G5 Sahel

Oil-for-roads: South Sudan allocates 10,000 bpd to Chinese companies

The government of cash-strapped South Sudan has agreed to allocate 10,000 barrels of its crude oil per day to Chinese firms to build roads in the country. Chinese companies will build two highways in exchange, the government said in a statement after a cabinet meeting in Juba last weekend. According to deputy information minister, Lily […]

American STG to Install Phone Assembly Plant in Morocco

The American STG (Secure Technologies Group) will install around 2019-2020 a phone assembly plant in Morocco, announced the group’s founder Adnan Ouassini. Adnan Ouassini, a Moroccan entrepreneur born in Tangier, established STG in 2008 in Silicon Valley in the United States through Technology Capital Invest (TCI), an investment holding company in new technologies, also founded […]

Moroccan movie “The Blue Caftan” wins International Critics’ Prize in Cannes

The International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) on Saturday awarded the feature film ‘The Blue Caftan’ by Maryam Touzani the prize for the best film in “Un Certain Regard” selection, a few hours before this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or prize announcement. This is the first time that Morocco wins this international award in Cannes. Projected […]