OCP

180 million Africans to benefit from World Bank’s $2.5B program to boost inclusive digitalization

The World Bank has launched a new $2.48 billion program that aims to improve internet adoption rates and infrastructure coverage gaps for more than 180 million people across eastern and southern Africa. The Inclusive Digitalization in Eastern and Southern Africa (IDEA) Program, launched recently, will focus on tackling common digital challenges including low internet coverage […]

DRC seeks minerals-for-security deal with US

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is reportedly seeking its own version of the minerals-for-security deal that has been offered by the Trump administration to Ukraine. Reuters reported that a Congolese Senator had written to the US State Department offering a similar deal that would help the war-torn country address its security challenges, notably in […]

2022 Toulouse-ST. Louis Air Rally includes stopovers in Tarfaya, Dakhla & Laayoune

Participants in the 38th Toulouse-Saint Louis (Senegal) Air Race, which started Saturday, will make stopovers in the Moroccan Saharan cities of Tarfaya, Dakhla and Laâyoune. Twenty-eight planes with pilots from France, the U.S., Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Peru are taking part in this year’s rally to end Sept.30. The light airplanes took […]