Start-ups are eyeing Kenya as African e-mobility hub

E-mobility start-up Roam recently partnered with M-Kopa, a Nairobi-based clean energy financier, to provide thousands of e-motorcycles to riders in Kenya, after becoming the first startup in the country to convert petrol-powered motorbikes to electric last year, starting with a fleet of 100. “This is one of the biggest leaps for electric mobility in Africa,“ […]

Morocco’s Economy to Grow 3.3% in 2018- Central Bank

Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said growth will reach 3.3% in 2018 and 3.5% in 2019, down from 4% last year. The bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, as the financial conditions look stable since the launch of the gradual dirham float last January. Inflation was expected to reach 1.8% on […]

Libya: GNA holds 35 Egyptian fishermen in detention since November

The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) has arrested 35 Egyptian fishermen who are reportedly in custody since November last year. The detainees, most of whom hail from the Egyptian city of Kafr El-Sheikh, were arrested while working on Libyan boats affiliated to the east-based government, Arab News reports citing Ahmed Nassar, the head of the […]