Jean-Philippe-Imparato

BNP Paribas divests its South Africa corporate banks

After Shell, BNP Paribas has ditched its corporate banking business in South Africa, amid a spate of divestments by major multinationals. BNP Paribas, the largest bank in the EU, withdrew from South Africa after 12 years, as it seeks to consolidate its European and Asian business. BNP Paribas is also part of a series of […]

MOROCCO & SWITZERLAND TO LAUNCH SOLAR ROOFTOP 500 PROGRAM, A FIRST IN MENA REGION

Morocco and Switzerland are gearing up to deploy the “Solar Rooftop 500” program, a joint cooperation initiative aiming to install 500 MW of new, grid connected rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems across the Kingdom’s commercial and industrial sectors by 2030. This is the first mitigation project in North Africa and Middle East Region under Article 6.2 […]

Eleven killed in “M23 attacks” in DRC’s North Kivu province

At least 11 people were killed Sunday in Democratic Republic of Congo’s province of North Kivu, in the attacks attributed to rebel group M23. The local population told the media the incident occurred in Rutshuru territory, dozens of kilometers from Goma, the provincial capital. “I’m at the scene, and there are 11 civilian corpses in […]