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The next edition of the United States-Africa Business Summit (U.S- Africa) will be held in June 2020 in Marrakech, Morocco, the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) announced on Monday.

The CCA Board of Directors chose the Kingdom as the host of the 2020 Summit after a strategic process. According to the statement, Morocco having joined the African Union and signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, demonstrated its commitment to promote economic development in Africa, making it an ideal destination for the 2020 Summit.

Princess Lalla Joumala, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States, urged businesses to take advantage of the unique opportunities that will be presented at the Summit. It will be the first time CCA will organize the summit in North Africa.

“As the gateway to Africa, Morocco is committed to increasing business and investment on the continent and is pleased to partner …

An Austrian company Technik-Plus has developed a cutting-edge Carbon Farming-technology in their Impuls-Centre in Mureck, Southern Austria,  for sustainable and gently mechanized farming with a strong commitment to conservation and environmental sustainability and a special focus on African agriculture.

The company has been making inroads in several countries in Africa with significant sales in South Africa, Uganda, Gambia and Morocco. They are in talks with farmer’s organizations in Kenya and Nigeria with a targeted niche in semi-arid agriculture in many African nations.

The Austrian company says it has sales contacts in all 55 African countries and is looking at possibly developing local license assembly in specific countries for their tractors, which is expected to create local jobs and makes it a 50% African product.

Beside their pneumatic air seeders, the company also construct “exhaust-farming” systems, which means, they blow the carbon emissions of the tractor’s exhaust pipe back into the …