Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its dedication to improve its railway transportation system, in partnership with Huawei technologies. Huawei has most recently developed means of road transportation equipped with modern facilities to suit the passenger’s comfort and the train ground wireless networks. Their operation is based on long-term evolution (LTE) technology. An amount of $45 million […]
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Tunisia strides out Maghreb in ICT
The Tunisian government and Orange Tunisia have concluded a partnership agreement with Interoute for the commissioning of a submarine which will link the city of Kélibia, to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic network, to its landing station on the other side of the Mediterranean in Mazara del Vallo, Siciliy, Italy. The submarine which is baptized […]
Samsung factory to supply ME and Africa from Egypt
Technology giant, Samsung Electronics has announced that it will be establishing a factory in Egypt; making it the first of its kind by the company in the MENA region. The factory which will be located at the Kom Abu Radi Industrial Zone in Al Wasta City, Beni Suef will be covering 336,000m². The announcement was […]
Rawafed Libya eyes regional expansion with satellite
Libya’s leading internet service provider, Rawafed Libya, has concluded a wholesale multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Communications on the KA-SAT satellite, to upgrade its services to another level. The agreement will enable it to have a 1.6Gbit/s capacity on two KA-SAT spot beams, which will be used to provide the best available services to its new […]
Tunisian Jews on a pilgrimage
Tunisian Jews and others from around the world are getting ready for the pilgrimage, beginning on Friday, to the El Ghriba Synagogue for their annual festivities, to celebrate the end of Passover. The synagogue is on the island of Djerba and it’s considered to be the oldest in Africa. The pilgrimage to the island has […]
2013 World Nomads Festival to Honor Tunisia’s Rich Arts, Culture
The fifth edition of the World Nomads Festival, to be held in New York next May, will honor Tunisia and its rich arts and culture just two years after the North African country ignited the Arab Spring flame. The event, organized by the French cultural Center in New York, French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), is […]
Egypt: Cars on Natural Gas
The president of the Board of Directors of Cargas, Tariq Al-Dagwa, alongside the secretary general Ghada Wali of Social Fund for Development (SFD) have inked an accord to promote natural gas in Egypt by converting more vehicles. In the concluded EGP 5million agreement, Cargas is tasked with the construction and conversion of 1,000 new vehicles […]
Art Dubai, or the New Reference Showcase
As the Dubai temperature was rising, the impatience of art enthusiasts could not be restrained. Festivities finally started on Tuesday March 19, with the Jumerah Patrons’ Preview. Art Dubai was launched. A champagne glass in hand, clichés were forgotten… The time of an exhibition. In partnership with Abraaj Group, the seventh edition of Art Dubai […]
Libya: 15th century Sufi shrine bombed
The North African region has been experiencing attacks on Sufi tombs and shrines with the Salafists suspected of carrying them out. The latest site to be bombed is the shrine of Sidi Mohammed Landulsi, a 15th century Sufi theologian. The shrine which is located in the eastern suburb of Tajura was destroyed with a triple […]
Mauritania: Chinguitel to be sold
Reports are being echoed that Chinguitel in Mauritania will soon be on the market for grabs. The company is a subsidiary of Sudatel, Sudanese telecommunications operator. Sudatel also has subsidiaries in other several African countries namely Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, and South Sudan under the name Expresso. Reports claim that Sudatel might be selling all these […]









