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Paris COP21 – Deploying electric vehicles in Brazil and India

Posted on 4 January 20161 June 2020 by the_bridge_tank

At COP21, in the Climate Generations area at Le Bourget on 7 December, experts from The Bridge Tank, the Sustainable Mobility Institute and Renault discussed the issue of electric mobility in India and Brazil, along with the energy, environmental and societal issues it raises. An opportunity for Joël Ruet to unveil our think tank’s original vision of the levers to deploy this technology. Continue reading “Paris COP21 – Deploying electric vehicles in Brazil and India”

Dakhla – In Morocco, signals of emergence are growing stronger

Posted on 17 December 20151 June 2020 by the_bridge_tank

The 3rd Dakhla International Meeting, organized under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, was held 3—4 December 2015 on the theme “New economic territories, actors and factors in emergence, comparative international experiences”. At this event, Joël Ruet, president of The Bridge Tank, foregrounded Morocco’s signals of emergence, be it industrial diversification or the enhancement of its natural capital. Continue reading “Dakhla – In Morocco, signals of emergence are growing stronger”

Inauguration of the Solektra Solar Academy in Bamako

Posted on 16 December 201515 September 2021 by the_bridge_tank

Following the involvement of The Bridge Tank in the Akon Lighting Africa project, the Bridge Tank was received by the singer and philanthropist Akon during his visit to Bamako on December 15, 2015. Akon launched his project of electrification of the continent through the development of solar energy.

The Akon Lighting Africa program emerged following Barack Obama’s Power to Africa project, with the involvement of his former campaign advisor Thione Niang. One year after its launch, the promoters of Akon Lighting Africa claim to have created 5,500 indirect jobs.

The initiative, supported by Solektra International, launched in 2014 with $1 billion in funding, plans to electrify several million homes in 40 countries by 2020. More than 100,000 streetlights and 102,000 solar home kits have been installed in 480 localities and 14 countries across the continent. Also, during this conference Akon announced the launch of the Solektra Solar Academy, an engineering training academy in Bamako.

It aims to train engineers in developing a renewable and sustainable electrification of the peripheral districts of Bamako and other important Malian cities thanks to solar energy. The Academy aims to train 200 skilled workers per year. Scheduled to open in January 2016, the academy will provide technical and energy market training but also programs to eradicate poverty.

Paris – From the “pro-mitigation COP” to the “pro-adaptation COP”

Posted on 16 December 20151 June 2020 by the_bridge_tank

In the lead up to COP21, The Bridge Tank’s president Joël Ruet attended a dinner at the French Senate with Mrs Hakima El Haité, Minister Delegate in Charge of Environment in Morocco, where COP22 will be hosted in 2016 and, in her words, “continue the line of COP21”. Continue reading “Paris – From the “pro-mitigation COP” to the “pro-adaptation COP””

Tangier – Inclusive growth implies inventiveness

Posted on 15 December 20151 June 2020 by the_bridge_tank

At the 2015 MEDays Forum in Tangier, Morocco, The Bridge Tank’s president, Joël Ruet, commented that inclusive development starts from the bottom up, driven by the grassroots dynamism of people determined to act. However, although it is impossible to impose any kind of model on the world — particularly in the Global South — nothing will happen unless the elites act with utmost integrity and assume their responsibility to create the conditions that foster the proactive initiatives of their national youth and entrepreneurs. Continue reading “Tangier – Inclusive growth implies inventiveness”

A Convenient Climate Justice : India’s Ambiguous Position

Posted on 9 December 20156 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

As the COP21 conference draws closer, India is refusing to follow the open position of China and provide figures on emissions declines. The Environment Minister of India, Prakash Javadekar, admitted that the government’s priority right now is on electricity access and poverty reduction, even though 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. That being said, India’s willingness to modernise its industry and increase the energy potential matched the spirit of the sustainable development goals in some ways, since the country has the ambition to obtain a solar energy capacity of 100GW by 2022. Read more in Frenchin that editorial of Joël Ruet and Sophia Semlali, published in Telos on the 9^thof December 2015.

Internationalisation of businesses with Chinese characteristics

Posted on 12 November 201530 May 2020 by the_bridge_tank

The acceleration of the internationalisation of Chinese firms is imminent. Backed by over ten years of expertise, convinced that this dynamic is a “win-win” for China and Europe but aware of bottlenecks, The Bridge Tank participates in the elaboration of new models for internationalisation of Chinese firms.

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The Bridge Tank attends the third India-Africa Forum Summit

Posted on 5 November 201516 December 2021 by the_bridge_tank

The third India-Africa Forum Summit was held in New Delhi, India, from 26th to 29th October 2015.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited African heads of states and governments. This summit notably included a discussion with the Indian Minister of Finance Arun Jaitly, as well as one with the Kenyan delegation, which was organised by the Observer Resource Foundation.

One highlight of the India-Africa Summit was the intervention of the Senegalese President Macky Sall on the changing role of investors. This discussion was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, represented by its Chairman and gathered the main Indian CEOs.

The Bridge Tank was the only European think tank to be invited to the debates and exchanges in connexion to its support to reforms in Africa, for instance the Emerging Plan of Sénégal (PSE), as well as its contribution for years to several Indian public policies.

The African Way to Emerge : The Vision of the Elites

Posted on 3 November 20156 August 2020 by the_bridge_tank

Despite growth rates that are close to Asian levels, Africa continues to draw doubts from experts, who point to various structural problems. African elites are conscious of the challenges, but promote a positive vision focused on solutions and opportunities. Mohamed Soual (Chief Economist of Moroccan’s leading industrial company), Mamadou Lamine Diallo (Senegal Member of Parliament) and Joël Ruet (Chairman of the Bridge Tank) join voices in this column published in Le Monde Afrique on the 3^rdof November 2015. These three authors analyse the African issues and economical challenges, with a specific focus on green revolution potential, local and regional cooperation, and mining and energy sectors incomes:. Read the text in French…

Emerging Africa : Under Which Conditions ?

Posted on 13 October 201522 May 2021 by the_bridge_tank

It’s Africa’s turn to emerge according to experts. But according to those external voices, it will only happen provided that the continent enhances its natural resources. In this column published in Le Monde on the 13th of October 2015, Joel Ruet and El Hadj Kassé (Minister-Counselor to the President of Senegal) believe that the conditions are quite different than the picture being painted by these experts. They advocate for inclusive growth in Africa, with qualitative investment in people and internal and sustainable dynamics, which will enable these countries to move away from sole reliance on natural resources income. Read the text in French…