let’s note that since February 2018, violence escalated between armed groups in the...

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...