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European recovery instrument NextGenerationEU gets an additional €9bn

European recovery instrument NextGenerationEU gets an additional €9bn
05/17/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission has been very successful in raising an additional €9bn under its NextGenerationEU stimulus instrument, bringing the total amount issued in 2022 alone to €40bn.
Africa, EU, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Johannes Hahn, Member States, Middle East, NextGenerationEU, obligation, United Kingdom

Air Algerie authorized to buy fifteen new aircraft to expand its range

Air Algerie authorized to buy fifteen new aircraft to expand its range
05/10/2022 | Transport
ALGERIA. The Algerian government is going to reinforce the international summer programme of Air Algerie and authorises the national company to acquire fifteen new aircraft.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Africa, Air Algeria, Air France, Airbus, Aissa Bekkai, Algeria, Asia, ASL Airlines, Beijing, British Airways, Covid-19, Dubai, European Union, France, Iberia, ITA Airways, Montreal, Tassili Airlines, Tawfik Khedim, Transavia, Transport, United Kingdom, Volotea, Vueling

Turkey strengthens its investments in Algeria

Turkey strengthens its investments in Algeria
04/21/2022 | Industry
ALGERIA / TURKEY. Turkish direct investments are accelerating in Algeria. According to Mahinur Ozdemir Goktas, they have reached $5 billion (compared to $13.5 billion for China). Invited by Musiad-Algeria, the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen, and the World Turkish Business...
Adrar, Africa, Algeria, Algerian-Turkish Businessmen Economic Forum, Algiers, Arzew, cotton, DTIK, Erdogan, Erhan Cecen, industry, leather, Mahinur Ozdemir Goktas, Musiad, Musiad-Algeria, Okay Tosyali, Oran, Relizane, Sidi Khettab, steel, Tayal, textile, Turkey, World Turkish Business Council

The three Maghreb countries are candidates to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

The three Maghreb countries are candidates to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency
04/13/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. With the candidature of Tunisia, it is from now on the three Maghreb countries which want to shelter the permanent seat of the future African Agency of Medicines.
Addis Ababa, Africa, African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Medicines Agency, African pharmaceutical industry, African Union, Aggrey John Douglas Amabali, Algeria, Ali M'Rabet, AMA, Arab International Bank of Tunisia, AU, BIAT, Cameroon, DC Africa, Egypt, Goldstein Market Intelligence, Khaled Laouiti, Libya, Maghreb, medical, medicine, Mohamed Arrouchi, Morocco, pharmaceutical industry, Pierre Behnam, Pierre Fabre, Pierre Fabre Laboratories Complex, RECs, Regional Economic Communities, Senegal, Tunis, Tunisia, UNECA, WADA headquarters, WHO, World Health Organisation

Voltalia to build its first floating solar power plant project in Portugal

Voltalia to build its first floating solar power plant project in Portugal
04/07/2022 | Environment
PORTUGAL / FRANCE. The French renewable energy company Voltalia has won a tender in Portugal to build a floating solar power plant near the Cabril dam.
Africa, Algarve, Cabril, Europe, floating solar power plant, France, Global Solar Hub, Helexia, Lisbon, Morgado do Agre, Mulliez Family Association, Porto, Portugal, Portuguese Ministry of Energy and Environment, renewable energy, Sertã, Sébastien Clerc

Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022

Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022
03/31/2022 | Services
MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix-Marseille-Provence and the Africalink network of entrepreneurs, the Afric'Agora project is going to be created in Marseille to welcome African companies and encourage their relations with their French counterparts. Frédéric Ronal, its promoter within the CCIAMP, tells us about it.
Afric' Agora, Africa, Africa Data, Africalink, Bouches-du-Rhône, Brussels, Canebière, CCIAMP, Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Aix Marseille Provence, conciergerie économique, Europe, France, Frédéric Ronal, Gardanne, Hichem El Merini, Maghreb, Marseille, Mediterranean, Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, netsystem, Numeum, Olivier Cazzulo, Panayotis Liolios, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Tunisia, Union pour les entreprises des Bouches-du-Rhône, UPE13, World Bank, Yves Delafon

Africa calls for a fair partnership with Europe

Africa calls for a fair partnership with Europe
03/17/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA/EU. In Marseilles, the Europe-Africa Forum highlighted the development opportunities of the African continent for European companies, but also the new "win/win" state of mind necessary to conquer these markets.
Africa, Aminata Touré, Carlos Lopes, CIAN, Emmanuel Macron, Enabel, EU, Europe, Europe-Africa Forum, European Union, Franck Riester, French Council of Investors in Africa, French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Jean Van Wetter, La Tribune, Marseilel, MBA, Mentoring for business in Africa, PFUE, Relance Export Tour Afrique, Senegal, Étienne Giros

