First Independent Mena Newspaper
Unilever Kenya, a subsidiary of Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch conglomerate has recently commissioned a 619 kWp solar park in the East African nation to supply electricity to its tea leaf processing plant. The mini-grid project was conducted by CrossBoundary Energy, an investment fund specializing in the financing of off-grid projects for companies. The solar park was […]
The US Agency for International Development has announced $500,000 in funding and $100,000 in technical assistance to the Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM) blended-finance fund. Joining USAID, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced its intent to provide $25 million in financing to the fund. The financing will help mobilize commercial investment to […]
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad, was questioned in Paris by French anti-corruption investigators Thursday but was released without charge in the evening. Ahmad was in France to attend the 69th FIFA Congress which ended on Wednesday. His passport has been handed to him, meaning he is free to travel, […]
The African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan days after the military launched a brutal crackdown on protesters that killed dozens of people. The AU’s Peace and Security Department said in a post on Twitter on Thursday that Sudan’s participation in all AU activities would be suspended with immediate effect – “until the effective establishment of […]
In Ghana, researchers are testing a system that will turn cocoa into biofuels to benefit African farming communities currently with little or no access to grid power. The project funded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom will be tested in Ghana, one of the world’s largest producers of cocoa. The new green […]
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has honored Moroccan peacekeepers deployed in the country in a ceremony held on Tuesday in Kananga. MONUSCO forces commander Brazilian Lieutenant General Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho handed the Moroccan contingent medals of merit in recognition of their “commendable services” within the […]
Paramount Group, South Africa’s leading military equipment company, is likely to probe Jordan after photos of South Africa-made armored Mbombe 6 emerged in the fighting for the control of Libyan capital Tripoli by east-based armed forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar. Haftar is backed by the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and France. Responding to press reports, […]
Morocco and Senegal will host this year’s edition of “Rencontres Africa”, an economic event that brings together French and African business leaders. The event, considered, “the most important Africa-focused business gathering, brings together business leaders, investors, project leaders and policy makers from France more than 30 African countries. This 4th edition will take place October […]
The emergency executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), convened Wednesday in Paris following the chaotic return match of the African Champions League between WAC of Casablanca and Esperance Tunis (EST), decided to withdraw the trophy to the Tunisian club and to replay the return match on neutral ground just after the African […]
The Transitional Military Council (TMC) Monday announced the end of all talks and nullification of all agreements signed with leaders of the revolution and declared that the country will go to polls in nine months. Leader of the TMC Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in an address the junta has ended all talks with […]