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Dubai-based solar developer raises $65m to power MENA

Yellow Door Energy, a Dubai-based solar developer this week said it raised $65 million to fund an expansion effort in the energy sector in the Middle East and Africa. The amount raised by the group — one of the major commercial and industrial-scale solar developers in a region — represents one of the largest venture […]

Kenya to go all out for renewable energy

Kenya authorities plan to invest more in solar energy as results from the Garissa solar power plant in eastern Kenya helps to stabilize electricity prices in the Eastern African nation. According to Simon Gicharu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the rural electrification and renewable energy company (Rerec), the Kenyan government will not rest […]

Egypt : Muslim Brotherhood to defy new law today

A day after declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Egypt has embarked on the arrest and detention of supporters belonging or supporting the group on the basis of suspicion of being linked to a terrorist organization. Security in the capital has been increased after a second bomb attack in this week. General Al-Sisi said […]