Algeria promises it’s making headway on a solar components facility: Algeria’s announced that it will inaugurate “soon” a facility that will produce components for solar plants, Algeria’s Press Agency said in a statement yesterday. The facility, which will be built along with Italy’s Fimer, comes following an agreement signed between the latter and the government back in December.

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• Egypt and Madagascar are preparing an MoU on rainwater harvesting and groundwater management after water ministers from both countries met on Monday, according to a statement.
• Malaysian biopharmaceutical company Malaysian Genomics Resource Center Berhad inked an agreement with Saudi agriculture solutions company Ajlan & Brothers to the latter’s sustainable aquaculture and agriculture programs, according to a statement picked up by Zawya.
• Jordan extends request for proposals deadline for USD 2 bn Aqaba-Amman desalination project to 31 October, according to Arab News. The project is designed to transform 300 mn cubic meters of water from the Red Sea into drinkable water.