Brady Corporations new ISO 7010 safety signs aim to highly increase safety in dark places, reflecting twice as much light when lit with a torch or vehicle headlights and can be used both in- and outdoors
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ECOWAS endorses Adesina for second term as AfDB president
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina for a second term at the helm of the institution
AfDB approves US$21.783mn to scale up solar-powered irrigation in Sudan
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) has approved a grant to the government of Sudan to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps in the country’s West Kordofan and North Kordofan states
Total and Sonangol to develop retail operations in Angola
Total has announced the closing of the agreement signed on 21 December 2018 with national oil company Sonangol to develop petroleum product retail operations in Angola
APICORP supports development of Algeria’s energy sector
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) has agreed to two loan facilities worth a combined US$250mn with Sonatrach Petroleum Investment Corporation (SPIC), a subsidiary of Sonatrach International Holding Corporation owned by Sonatrach, the Algerian state-owned national oil company