European universities are concretising their cooperation with their African counterparts

European universities are concretising their cooperation with their African counterparts
03/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU / AFRICA. Gathered in Marseilles, the ten European universities of the Civis alliance and six African universities signed a partnership to better cooperate, to develop together educational activities answering the world challenges and to support the mobility of the students.
Africa, African Union, Aix-Marseille University, AMU, Annemie Schaus, AU, Autonomous University of Madrid, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Civis, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, EU, EU-AU, EUFP, EUI, Europe, Europe-Africa Partnership, European Civic University, European Union, European Universities Initiative, French Presidency of the European Union, Hassan II University of Casablanca, higher education, Makerere University, Marseille, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mozambique, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Palais du Pharo, Rachel Sandison, Sapienza University of Rome, Senegal, South Africa, student mobility, Tunisia, Uganda, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, University of Bucharest, University of Glasgow, University of Sfax, University of Stockholm, University of the Witwatersrand, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Syria and Algeria the only Mediterranean countries not to vote against the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Syria and Algeria the only Mediterranean countries not to vote against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
03/03/2022 | Society / Institutions
SYRIA / ALGERIA. The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution denouncing Russian aggression in Ukraine. Syria voted against, Algeria abstained and Morocco did not participate in the vote.
Abdel Nasser, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Africa, Algeria, Bashar al-Assad, conflict, corn, Egypt, EU, European Union, G7, hydrocarbons, Mena, Middle East, Morocco, Moscow, Nato, Russia, Sonatrach, Syria, Ukraine, UN Charter, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, wheat

Marseille wants to become the advanced base for exports to Africa for Europe and France

Marseille wants to become the advanced base for exports to Africa for Europe and France
02/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
FRANCE / AFRICA. The event "Relance Export Tour Afrique" in Marseille had for ambition to present to the French entrepreneurs and of the diasporas the tools placed at their disposal to help them in their step towards the African continent. It resulted in a mentoring programme.
Advens Géocoton, Africa, Africalink, Axel Baroux, Bouches-du-Rhône, Bpifrance, Business France, Didier Parakian, Europe, export, Franck Riester, Karim Ait Talb, Marseille, MBA, Mediterranean, mentoring for business in Africa, Montpellier, Métropole Aix Marseille Provence, New Africa-France Summit, Pedro Novo, Relance Export Tour Afrique, Renaud Muselier, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Station A, Team France Export Région Sud, Yves Delafon

TRIGGER measures perception of EU actions in Africa

TRIGGER measures perception of EU actions in Africa
02/15/2022 | Development models in Mediterranean
During a webinar organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association, several experts questioned whether the EU remained a relevant contributor to supporting development policy on the continent. Version française
Africa, Andrea Renda, Belgium, Brussels, Centre for European Policy, CEPS, Covid-19, Domenico Rosa, Emanes, Emea, EU, EU-African Union summit, Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association, Euro-Mediterranean Network of Economic Studies, Europe, European Commission, European Union, GRID, Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng, Luxembourg, Moubarak Lô, North Africa, Rym Ayadi, Senegal, Trends in global governance and Europe's role, Trigger

The EU releases €1.6 billion to support the green and digital transition in Morocco

The EU releases €1.6 billion to support the green and digital transition in Morocco
02/10/2022 | Environment
MOROCCO / EU. As part of its new Global Gateway strategy launched in December 2021, the European Union will invest €1.6 billion in the green and digital transition in Morocco.
Africa, Aziz Akhannouch, Belt and Road, climate, digital, EBRD, education, EIB, energy, environment, EU, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, European Union, Global Gateway, green transition, health, Morocco, renewable energy, research, Silk Road, sustainable development, transport, Ursula von der Leyen

Zeineb Messaoud: "Tunisian start-ups need know-how and capital"

Zeineb Messaoud: "Tunisian start-ups need know-how and capital"
12/17/2021 | Services
In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info during the Emerging Valley event (Marseille, 14 December 2021), Zeineb Messaoud, executive director of The Dot, a digital innovation hub in Tunis, discusses the recent history of start-up development in Tunisia and highlights the ambition of her newly created structure.
Africa, Anava, ELIFE, Emerging Valley, EU-Africa Summit, Expensya, Expertise France, Fondation Tunisie pour le Développement, GIZ, Innov'i, innovation, InstaDeep, Les Berges du Lac, start-up, Start-up Act, The Dot, Tunis, Tunisia, Zeineb Messaoud

