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Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of the African Development Bank Group

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was elected this Thursday President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Sidi Ould Tah will succede Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina at the helm of the AfDB. Tah was elected by the Bank’s Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or […]

ENGIE acquires Mobisol, becomes market leader in the off-grid solar in Africa

ENGIE expands its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions, the company announced this Tuesday in a press release. Mobisol has operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya and has installed more than 150,000 solar home systems, providing clean and reliable energy to over 750,000 people in […]

Morocco, EU co-chair meeting on combating terrorism through education

Morocco and the European Union (EU) co-chaired a working meeting on Thursday in Brussels on combating terrorism through education. The meeting, part of the initiative of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF), was held under the theme “Education for the prevention and fight against violent extremism leading to terrorism.” During the meeting’s opening, which reaffirmed the […]