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Morocco: EBRD helps kitchen furniture maker to improve carbon footprint

Flexibois, a kitchen furniture manufacturer operating in Morocco, has managed to reduce its energy consumption and CO2 emissions thanks to the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, the EU, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Republic of Korea. The company uses wood by-products to make furniture. It offers Moroccan consumers quality […]

Algeria: Technocrats replace political figures in cabinet reshuffle

The Algerian government has been reshuffled bringing in officials from the parastatal and private sector to replace some prominent political figures. Among the eight replaced minsters are the finance, energy and interior ministers. Abderrahmane Benkhelfa will now serve as Finance Minister. Before his nomination, he was the General Delegate of the Association of Banks and […]

Gabon restructures portion of debt to finance ocean protection

Gabon has converted $163 million, a third of its debt, into funds to protect its oceans, US-based NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Government of the central African country said Tuesday August 15. The swap operation marks “the start of a 15-year conservation project… to help Gabon finance ocean protection and management for 30 […]