PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) confirmed last month it has closed operations in nine Sub-Saharan African countries following a strategic review, marking a significant retreat from the continent by one of the world’s “Big Four” accounting firms. The affected countries include Ivory Coast, Gabon, Cameroon, Madagascar, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Guinea, and Equatorial Guinea, […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has officially launched a $170 million power transmission project. The project called the Abuja Feeding Scheme is financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and provides for building five transmission substations over a 24-month period. The move will help Africa’s most populous nation to stabilize the quality of power […]
Moroccan police nabbed two Spaniards and two Moroccans in the city of Casablanca for illegal possession of 78 gold bars weighing 11.7 kg. The men were nabbed in a car with a foreign license plate in the city of Casablanca on friday, on tip-off from the national security directorate (DGSN). Police discovered in the […]
