Algeria celebrates its first card payment!!!

“The operation was successful,” said an Algerian official in a supermarket in Algiers in front of an applauding crowd and state media. One would think that the comment came after the launch of a skyrocket. It was rather a celebration of Algeria’s first card payment. State media and local officials gathered around a liter of […]

South Africa: a new 100 MW solar park to provide electricity to 179,000 homes

French multinational electric utility company, ENGIE has started commercial operations for a 100 MW Kathu Solar Park in South Africa. The Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), one of the largest renewable energy projects in South Africa, was completed on 30 January 2019, local media reported. The Kathu Solar Park CSP plant is equipped with a four-and-a-half-hour […]

Sudanese Army Advances in South Kordofan After Intense Clashes

The Sudanese Army has captured several strategic areas west of Abbasiya Tagali in South Kordofan following heavy confrontations with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). Witnesses reported that troops advanced into Tabsa, Al-Damra, Gardoud Jama, and Al-Mureib on Sunday, November 30, a development seen as critical in curbing […]