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Abidjan hosts first-ever pan-African dialogue on achieving climate change goals

The first-ever conference for exchange and cooperation between national and local authorities in Africa to address climate issues and support decentralization territorial approach of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), kicked off this Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Ministers, mayors and heads of African municipalities will explore opportunities for cooperation and mutual assistance in this “Structured Dialogue” […]

Morocco & Saudi Arabia want to foster further economic partnership

Morocco and Saudi Arabia are looking into ways of stepping up economic partnership and trade exchanges in a bid to match the excellent relationship existing between the two countries’ Monarchs, governments and peoples. Cooperation prospects in various sectors of common interests were at the center of separate talks held Monday in Rabat by visiting Saudi […]

Egyptian Fintech Firm Telda secures $20 million in seed funding

Cairo-based fintech startup, Telda, has landed $20 million in seeding funding from several investors including Jack Dorsey, former Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Bloomberg reports. The seed fund will serve the expansion into new markets. Telda also plans to use the money to build its product offering. “In Egypt dealing with money is still a complicated […]