LOUKIL Bassem, Sfax-born Tunisian businessman, is CEO of UADH/LOUKIL Group (35 companies, 4,300 employees across automotive, tech, industry, services). Georgia State BBA & MBA holder, he presides over the Tunisian African Business Council.
A Nairobi-based green mobility company on Wednesday unveiled an electric bus its inventors hope will encourage environmentally friendly commuting in a city where smog-belching minivans are a far more familiar sight. The brightly painted bus pulled out into the notorious morning traffic in the city of nearly five million, which
Elon Musk’s Space X will be launching the first of 7 South African-made microsatellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida at the end of the year. The EOS SAT-1 satellite was only recently completed and will leave Stellenbosch, South Africa for the US in the coming weeks. When completed, all 7
While all diamonds are mined from mother earth, not all diamonds are created equal. The most expensive however come from the African continent. Over the years, African diamonds have both mesmerized gemologists and continued to shatter price records. Below are 5 of the most precious stones extracted in Africa; 1.
The president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has urged women to have fewer babies. She made the call for women to consider birth control measures over concerns about the high birth rate in the country. Speaking on the baby boom experienced in the country, the leader who assumed office in
Public venues such as bars, nightclubs, and places of worship will be closed, and a curfew will be imposed in Mubende and nearby Kassanda due to a spike in infections. 19 out of 58 registered cases have died. However, the actual number of deaths and infections may be underrepresented. The
Over recent months, the law relating to bail in Uganda has been one of those that are catching the interest of the Ugandans. Many Ugandans today are uncertain of what entails bail thus many have been made to either think bail is a mandatory reward by the court upon application
There has been an enormous concern about the number of coups in the African continent in the last few years. But it appears there is a new concern that seems to link Russia to these coups. Is Russia truly behind the recent coups in Africa? Critics and observers alike were
The U.S. Government has warned Burkina Faso's military junta about the "destabilizing impact" of the Wagner Group following last week's new coup d'état in the African country, which has been suffering from a serious deterioration of the security situation for years.
According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), Africa is experiencing a severe lack of climate finance and is losing 5% to 15% of its per capita economic growth as a result of climate change. African countries have been disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change, which have exacerbated droughts,
Africa’s first green hydrogen power plant will begin to generate electricity in 2024. The plant is based in Namibia and is being built by a French independent power producer HDF Energy. The director of HDF Energy for Southern Africa, Nicolas Lecomte, recently stated that "We can produce 142
Uganda has paid the Democratic Republic of Congo $65 million in reparations for the invasion and looting by Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) that took place more than two decades ago. This was put to public by the DRC Justice Minister Rose Mutombo in an announcement made on Saturday.
Morocco will become the second country in Africa to introduce a policy that will allow women to take menstrual leave. Despite being extremely divisive, the policy is gradually gaining support on a global scale, with early adopters acknowledging how difficult it is for women to be at work while suffering
South African prosecutors have arrested several former executives at public logistics company Transnet, which is at the centre of a high-profile investigation into corruption during Jacob Zuma’s tenure as president. On Monday, South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Transnet’s former chief executive officer Brian Molefe and
An unexpected ban on hookah smoking in this West African country has stirred surprise as well as division, leaving devotees dismayed but health advocates jubilant. Bars where small groups of smokers primarily young men hang out to chat and puff on water pipes have flourished in the capital Bamako in
Social media was set ablaze on Thursday after news surfaced that a woman could be sentenced to 2 years in prison for ‘indecent dressing’ in Kigali, Rwanda. Lilliane Mugabekazi, the 24-year-old defendant, attended Tayc’s music concert in a sheer net dress on July 30. However, she was not arrested
After talks with Morocco, Peru has cut all diplomatic ties with the Western Sahara area. The President of the South American nation made the announcement yesterday through the country’s foreign ministry in a communiqué made available to the public. The decision to cut ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic
