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Vox Telecom a obtenu un crédit pour étendre son réseau de fibre optique

Vox Telecom a obtenu un crédit pour étendre son réseau de fibre optique

(Agence Ecofin) – Devenir un fournisseur de connectivité de référence en Afrique du Sud est l’ambition que s’est fixée Vox Telecom depuis 2019. La société veut capitaliser à cet effet sur la demande croissante du…

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Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai’s crown with HQ ultimatum By Reuters

Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai’s crown with HQ ultimatum By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia holds its fourth annual Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh 2/3 By Marwa Rashad, Davide Barbuscia and Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has ratcheted up the…

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Philadelphia refinery cleanup highlights toxic legacy of fossil fuels By Reuters

Philadelphia refinery cleanup highlights toxic legacy of fossil fuels By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. A century of spills: Philadephia refinery cleanup shows oil industry’s lasting imprint 2/2 By Laila Kearney and Valerie Volcovici PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks,…

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What gives billionaires like Musk and Abramovich such a massive carbon footprint

What gives billionaires like Musk and Abramovich such a massive carbon footprint

Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos have been vying for the world’s richest person ranking all year after the former’s wealth soared a staggering US$160 billion in 2020, putting him briefly in the top…

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Five principles that should guide future DNA ‘editing’ in South Africa

Five principles that should guide future DNA ‘editing’ in South Africa

In recent years there have been several major innovations in genetics. One prominent example is CRISPR-Cas9, a novel biotechnology derived from bacteria that could be used to make precise changes to specific locations in the…

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Le sud-africain Standard Bank envisage d’augmenter ses parts au sein de sa filiale angolaise

Le sud-africain Standard Bank envisage d’augmenter ses parts au sein de sa filiale angolaise

(Agence Ecofin) – Après la séquence de 2018, année au cours de laquelle Standard Bank Group a renforcé ses parts dans ses filiales au Kenya et au Nigeria, le groupe financier cible une nouvelle filiale…

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Le numérique, un axe prioritaire de la stratégie de coopération 2020-2030 de l’Estonie en Afrique

Le numérique, un axe prioritaire de la stratégie de coopération 2020-2030 de l’Estonie en Afrique

(Agence Ecofin) – Les pays d’Afrique ont compris l’intérêt du numérique durant la crise de Covid-19. Plusieurs ont d’ailleurs pris l’engagement d’accélérer leur transformation dès 2021. Une aubaine pour l’Estonie, l’un des champions mondiaux du…

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IMF Global Financial Stability Report

IMF Global Financial Stability Report

The IMF sees the global economy in a ‘synchronized downswing’ and financial markets need to act now to head off the growing risk, the Fund’s Financial Counselor Tobias Adrian says ahead of the launch of…

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BOJ’s Kuroda says stock boom reflects economic optimism, defends ETF scheme By Reuters

BOJ’s Kuroda says stock boom reflects economic optimism, defends ETF scheme By Reuters

© Reuters. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the…

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Oil Holds Above $60 With Cold Snap Disrupting American Supply By Bloomberg

Oil Holds Above $60 With Cold Snap Disrupting American Supply By Bloomberg

© Reuters. Oil Holds Above $60 With Cold Snap Disrupting American Supply (Bloomberg) — Oil traded near a 13-month high as electricity blackouts caused by freezing weather in Texas disrupted flows from the biggest U.S.…

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