offgrid energy

Benin gets €80 million-loan from AfDB to upgrade Cotonou Port

Benin has secured an 80 million euros loan facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to improve and expand Cotonou harbor, one of the main maritime access points for landlocked countries in West Africa. The loan is split into two: €55 million from the African Development Bank and €25 million from Africa Growing Together Fund, […]

Boko Haram resurgence deepens crisis in Cameroon’s Far North

Boko Haram, a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group, has reportedly resurged in Cameroon’s Far North, escalating attacks and plunging the region into renewed insecurity. Despite earlier joint military successes by Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, fractures within the Lake Chad Basin Commission and fragile civilian protection have allowed the Islamist group to regain strength. In recent […]

Morocco: Industrialization of cannabis production, boon for other industries

The industrial production of cannabis in Morocco as recently approved by the legislature will generate a lot of opportunities for other industries, experts have told Le360.ma. The North African country last month joined the group of countries which decriminalized the growing of cannabis. 119 lawmakers approved the move which has been in the pipeline for […]