Egypt’s Arab African International Bank (AAIB) issued Africa’s largest private green bond worth $500 million to fund its sustainable development operations. Three renowned development financial institutions: the IFC, the EBRD, and British International Investment (BII) teamed up in this issuance, subscribing to the entire bond. The bond is also reflective of a strong commitment to […]
Moroccan engineering firm Cegelec has secured a contract worth more than two billion dirhams to design and construct a suite of high-voltage electricity transmission and generation assets in Guinea, the company announced this week. The project, carried out through its subsidiary VINCI Energies Guinée, was launched officially on April 18 at Kamissaya in the prefecture […]
Jordan, a country without oil or experiencing a self-destructive civil war, stands on a precipice. Its current ‘greatest’ challenge, the Syrian conflict, is showing the first signs of resolution and it now has a chance to recover from the almost overwhelming forces of refugee migration. The difficulty of integrating its new refugee population into wider […]
