Tag: Senegal

Africa launches first electric BRT Jan 2024
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Africa launches first electric BRT Jan 2024

Residents of Senegal’s major city, Dakar, are expected to ride on Africa’s first all-electric Bus Rapid Transit buses by January 2024. According to The Times, Dakar Mobilité, operating under a PPP agreement with the Senegalese government to manage the infrastructure component of the all-electric BRT network, received 121 large-capacity electric vehicles from Chinese manufacturer CRRC […]

TikTok launches feature for quality sleep amid lawsuits
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Senegal gives conditions to lift TikTok ban

Senegalese officials on Thursday, refused to lift a ban on the social media app TikTok because they wanted the firm to sign a contract that would enable the development of a system to delete accounts. According to Communications Minister Moussa Bocar Thiam, “For the time being, the restriction is being maintained pending the conclusion of […]

TikTok reassigns senior executive team
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Senegal bans TikTok

The Senegalese government on Wednesday, stopped access to the social media app TikTok. This comes as the government tightened its crackdown on dissent days after dissolving the main opposition party and imprisoning its head. “The TikTok application is the social network favoured by people with bad intentions to spread hateful and subversive messages,” Senegalese government […]

AFDB approves €29 million infrastructural fund for Senegal 
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AFDB approves €29 million infrastructural fund for Senegal 

The African Development Bank approved a total of €29 million for improvements to the road and transport network linking six Senegalese municipalities. As obtained via the official website of the organization, the loan, which was approved on the 20th of September, 2022, is meant to support the construction of 28 kilometres of urban roads in […]

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Nigeria, 10 ECOWAS countries in debt distress – Report

A new report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa has disclosed that Nigeria and 10 other Economic Community of West African States countries are currently in debt distress based on debt sustainability analysis. The 10 other countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea […]

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