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Togo, Benin slash telecommunication charges

Togo and Benin have inked an agreement cutting significantly telecommunication costs including roaming and internet between the two countries. The agreement signed between ARCEP Benin and ARCEP Togo, the two regulators, will take effect on January 01 2024. Per the deal known as “Protocol d’Accord de Free Roaming entre le Togo et le Benin, and […]

Why Algeria is poorer in 2022 compared with 2011

Algeria’s energy minister Mohamed Argab, faithful to his regime’s policy of manipulating public opinion by telling half-truths, said his country’s hydrocarbons exports would increase 45% year-on-year to 50 billion dollars in 2022. The Algerian minister is comparing a year in which barrel prices rose to 123 dollars per barrel with 2021 in which the average […]

Morocco’s economic growth to improve to 3.2% in 2024 despite drought

Morocco’s economic growth would pick up to 3.2% in 2024 from 2.9% expected in 2023, amid persisting drought but improving exports, planning agency HCP said. The forecast is closer to that of the World Bank which sees the economy growing by 3.1% this year after 2.8% last year. The agency expects Morocco to reap a […]