Neil Ford

4 days ago | magazinedelafrique.com | Neil Ford

L’Égypte et le Maroc dominent le classement des grandes entreprises cotées en Afrique du Nord, Attijariwafa bank en tête. Notre classement des vingt plus grandes entreprises cotées en Bourse, en Afrique du Nord, a toujours été dominé par un duopole, l’Égypte et le Maroc occupant les premières places. Une fois de plus, aucune entreprise des trois autres pays d’Afrique du Nord n’est suffisamment importante pour figurer dans ce classement.

4 days ago | magazinedelafrique.com | Neil Ford

Notre classement des 250 premières entreprises africaines à fin mars 2025 affiche une reprise significative des valeurs boursières, mais en deçà des plus hauts. Cette année, la valeur des plus grandes entreprises africaines s’est partiellement redressée, mais leur capitalisation boursière reste bien inférieure à ce qu’elle était il y a dix ans.

1 week ago | african.business | Neil Ford

This year has seen a partial recovery in the value of Africa’s biggest companies – but market capitalisations are still a lot lower than they were a decade ago (see below for full list). The fluctuating value of African currencies is partly to blame, as is the retreat of international investors from frontier markets because of uncertainty stemming first from the Covid-19 pandemic, then from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and now the ongoing trade war.

2 weeks ago | reutersevents.com | Neil Ford

Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) is seen as a key tool to reduce carbon emissions from industrial operations and power plants, but making the leap to larger commercial projects is proving challenging. CCUS allows CO2 to be captured from burning fossil fuels and either stored or utilised in other industrial processes. Carbon capture technology is particularly useful in hard-to-abate sectors, such as cement, steel and chemical production.

3 weeks ago | reutersevents.com | Neil Ford

While the fate of DOE funding for renewable energy projects remains uncertain under President Donald Trump, the reissue of a nuclear tender on March 24 indicates that the new administration will back the rollout of advanced reactor technology. The solicitation is part of federal efforts to unleash a "nuclear energy renaissance” to meet rising power demand from large load customers, including data centers, the DOE said.