social housing

EBRD’s Women in Business Program mobilizes €30 million for Moroccan businesswomen over a decade

Morocco’s women entrepreneurs have accessed €30 million in financing and received comprehensive business support through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s decade-old Women in Business program, with 5,000 female business owners benefiting from the initiative over a decade. The figures were disclosed during the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the program held in […]

Egypt: Bombardier to lead Cairo’s 2 monorail lines construction

The Egyptian government has assigned a Bombardier-led consortium to build its monorail system in a contract valued at $4.5b. Bombardier and its partners, Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors, will build and maintain the system aiming to decongest the Egyptian capital and ease commute for its 20 million inhabitants. The system will be made of two […]

Mauritania: Parents of Blogger Condemned to Death Seek Asylum in France

The parents of Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, a Mauritanian blogger condemned to death for apostasy, have filed asylum application in French embassy in Senegal arguing that their life has become a real hell for them in the North African country since the moment their son has been charged. Both mother and father of Ould […]