Africa: Infrastructure development funding hits $100 Billion

Funding destined to infrastructure development in Africa hits $100 billion in 2018, the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) has announced. The ICA’s Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa 2018 report shows that financing of infrastructure in Africa reached a new high of $100.8 billion in 2018, a jump of about a quarter on 2017 and 38% […]

OCP Group Launches 100,000-Hectare Restoration Project in Brazil’s Araguaia Valley

Morocco’s OCP Group has partnered with environmental management specialist Ambipar and local organizations to launch an ambitious land restoration project targeting 100,000 hectares of degraded pastures in Brazil’s Araguaia Valley. The ALM Carbono Verde do Araguaia initiative represents a significant expansion of OCP’s sustainable agriculture efforts in Latin America’s critical Cerrado biome. The 50-year project […]

Doing Business: Ghana unveils 10 measures to boost investments

The government of Ghana this week unveiled 10 measures to create a more conducive environment for all businesses in the country. The move came after the government appointed a multisectoral technical team to develop a strategy that will make it easy to do business in in the West African nation. According to the Vice-President Mahamudu […]