Casablanca Finance City Joins Efforts with Abu Dhabi Global Market

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and Abu Dhabi Global Market have agreed to enhance cooperation and jointly promote the development of financial services in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. The agreement was inked by Saïd Ibrahimi, CEO of the CFC Authority and his emirati peer Dhaher Bin Dhaher Al Mheiri. The two sides pledge to […]

Ghana: New biofuel technology to connect villages with off-grid electricity

In Ghana, researchers are testing a system that will turn cocoa into biofuels to benefit African farming communities currently with little or no access to grid power. The project funded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom will be tested in Ghana, one of the world’s largest producers of cocoa. The new green […]

UN raises $630mil, short of target $1bn, to tackle Ethiopia’s dire humanitarian crisis

A United Nations-led donor event held in its headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday (16 April) managed to secure financial pledges only for about two-thirds of the $1 billion it was seeking to raise to assist millions of Ethiopians affected by conflict, drought and floods. The donor conference raised about $630 million, thus falling short of […]