West Africa: IFC, Orange Bank Africa ink partnership deal to increase digital lending for Small Businesses

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s arm for the development of the private sector in developing countries, has signed a partnership agreement with Orange Bank Africa (OBA), Orange Group’s digital bank, to “enable the smallest businesses in West Africa to access the financing they need to grow”. As part of the deal signed […]

Moroccan scientists unveil new ventilator

Efforts to produce ventilators, key to the treatment of coronavirus severe cases, are adding up with the new invention of 100% Moroccan respiration device last week. This new ventilator comes after aerospace parts suppliers in the country launched the production of 500 ventilators and are working on a more advanced version for cases requiring intubation. […]

The Sahara/Sahel Perilous Desert, a Terrorism Breeding Ground

Many security pundits have repeatedly warned that the political unrest, the eroding security situation and the flourishing weapons, human and drug trafficking in the Sahel/Sahara region have made of the area a terrorism breeding ground, an exploding powder keg, or what some have called ‘an arc of instability.’ The warning has just been echoed in […]