Daily Archives: 4th August 2026

Nigeria has approved a $4.5 billion refinancing of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s flagship oil-backed financing facility, unlocking $3 billion in fresh funding while reducing the volume of crude committed to servicing the debt in a move expected to strengthen the finances of Africa’s largest oil-producing nation. Nigeria has approved a $4.5 billion…

Morocco is set to build Africa’s second large-scale waste-to-energy plant, a $1.5 billion project designed to turn millions of tons of household waste into electricity while tackling one of the country’s biggest landfill pollution problems. Morocco will construct Africa’s second major waste-to-energy plant in Casablanca, costing $1.5 billion. The facility, led by a Swiss-Japanese consortium,…

In recent weeks, relations between Morocco and the United States have transcended standard national interests, developing into somewhat of a formal friendship between the leaders of the two nations, King Mohammed VI of Morocco and U.S. President Donald Trump. King Mohammed VI of Morocco recently, via a letter, confirmed that he has named the 1,055-kilometre…