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Africa needs high-speed connected road network – Akufo-Addo
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 in Washington
AP / Mandel Ngan/Pool
2023-04-27, Joy Online
President Akufo-Addo has charged African regional leaders to continue pursuing the dream of building high-speed road networks that would connect all major cities across...
Search Continues for Hijacked Tanker Missing in Gulf of Guinea
Oil tanker
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2023-04-12, The Maritime Executive
Calls are going out for international assistance as the search continues for a missing product tanker believed hijacked on April 10 in the Gulf of Guinea. Searches of the...
France eyes Ivory Coast after Burkina Faso boots out French troops
French troops deployed in Ivory Coast.
French MoD photo
2023-02-21, Reuters
ABIDJAN/OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 20 (Reuters) - France's defence minister pledged on Monday to boost military support to Ivory Coast, as Paris adjusts its strategy in West...
Record: Ethiopian Airlines Now Has 9 Weekly JFK & Newark Boeing 787 Flights2023-06-08
Simple Flying: Ethiopian Airlines now serves New Jersey and New York nine-weekly, its highest frequency yet. On May 29th, it switched JFK's one-stop from Lomé, Togo, to Abidjan, Cote D'Ivore, reverting to what it had in 2019. ......
Global Forecast-Asia2023-06-08
Brattleboro Reformer: GlobalForecast - Asia as of 13:30 GMT Thursday, June 8, 2023 Minimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and...
Global Forecast-Celsius2023-06-08
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Global Forecast-Fahrenheit2023-06-08
Victoria Advocate: GlobalForecast as of 12:00 GMT Thursday, June 8, 2023 City/Town, Country;Thursday's Weather Condition;Thursday's High Temp (F);Thursday's Low Temp (F);Friday's Weather Condition;Friday's High Temp (F);Friday's Low Temp (F);Friday's WindDirection;Friday's...
Le Phare announces its first promotion in Côte d’Ivoire (CMA CGM SA)2023-06-08
Public Technologies: ) Reading time: 2 min June 08, 2023 Following on from Marseille and Pointe à Pitre, the CMA CGMFoundation's social incubator Le Phare is developing its program in Abidjan. Four startups will benefit from nine months of free support at the premises of ZEBOX...
CMA CGM launches a ZEBOX hub in Abidjan to support innovation and entrepreneurship in West Africa (CMA CGM SA)2023-06-08
Public Technologies: ) Reading time: 4 min June 07, 2023 ZEBOX West Africa becomes the 5th regional hub of the startup accelerator ZEBOX, initiated by CMA CGM 8 startups supported by ZEBOX West Africa, highlighting the entrepreneurial dynamism in West Africa Le Phare - the CMA CGM...
Banking on nutrition: Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group boosts ...2023-06-08
APO: African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) MovementLeadGroup (https://apo-opa.info/3oXCYiH), a...
IVORY COAST : Abidjan puts former Ivorian president's Paris mansion on the market for €150m2023-06-08
Africa Intelligence: One of the most opulent private mansions in Paris is about to change hands. The majestic 3,000m2 neoclassical building at 11 Rue Masseran lies behind high perimeter walls in the chic 7th arrondissement and nestles amid gardens almost three times ......
Banking on nutrition: Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to SUN Movement Lead Group boosts efforts towards a malnutrition-free world by 2030 (African Development Bank Group)2023-06-07
Public Technologies: ) 07-juin-2023 UN Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres (left) and African Development Bank GroupPresident Akinwumi A. Adesina at the 2017 G7 Summit, Taormina, Italy. African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by...
UPL exceeds 2022 cocoa & forests initiative goals, empowering farmers to grow more sustainably, equitably ...2023-06-07
Victoria Advocate: Full 2022 CFI report can be read online at UPL's 2022-2025 action plan can be read online at ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UPL Ltd. (NSE: UPL) (BSE: 512070 (LSEGDR: UPLL) ('UPL'), a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions,...
'Great Antwerp' calls at Hamburg for the first time (Port of Hamburg)2023-06-07
Public Technologies: ) 07 Jun 2023 15:06 Shipping News The modern RoRo vessel of the Grimaldi shipping company docked at the O'Swaldkai terminal of Unikai Lagerei- und Speditionsgesellschaft in the Port of Hamburg in the early hours of Wednesday, 7 June 2023. The 'GreatAntwerp'...
UPL exceeds 2022 cocoa & forests initiative goals, empowering farmers to grow more sustainably, equitably and profitably2023-06-07
PR Newswire: Full 2022 CFI report can be read online at UPL's 2022-2025 action plan can be read online at ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UPL Ltd. (NSE: UPL) (BSE: 512070 (LSEGDR: UPLL) ('UPL'), a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions,...
Balanced PPPs crucial for Africa’s economic transformation2023-06-07
B & FT Online: At the opening ceremony of the 2023 AfricaCEOForum held in Abidjan, key policy chiefs emphasised the importance of balanced public-private partnerships (PPPs) to achieve economic transformation in African nations, including Ghana. Under the theme ‘From...
The most dangerous type of pollution. Will the plan to get rid of it by ...2023-06-07
The Eastern Herald: She called on the United Nations to “do more” to reduce the “plastic pollution disaster”, which has been the focus of World Environment Day 2023 celebrations in Abidjan, which falls every year on June 5. On this occasion, it was stated...