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African Energy Chamber (AEC) Reaffirms Support For West African Energy Summit (WAES) 2025 Delegation Heads To Aberdeen
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( ) – the leading voice of Africa's energy industry – is proud to reaffirm its support for the West African Energy Summit (WAES), scheduled for November 18-19, 2025, in Aberdeen, Scotland. In...
BP's Market Gains Outpace Its Industry: What it Means for Investors
Yahoo News
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Shares of BP plc BP have gained 13.8% in the past six months, outperforming the oil-energy sector’s gain of 9.8%. The company has a market capitalization of $9.3 billion. BP also outpaced its energy peers, Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM, which has...
Wakanda Never: Akon’s Futuristic City Dream Project, Worth $6 Billion, Ditched By Senegal
News18
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July 5, 2025
Last Updated:July 05, 2025, 19:52 IST Akon who was born in the US but partly raised in Senegal, announced in 2018 to develop a tech-driven, eco-friendly utopia for the global Black community. Phase one alone was to include a hospital, a shopping...
Akon’s $6 billion ‘Wakanda’ city dream project abandoned by Senegal
The Times of India
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July 5, 2025
Wakanda, the dazzling, ultra-advanced African kingdom from Marvel’s Black Panther, captured the world’s imagination with its soaring skyscrapers, clean energy, and revolutionary technology. Among its many admirers was global pop star Akon, who set...
Senegal ditches Akon's 'unrealistic' city project
Africanews
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July 4, 2025
Touted as a high-tech utopia powered by renewable energy and bankrolled by its own cryptocurrency, Akon City was ambitious as it was daring. Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek modern infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew...
Mass Drug Administration Reduces Malaria Incidence but Requires Sustained Effort in Southeast Senegal
ContagionLive
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Malaria elimination progress in Africa has stalled despite scale-up of standard control interventions. Mass drug administration (MDA) shows promise for reducing transmission, but evidence is limited for low-to-moderate transmission settings. To...
Akon’s futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped, and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. “The Akon City project no longer exists,” Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal’s...
The bulk of Senegal's mango harvest arrives on the market
Fresh Plaza
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July 4, 2025
The bulk of Senegalese mango production, namely that from the Niayes region, is arriving on the international market. The season is shaping up to be significantly better than last year's, according to several growers, including Mohamed Mbengue...
Akon's futuristic $6 billion city project in Senegal abandoned - Reports
GhanaWeb
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July 4, 2025
Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. "The Akon City project no longer exists," Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal's...
Daimler, partners with Senegal and GTS to establish local truck assembly plant
Just Auto
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July 4, 2025
Daimler Truck has partnered with the government of Senegal and Global Truck Systems (GTS) to establish a truck assembly plant in the country. The collaboration, formalised through a letter of intent, will see Daimler Truck provide vehicle...
Akon's futuristic $6billion city in Senegal 'has been SCRAPPED' and will be swapped for 'a realistic project'
Daily Mail
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July 4, 2025
Akon's grand plans to build a £4.3 billion futuristic city in Senegal have officially been scrapped five years after the singer promised to turn a remote stretch of West African coastline into a real-life Wakanda. The Senegalese government has...
Akon's futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned, BBC told
BBC
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Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan GriffinBBC News ShareSave Some compared the designs to the awe-inspiring fictional city of Wakanda Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will...
Senegal’s top court upholds PM’s defamation conviction
African Insider
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July 3, 2025
Dakar – Senegal’s Supreme Court has upheld a defamation conviction against Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, validating a verdict which had prevented him from running for president in the country’s last election. The top court had already in January...
Letter of Intent signed: Daimler Truck becomes partner for vehicle assembly in Senegal
Automotive World
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July 3, 2025
Daimler Truck supports the Government of Senegal and its partner Global Truck Systems in setting up a truck assembly plant in Senegal Daimler Truck has signed a letter of intent on locally assembled trucks together with the government of the...
Suzuki By CFAO GM dedicates transport awards to loyal customers
The Sun Nigeria
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July 6, 2025
By Moses Akaigwe Mrs. Aissatou Diouf, general manager of Suzuki By CFAO, has expressed delight over her recent “Distinguished Auto Personality of the Year Award’” and the “Mini Bus of the Year Award” given to the Suzuki Eeco at the last Nigeria...
China and Senegal reaffirm solidarity
Friends of Socialist China
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July 3, 2025
Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko met separately in Beijing on June 27 with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Sonko was visiting China to attend the 2025 ‘Summer Davos’ in Tianjin. Xi said that last September, he co-chaired...
Daimler Truck Plans Senegal Assembly Plant in Tripartite Deal
News Ghana
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July 3, 2025
Daimler Truck has signed a Letter of Intent with Senegal’s government and Global Truck Systems (GTS) to establish a truck assembly facility near Dakar, targeting production start in 2026. The agreement designates Daimler as exclusive supplier of...
Maersk, Saudi Post Company to boost eCommerce logistics
Port Technology International
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July 3, 2025
A.P. Moller – Maersk Saudi Arabia (Maersk) and Saudi Post Company (SPL) have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost eCommerce logistics in Saudi Arabia and the broader GCC region. The partnership merges Saudi Post’s...
Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of...
Senegal Begin Preparation for CHAN 2024
Prompt News Online
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July 1, 2025
Defending champions Senegal have started preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The players, and their officials converged at the at the Jules François Bocandé Technical Development Centre in Toubab Dialaw on Monday. “The...