Moroccan researcher Djalila Ben Bouchta has received in Rome the “ENI Award 2020” which seeks to promote better use of energy sources and encourages innovation. Ms. Ben Bouchta was handed the prize dedicated to “Young talents from Africa” during a ceremony chaired Thursday by Italian President Sergio Mattarella in presence of Moroccan ambassador Youssef Balla […]
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana – the world’s top two cocoa producers – have teamed up to impose a minimum floor price for Cocoa beans. The two West African countries are working together to address the unfavorable global cocoa pricing regime to reduce the vulnerability of both nations to the volatility of the markets, Ghana’s President […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Tuesday December 12 an agreement with the Lome-based West African Development Bank (BOAD), a line of credit agreement of €70 million to bolster the regional bank’s support to the private sector in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The agreement, AfDB notes, was signed in Lomé on […]
