newsMorocco : $1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trainsTheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 20240 The $1.6bn invitation to tender to supply 168 trains to Morocco’s Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), open until 24 April, is piquing the...
newsMorocco : €1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trainsTheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 20240 The $1.6bn invitation to tender to supply 168 trains to Morocco’s Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), open until 24 April, is piquing the...
newsKenya : Hasmukh Patel takes on cement market leaders Lafarge and National CementTheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 20240 Mombasa Cement (MCL), a company owned by Indian-Kenyan businessman Hasmukh Patel, aka Hasu Patel, plans to open a new quarry...
newsTunisia : Kais Saied hopes to hold African summit on migrationTheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 6, 20240 Tunisian President Kais Saied is working hard to organise an African summit on migration, less than a year after leaders...
newsNiger : French construction leader Sogea-Satom calls it quitsTheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 20240 Sogea-Satom, the largest construction company in Niger, is leaving the country for good. The French group had already suspended its...
newsDRC : Illegal coltan mining intensifies in North KivuTheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 20240 Illegal coltan mining in the hills above the town of Rubaya has grown considerably over the past year as the war drags on in North...
newsGuinea/Morocco : Rabat ramps up religious presence in ConakryTheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 20240 The memorandum of understanding signed on 8 February following a meeting between Mohamed Rifki, secretary general of the Mohammed VI...
newsAngola/DRC/Zambia : US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito CorridorTheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 5, 20240 The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), a US state agency, announced in December it will finance work on the Angolan...
newsGuinea : China and US groups battle for Trans-Guinean contractTheWorldsNewsMarch 4, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 4, 20240 Last September, teams from the US transportation solutions firm Wabtec Corp began compiling their response to a strategic call for...
newsAfrica : Nairobi bets on AU reform to place Odinga as commission headTheWorldsNewsMarch 4, 2024 by TheWorldsNewsMarch 4, 20240 The African Union is due to hold an extraordinary executive council on or around 15 March to decide on the composition of its future commission...