The EBRD’s 2011 Annual Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, 20-21 May 2011

Algeria: Shortage of cooking oil provokes long queues, stampedes

Cooking oil has become a rare commodity in Algerian stores forcing people to wait in long queues before stores and to strict rationing. Stampedes were seen across the country as people panic while waiting for this consumer good. Algerian officials, including President Tebboune, have long attempted to hide the sun with a sieve by denying […]

Morocco joins African Exchanges Linkage Project to support cross-border securities trading

The Casablanca Stock Exchange has been connected to the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP), an e-platform which enables cross-border securities trading among African stock exchanges and contributes to economic integration. In its first phase launched this week, AELP connects seven stock exchanges across 14 African countries: Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and the […]

Morocco: Australia’s Worley to launch FEED work on Tarfaya green ammonia project in Sept. 2024

Australian company Worley has announced that its Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) work on a green ammonia project in Morocco will be launched in the third quarter of 2024. In its annual report released Tuesday, Worley said the Tarfaya project, the world’s first Power-to-X green ammonia program, includes a transmission grid, hydrogen and ammonia plants and […]