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UAE and Senegal Forge Strategic Water Investment Alliance in Africa
Arabian Post
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August 16, 2025
Greenlogue/AP The United Arab Emirates and Senegal have formalised a significant partnership aimed at addressing Africa’s escalating water and sanitation challenges. This collaboration, announced during the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, underscores a...
OPEC Backs African Energy Week in Landmark Partnership for Continent’s Voice
News Ghana
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August 15, 2025
OPEC has joined as an official partner of African Energy Week (AEW) 2025, marking a historic alignment set to amplify Africa’s influence in global energy policy. The collaboration, announced by Invest in African Energies, positions the continent...
UAE, Senegal unite to boost water investment across Africa
GCC Business News
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August 15, 2025
The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal, co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, have partnered to advance the water investment agenda in Africa ahead of the event. In collaboration with AUDA-NEPAD, the Children’s Investment Fund...
Senegal's Prime Minister Moves To Increase Tobacco Taxes To Save Lives, Stimulate Economic Growth
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Statement of Bintou Camara Bityeki, Regional Director of Africa Programs, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane...
Top 10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in August 2025
Business Insider Africa
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August 20, 2025
When its price rises, the impacts spread to transportation systems, food supply chains, and family budgets. Recent occurrences throughout the continent demonstrate how disruptive high diesel prices may be. For example, in August alone, Angola's...
UAE, Senegal strengthen partnership on water investment in Africa
Zawya
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Today at the Africa Water Investment Summit, the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal, as co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, in partnership with AUDA-NEPAD, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Global Water Partnership...
Il gasdotto Nigeria-Marocco è uno dei progetti più ambiziosi della storia africana
Strategic Culture
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August 20, 2025
Il suo obiettivo iniziale è collegare le risorse della Nigeria con il Marocco e trasformarlo in un hub regionale chiave, ma si tratta, in effetti, uno dei progetti energetici più costosi e ambiziosi nella storia dell’Africa. Segue nostro Telegram....
The Hardest Thing for Us to Bear: How Two African Films from the ’70s Examine Postcolonial Discontent
IndieWire
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August 19, 2025
Toward the end of her recently republished autobiography, “My Country, Africa,” the political organizer Andrée Blouin reflects on the failures of the independence movements that galvanized so many Africans, including herself, to fight their...
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History Today: When the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia
Firstpost
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August 20, 2025
August 20 is an important day in history as several notable events took place across the world. The Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, effectively crushing the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. If you are a history...
Magal Touba pilgrimage boosts Moroccan exports to Senegal
Fresh Plaza
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August 14, 2025
The Grand Magal of Touba is one of the world's largest pilgrimages, attracting millions of followers from the Mouride community to the city of Touba in Senegal each year. On the 13th of August, six million pilgrims from Senegal and elsewhere...
Senegal’s cement demand expands 9% in June
International Cement Review
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August 12, 2025
Cement consumption in Senegal advanced by 8.7 per cent YoY to 567,800t in June 2025 when compared with June 2024, when domestic sales were 522,400t, according to the country’s Ministry of the Economy. Producers increased their output by 5.6 per...
DP World revenue up 20% in first half 2025
Fresh Plaza
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August 19, 2025
DP World reported a 20.4% year-on-year increase in revenue for the first half of 2025, reaching US$11.24 billion. Adjusted EBITDA rose 21.4% to US$3.03 billion. Container volumes across its global portfolio grew 5.6% on a like-for-like basis to...
Senegal: Solar + storage project leads the way in West Africa
ESI Africa
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August 12, 2025
Described as a first for West Africa, a solar PV installation with battery storage project dedicated to frequency regulation has been commissioned in Senegal. The Walo Storage project in Bokhol is already connected to the National Electricity...
Madd de Casamance: Senegal’s first geographical indication boosts...
Food Ingredients First
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A geographical indication is helping Senegalese communities profit from a native fruit rich in antioxidants, vitamins A and C, and holds significant potential for the F&B industry. Communities in the Casamance region of southern Senegal have long...
Albayrak Group and Senegal sign strategic agricultural agreement
Today.Az
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August 14, 2025
By News Centre With food security and self-sufficiency in agriculture emerging as one of the most pressing national security issues worldwide following the Russia–Ukraine war, Senegal, like many African nations, has identified agriculture as a...
Journalist, Sailor Ron Harris Missing at Sea
Journal-isms
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August 19, 2025
The @USCG is searching for a 71y/o male who was reported to be aboard a 42ft sailboat approx. 3 miles off Ossabaw Island, #Georgia. An Air Station #Savannah rescue swimmer was lowered to the vessel & found no one aboard. Anyone with info should...
Spotlight on Africa: A continent of contrasts in energy storage
ESS News
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August 14, 2025
In our ongoing Spotlight series on battery energy storage, we now turn our attention to Africa. While attempting to cover this vast continent in a single article is basically impossible, the emerging story is too important to overlook. Previously,...
Energy Minister Says No Oil Discovered in The Gambia
Foroyaa Newspaper
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August 11, 2025
By Assan Bah Mr. Nani Juwara, the Minister of Petroleum, Energy and Mines said no oil has been discovered in the Gambia so far, despite the numerous explorations made by international oil marketing companies. Mr. Juwara made the disclosure during...
Targeted financing seen as key to Africa’s industrial growth – GHIB
Business and Financial Times
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August 14, 2025
Dean Adansi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana International Bank (GHIB), has set out a financing blueprint to shift Africa’s commodity trade from raw exports to value-added products, arguing that the current export model is leaving billions...
Africa Energy Review
SA Instrumentation & Control
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Africa Energy Review Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2025 News The Africa Energy Review 2024 from PwC outlines how the continent’s energy landscape is shifting in response to global trends, local needs and technological...