Egyptian prop-tech startup Partment, which providers diverse second home co-ownership opportunities, has expanded to Greece following a five-fold increase in market size within a year in Egypt. Through a digital platform and smart booking system, the startup enables users to co-own second homes at a fraction of the price, while providing an end-to-end property management service, optimising property utilisation. Partment aims to continue its global vision by entering Greece, a sought-after destination for real estate investment and recreation. “We have thoroughly researched the Greek real estate market and are confident that our innovative platform will cater to the growing demand for flexible and sustainable investment models. This collaboration marks a new era of opportunities in the Greek real estate market,” said Ahmed Abbassi, founder of Greca Homes.

The race towards securing a place in the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024 will be concluded on this week, with some crucial fixtures set to take place in different parts of the continent. Defending champions, South Africa have it all to do against Burkina Faso at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in the nation’s capital after being held to a 1-1 draw away from home. On Tuesday, a total of nine matches will take place with one of the key encounters being that of Kenya travelling to Botswana following their 1-1 draw in the first leg. Equatorial Guinea also travel to DR Congo after they too were held to a 1-1 draw to set up what will be an action packed return leg. Looking at Namibia, they will have a very steep mountain to climb when facing Ghana who edged overcame them 3-1 in the first leg.

Tanzanian startup LyfPlus is offering affordable and convenient telemedicine services through its proprietary platform, working with specialist doctors and health facilities. “Additionally, regional disparities where most specialist services are offered by referral hospitals in big cities, causes patients to travel an average distance of 80 kilometres to access those services,” Mduma said. Solving the problem, the LyfPlus mobile and web platform integrates virtual physician consultation, medical testing and e-prescription, allowing patients to access essential health services instantly and conveniently. Launched in 2019, LyfPlus has so far onboarded around 200 specialist doctors and 40 health facilities across Tanzania. “With us, patients spend less than four minutes to book specialist appointments virtually, and spend US$20 less the cost of physician consultation.

Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is thrilled to announce a transformative change in its approach to partnership engagement. The goal was to transform the overall customer experience associated with Canon products, before, after, and during their interactions. The insightful discussions, valuable insights, and collaborative efforts that emerged during this event exceeded our expectations,” stated Somesh Adukia, Managing Director of Canon Central and North Africa. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA). Media enquiries, please contact:Canon Central and North AfricaMai Youssefe. Mai.youssef@canon-me.comAPO Group – PR AgencyRania ElRafiee. Rania.ElRafie@apo-opa.comAbout Canon Central and North Africa:Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) (Canon-CNA.com) is a division within Canon Middle East FZ LLC (CME), a subsidiary of Canon Europe.

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Oluwatoyin Abegunde, regional commercial development executive for Aeroderivative Turbines in Sub-Sahara Africa at GE Vernova, spoke to ESI Africa about the role of women in the energy transition. She emphasised the direct impact the lack of access to energy has on women and thus indirectly on all of society. Find out more about the role of women in energy.

DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), has hired Isaac Meek as a Cyber Senior Underwriter. Isaac Meek, Senior Cyber Underwriter, Markel DubaiIn his new post, Meek will work closely with Priyesh Pradhan, Professional and Financial Risk (PFR) Senior Underwriter at Markel India, to drive the growth of Markel's cyber offering in MENA and the broader Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Prior to joining Markel, Meek worked for the American Insurance Group (AIG) where he started out as an Assistant Underwriter, before being promoted to Underwriter in 2021. Meek will be situated at Markel's Dubai office, reporting to Max Robbie, Senior Executive Officer at Markel Dubai. "With his wealth of experience, Isaac will help us to identify new territories and geographies to drive profitable growth for the cyber portfolio, with the support of our established cyber underwriting teams in India and Singapore.

