Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (known by its French acronym OCP) will invest 2 billion dirhams in a water desalination plant in the Atlantic city of El Jadida. Part of the OCP’s environmental strategy, the new plant will have a capacity of 75 million cubic meters per year as of 2020, its projected date of completion, […]
The Summit of the Detailed Program for the Development of African Agriculture (PDDAA) concluded on Saturday with the adoption of the Kampala Declaration. The Kampala Declaration focused on the development of a resilient and sustainable agri-food system in Africa, as well as the PDDAA’s ten-year strategy and action plan. In this context, participants decided to […]
A decision to set up the East African Monetary Institute (EAMI) — the Central Bank of East Africa — which is widely seen as a key institution required in implementing a single currency regime, will be made this year, East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Peter Mathuki has said. Member states have so far failed to […]
