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African countries are aspiring to establish themselves as renewables-driven hubs to supply escalating global demand for green hydrogen, just as hydrogen diplomacy has intensified in recent years, with the EU outpacing other competitors on the green hydrogen front in Africa. More than 50 projects have now been proposed across Africa to supply an expected surge […]
Africa50, an infrastructure investment platform that contributes to Africa’s growth by developing and investing in bankable projects, signed Monday in the Togolese capital of Lome, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to support and finance solar projects in Africa. The deal, Africa50 notes, advances the organizations’ mutual goal of increasing […]
Few days after Iran said it looks forward to normalizing ties with Morocco and Egypt, the regime of the Moullah has once again shown its hostility to Morocco by supporting the thesis of the Polisario and its Algerian mentors at the UN’s fourth committee. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Iranian ambassadors to Muslim countries on […]
Italy is set to flash out 12000 people from its territory including 4000 Tunisians, for illegal migration, the European country’s Interior minister Matteo Pintedosi has indicated. According to Pintedosi, the move targets illegal migrants who arrived in the first half of this year and is in accordance with the Cutro decree adopted in May and […]
Egypt has begun the construction of its first integrated fishing port in the city of Rosetta, on the Mediterranean, “Egypt Today” reports. The project, valued at $19.4 million, will feature a quay whose capacity is 60 fishing boats per hour, and another dedicated to maintenance. The quay will be equipped with a tugboat whose capacity […]
Egyptian State-owned “Banque Misr” has signed an agreement with food delivery services provider Talabat Egypt to offer financial and non-financial services to Micro and Small businesses (MSMes), per a press release issued Monday. According to the agreement, Talabat Egypt’s partners will receive concessional financing of up to EGP 2 million ($65,000) needed for their micro […]
Saudi Arabia-based venture studio VMS has acquired a minority stake in Egyptian start-up accelerator ‘Cash Cows’ as part of a strategic partnership agreement aimed at supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in both countries, reports say. ‘Cash Cows’ in a press release indicated that the partnership aims to bring together resources, expertise and support to help the […]
The Egyptian legislature green-lighted Wednesday a signed agreement between the Government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in which the Japanese agency will provide funds for the country’s Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS), Ahram Online reports. Egypt and JICA inked an agreement in March 2023 for the Japanese agency to provide a loan of […]
South Korea is considering investing in multiple areas in Niger, chairman of the Asian country’s Private employers’ Council told President Mohamed Bazoum. Chey Tae won “Anthony” who also doubles as Chairman of SK Inc., a holding and IT services company headquartered in Seoul, met with the Nigerien leader in Paris. Both sides, according to the […]
India’s leader Narendra Modi will visit Egypt Saturday – his first- and looks forward to advancing partnership between the two countries. Modi’s visit follows that of Egyptian leader Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to the Asian giant last January, at the invitation of the Indian leader himself. “We had the pleasure of receiving President al-Sisi as the chief […]