Industry Dynamics

For a long time now, potato farmers in the country have been facing numerous challenges such as poor quality seeds, lack of information on crop nutrition programmes, restricted access to finance and unreliable markets.

When we hear the words “local rice farmer”, we might imagine a rural dweller in a straw hat cultivating their crops in a rice paddy. As familiar as this picture might be, the story does not end there.

The African nation of Chad has one of the world’s lowest rates for electricity access, but new investment in renewables is expected to reverse the situation, beginning with a solar plant expected to be fully operational in early 2023.

TEOSS also plans a facility so that lithium batteries from solar products that can’t be repaired are repurposed into battery packs for powering homes, businesses, or other facilities.

MPs on the committee were dismayed to learn how Pinetti, the firm's director, reportedly mortgaged 25 acres of state land in Namanve - given to them to secure a loan from a commercial banks - to set up the coffee processing plant.

Minister of Energy Transition Leila Benali said at a parliament session on Monday that Morocco succeeded for the “first time in its history” to access the international liquefied natural gas.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is set to invest $879 billion in energy projects, a 9% increase from previous valuations of $805 billion.

Mtwara Regional Commissioner Marco Gaguti says a total of 25,000 tonnes of sulphur and 1.5 million litres of liquid inputs have been purchased and the farm inputs would be supplied for free to cashew nuts farmers in the country as per the president's directive.

Morocco leads the African continent in terms of clean energy power plants, along with Egypt and South Africa, according to TAQA Net, a platform specialized in energy markets.