May 08
Tunisia: Municipalities - Public Lighting Accounts for 80 Percent of Energy Consumption
Tunis Afrique Presse
Public lighting accounts for 80% of total municipality energy consumption, President of the General Authority for Prospecting and Supporting Decentralisation (French: IGPAPD) Habib… Read more »
Morocco: Dallas - Minister Jazouli Showcases Morocco's Investment Assets
MAP
The Minister Delegate in charge of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, Mohcine Jazouli, highlighted, Tuesday in Dallas, the main assets that make Morocco an… Read more »
May 07
Morocco: Moroccan Government Priorities in Social Affairs Aligned With ILO's, States Director-General
MAP
In a meeting held on Tuesday in Rabat, Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), commended Morocco for its alignment of… Read more »
May 02
Morocco: Africa Enters Epic Global AI Innovation Race [press release]
Gitex Africa Morocco
AI Everything Expo by GITEX AFRICA 2024 centres world's attention on continent's booming US$17 billion AI phenomenon Read more »
May 01
Tunisia: Tunisia, ISDB Sign $60 Million Joint Financing Agreement
Tunis Afrique Presse
A joint financing agreement worth $60 million was signed on Tuesday by Minister of Economy and Planning, Feriel Ouerghi Sebai, and President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB),… Read more »
April 26
Tunisia: Trade Deficit Shrinks 4.16 Percent to Tnd 1,540.1 Million in March 2024 [upd 2]
Tunis Afrique Presse
The monthly trade deficit shrank 4.16% in March to TND 1,540.1 million compared to the previous month, reads the National Institute of Statistics (INS) monthly report on Foreign… Read more »
April 25
Egypt: Chinese Textile Alliance Explores $300 Million Integrated Textile City in Egypt
Egypt Online
During a meeting between Hossam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), and a delegation from the Chinese Council for Textiles and Ready-made… Read more »
April 19
Egypt: Streamlining Egypt's Food Value Chain Through Technology
Africa Renewal
Farah Emara's agri-tech start-up connects fresh fruit and vegetables farmers to buyers by leveraging data and technology Read more »
April 18
Tunisia: Tunisia Takes Part in Worldfood Poland, April 16-18
Tunis Afrique Presse
Five companies from the agri-food sector, operating mainly in the olive oil, table olives, dates and by-products, pasta and couscous sectors, are taking part in the 10th edition of… Read more »
Egypt: NAC Set to Welcome Arab Finance Ministers Meetings
Egypt Online
Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, announced that Egypt's Administrative Capital is fully prepared to host the upcoming meetings of Arab finance ministers in May. Read more »
April 17
Egypt: Dollar Exchange Rate Stable At Beginning of Wednesday's Transactions
Egypt Online
The dollar exchange rate was stable at the start of Wednesday's transactions at Egypt's major banks. Read more »
April 15
Egypt: Environment Ministry Updates On Gas Tanker Stranded in Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt Online
Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, has confirmed the ongoing monitoring of the stranded Liberian gas tanker that grounded at the Gulf of Aqaba entrance last Friday. This… Read more »
April 13
Tunisia: Tataouine-Dehiba-Wazen Border Post - Waiting Times Acceptable in View of Higher Traffic
Tunis Afrique Presse
Reports circulating on social media of heavy traffic and congestion for several days at the Dehiba-Wazen border crossing between Tunisia and Libya in Tataouine, with waiting times… Read more »
April 12
Africa: Libya Emerges Africa's Highest Oil Producer As Nigeria's Output Drops 6.8 Percent to 1.23 Mbpd
Vanguard
Libya has emerged as the highest crude oil producer in Africa following the drop of Nigeria's output by 6.8 per cent to 1.23 million barrels per day in March 2024, from 1.32 bpd in… Read more »
April 08
Morocco: Growth Forecast At 2.7 Percent for Q2-2024 (HCP)
MAP
National economic growth should reach 2.7% in the second quarter of 2024, in annual variation, instead of +2.3% a year earlier, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP). Read more »
Egypt: Finance Min. - Economic Reform Path Reaps Fruits in Fy 2023-2024
Egypt Online
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said a new path of the Egyptian economy, based on structural reforms supporting the track of recovery, has started reaping fruits according to the… Read more »