A recent investigation has shown that Saudi Arabia has plans to artificially raise global oil demand, creating a whole host of moral questions about the future of global energy. Saudi Arabia also plans to increase the number of combustion engine vehicles in the Asian and African markets to drive up fuel demand. Saudi Arabia has hardly hidden the fact that it intends to continue pumping crude for as long as possible, so long as the global demand is there. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia expects to maintain that level of production if demand permits. Despite the clear ambitions of Saudi Arabia and OPEC to maintain, or even increase, oil output – so long as the demand is there – the recent phrasing of ‘artificially’ creating oil demand has drawn criticism.

Police officers work at the scene of the knife attack near Bir Hakeim bridge in Paris on Sunday. PAOLONI JEREMY/NEWSCOMFrench President Emmanuel Macron says anti-terror authorities are investigating an attack near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday night that left a 23-year-old German-Fillipino tourist dead and two others, a 60-year-old French national and a 66-year-old Briton, injured. Prosecutors later named him as Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, a French national born in 1997 to Iranian parents. When arrested, he also reportedly told police that France was being "an accomplice to what Israel is doing" in the conflict in Gaza. "We will cede nothing in the face of terrorism," added France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.

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Morocco produced 1.2 million tonnes of durum in 2023-24, according to the International Grains Council. Algeria harvested 1.9 million tonnes, down from 2.2 million the previous year, while Tunisia produced 500,000 tonnes, less than half of the 1.1 million taken off in 2022-23. There were also reports that Canada has exported two million tonnes of durum to China, according to Chinese customs data. However, Chinese state-run food company COFCO Group said it has imported durum for the first time for processing into flour, according to Reuters. “This direct import of durum wheat has enriched the structure of China’s imported wheat varieties, facilitated the extension of COFCO’s products upstream and further improved COFCO’s … full industry chain model,” the company said in a statement.

South Africa’s Sekhukhune United secured their first-ever TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup group stage win in the closing matches of the competition’s Match Day 2 fixtures on Sunday, 03 December. The result was a great comeback from last weekend’s 2-0 defeat against former champions, RS Berkane in Morocco. First half goals by Kamohelo Sithole as well as veteran defender, Daniel Cardoso were enough to secure the confidence boosting win for the tournament debutants. Meanwhile in a simultaneous fixture, Super Olympien d’une Afrique Renaissante (SOAR) were crushed 4-0 by former champions, Zamalek who were away this time. The away victory gives Zamalek their second win of the group and results in them occupying the summit of Group B.

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Nabeel Albloushi, head of Markets & Securities Services in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkiye (MENAT) region at HSBC. HSBC has named Nabeel Albloushi as head of Markets & Securities Services in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkiye (MENAT) region. As a core member of HSBC’s regional leadership team, Albloushi will help to execute HSBC’s growth strategy in MENAT, leveraging the bank’s competitive strengths in capital financing and complex solutions to support clients who wish to invest and expand internationally. Since 2015, Albloushi has led the successful development of HSBC’s regional corporate sales platform and increased MENAT connectivity across key business and investment corridors. Stephen Moss, regional chief executive of HSBC in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkiye (MENAT), said: “Nabeel’s long experience, deep market knowledge and strong client relationships that have been built with distinction over 27 years with HSBC, are qualities that will help drive a new phase of growth in our markets and securities services business, particularly in leveraging the competitive advantage of our international network for our clients to connect them to opportunities across key investment corridors, especially the fast-growing business corridor between MENAT and Asia.”Antoine Maurel, head of Markets and Securities Services for both Europe & MENAT, added: “Thanks to his successful leadership of our markets and securities services business in the UAE, in addition to other roles, Nabeel has developed and maintained strong relationships with exchanges and regulators in the region and with clients across multiple sectors.”Commenting on his new role, Albloushi said: “With HSBC’s long heritage in the region and its international footprint, I look forward to connecting corporates and clients to a global network of capital and capabilities, to providing them with bespoke solutions in financing and digital foreign exchange flows, and to opening them up to a world of opportunity across markets in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.”