UN top official in Libya Stephanie Williams & Moroccan FM

Can Africa create half a billion jobs by 2050 to overcome its demographic dilemma?

Since Africa’s population has quadrupled since 1960, and is projected to double again by 2050, experts are pondering a crucial question for the future of the continent: how can enough work be created for the increasing numbers of youth arriving on the continent’s labor markets? Development economists have followed with a great concern that, in […]

Japanese firm Mitsubishi joins Togo’s Cizo Off Grid initiative

In Togo, the Japanese firm Mitsubishi has indicated its interest in supplying off-grid energy in rural communities within the framework of the Cizo project launched in 2017. The Cizo project aims to provide electricity to 2 million Togolese by 2022 thanks to a set of 300,000 solar kits installed on both sides of the country. […]

Morocco’s cereals harvest up 62% at 55 million quintals in 2023

Morocco’s cereals harvest is seen growing to 55 million quintals, up 62% from last year when the country suffered from the longest drought in more than three decades, the agriculture ministry said. The increase in the harvest was possible thanks to a 13% rise in rainfall up to April 27, which however remained 36% below […]