Accélérateur M and Connect Innov pool support for start-ups

Accélérateur M and Connect Innov pool support for start-ups
12/16/2021 | Services
FRANCE / TUNISIA. The Marseilles-based Accélérateur M and the Tunisian Connect Innov unveil their desire to join forces to pool their start-up support services on both sides of the Mediterranean.
Accelerator M, Africa, Agence Française de Développement, Connect Innov, Emerging Valley, Europe, Expertise France, France, Franck Araujo, HealthTech, Hichem Radoine, innovation, Marseille, Mediterranean, service, Sommet des Deux Rives, start-up, Tunis, Tunisia, Wafa B'chir

"Marseille plays an accelerating role in the co-construction of a shared destiny between Europe and Africa"

"Marseille plays an accelerating role in the co-construction of a shared destiny between Europe and Africa"
12/16/2021 | Services
MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. The fifth edition of Emerging Valley brought together, on Tuesday 14 December 2021 in Marseille, the European, Mediterranean and African ecosystem of innovation. The founder of this event, Samir Abdelkrim, talks to econostrum.info about the evolution of start-ups on the African continent over the years.
Africa, Chad, Economy, Emerging Valley, EU-Africa summit, Europe, European Commission, Felix Adom, Franck Riester, Ivory Coast, Lydie Beassemda, Maria Christina Russo, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Samir Abdelkrim, start-up, Taleb Ould Sid'Ahmed, tech

Western Balkans and Africa at the heart of the French EU Presidency agenda

Western Balkans and Africa at the heart of the French EU Presidency agenda
12/09/2021 | Society / Institutions
EU. Emmanuel Macron defined the agenda of the presidency of the Council of the European Union that France will take over on 1 January 2022 for six months with the Western Balkans and Africa as priorities.
Africa, Brussels, Clément Beaune, Emmanuel Macron, EU Africa Summit, EU Western Balkans Summit, EUFP, Europe, European Union, two euro coin

Tunisia will enter the Top 10 of the most indebted African countries

Tunisia will enter the Top 10 of the most indebted African countries
10/28/2021 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. According to a report of the Center of Study and Reflection on the French-speaking world, two Mediterranean countries, Egypt and Tunisia, should appear among the ten most indebted States of Africa at the end of 2021.
Africa, Centre d'Etude et de réflexion sur le monde francophone, CERMF, economy of Africa, indebtedness, Mediterranean, public debt, Sudan Egypt, Tunisia

Sousse gives way to Dakar to host the World Social Economy Forum in 2023

Sousse gives way to Dakar to host the World Social Economy Forum in 2023
10/07/2021 | Society / Institutions
WORLD. The city of Sousse (150 km south of Tunis in the Gulf of Hammamet) will not host the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) in 2023. Dakar, the only competitor to host this biennial event, has been awarded the organisation and management of the event. According to our information, the third...
Africa, Barcelona, Bilbao, blue solidarity economy, Bordeaux, DarESS, EBS, Global Social Economy Forum, GSEF, Hammamet, iesMed, Imen Ouardani, Laurence Kwark, Mexico, Mohamed Ikbel Khaled, Montreal, Senegal, Seoul, social and solidarity economy, Sousse, SSE, Tunis, Tunisia, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean

Antoine Viallet: "We must base our relations with the African continent on reciprocity"

Antoine Viallet: "We must base our relations with the African continent on reciprocity"
10/05/2021 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. Past-president of the Real Estate Club Marseille-Provence, vice-president of the Marseillais de l'Immobilier en Afrique (MIA'S) and member of the Africalink network, Antoine Viallet animated the 14th Real Estate Day under the theme 'Marseille Hub of Africa'. For econostrum.info, he reminds us of the importance of forging strong links with this continent.
Abidjan, Africa, Africalink, Algeria, Alteo, Antoine Viallet, Baobab Village, Bouches-du-Rhône, Cameroon, CIDAO, Club de l'immobilier Marseille Provence, Club immobilier Dakar Afrique de l'Ouest, Dakar, Fabrice Alimi, Gardanne, Les Marseillais de l'Immobilier, Maghreb, Marseilles, Marseilles Hub for Africa, MIA'S, Morocco, Provence, real estate, Senegal, UMS, United Mining Supply

Emerging Mediterranean honours five start-ups from the Southern Mediterranean

Emerging Mediterranean honours five start-ups from the Southern Mediterranean
09/08/2021 | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean has selected the five finalist start-ups, one per country, of its acceleration programme.
AFD, Africa, Al Diagnosis Vision, Aladdin Elsgier, Algeria, Amira Irmal, Bootcamp des deux rives, Dawrrat, Emerging Valley, Europe, French Development Agency, Lamiae Benmakhlouf, Libya, Mama Diagana, Mariem Faghraoui, Mariem Kane, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mounia Attiga, MTC, Neolli, Neotic, Rym Jarou, Samir Abdelkrim, Saoussen Ayari, Social & Inclusive Business Camp, Souheil Guessoum, Startupbric, Tech for Good en Méditerranée, Tunisia

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