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Infrastructures

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Climat Water and sanitation

Investing in nature for water security: the power of collaboration

  • Naabia Ofosu-Amaah Senior Corporate Advisor of Water The Nature Conservancy
  • Sophie Trémolet Europe Freshwater Director The Nature Conservancy
02 February 2023
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Around the world, the impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt and have become impossible to ignore. Stories of increased drought, more intense storms, and changing rainfall patterns are […]Continue Reading
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Water and sanitation

A model of resilience: Brazil’s leading private sanitation provider

  • Radamés Andrade Casseb PDG (Français) Aegea
08 November 2022
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Thanks to its business model – aligned with ESG principles – Aegea has become the leading private sanitation company in Brazil, servicing 154 cities in 2022 (up from 6 in […]Continue Reading
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Biodiversity Energie

Total’s approach to tackling biodiversity challenges

  • Patricia Mani Group VP Environmental & Societal Expertise Total
  • Steven Dickinson Biodiversity lead in Total’s Environment division Total
14 August 2021
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Back in 2005, Total introduced an ambitious biodiversity protection programme. Today, the Group is committed to protecting the environment at both local level («biodiversity action plans» for new projects, for […]Continue Reading
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Joining in the fight against Covid-19 and diversifying activities: The case of SERMP in Morocco

  • Badre Jaafar Manager SERMP
30 November 2020
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SERMP is a Moroccan aeronautical subcontracting company. Like the entire sector, it is feeling the economic repercussions of the Covid-19 crisis. To both contribute to the national effort and diversify […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Telecoms

What role for the private sector in developing a digital Africa?

  • Jean-Michel Huet Partner BearingPoint
26 June 2017
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The spread of digital technology has been one of the most striking African success stories over the past 15 years and although the public sector has made an important contribution […]Continue Reading
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The African ports sector: focusing on development

  • Proparco
23 May 2017
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Between 2007 and 2017, a staggering USD 50 billion were invested in the African port sector. With growth of 7% a year in maritime traffic of all types, Africa is the focus of […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Growth in containerisation signals a modernisation of African ports

  • Paul Tourret Director ISEMAR
  • Camille Valero maritime law expert ISEMAR
22 May 2017
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Port logistics in Africa are rapidly shifting from conventional transport to containerisation. A number of modernisation projects are under way at existing ports, and new infrastructure is emerging. While Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Extreme urgency : opening up the continent of Africa

  • Christian Gambotti L'Intelligent d'Abidjan
15 May 2017
© Flickr - Dana Smillie / World Bank
PORTS-AIRPORTS-ROADS AND RAILWAYS: LINKING UP DIFFERENT STATES Africa is no longer a chaotic muddle. Its still youthful nation-states have managed to consolidate their identities around national patriotic Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Becoming a “green port” in Africa

  • Véronique Pescatori Project Manager AFD
  • Lionel Franceschini Project Manager (LL.D.) AFD
09 May 2017
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Port authorities have a number of levers at their disposal to pursue a “green port” model: contracting taxation, environmental certification and the adoption of international standards. However, while ports in […]Continue Reading
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Infrastructures Transport

Integrating African ports into international commercial flows: strengths and weaknesses

  • Gilbert Meyer expert on port-related and maritime economics Catram Consultants
02 May 2017
© Jonathan Ernst  / World Bank
Increased containerisation of trade, changing infrastructure and more and more mammoth projects… for the past 20 years, African ports have enjoyed huge momentum. But the obstacles hampering development are Continue Reading
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