Sudan Croc Dispatch #12: Pyramids & Museums

Jan/2023

January 25, 2023

Savannah Innovation Labs

Hello there dear reader !

Welcome to the 12th issue of Sudan Croc Dispatch where you’ll be reading the news of travel, tourism, business, finance, technology, opportunities, and events in Sudan for January/2023.

Travel & Tourism

A haboob, or sandstorm, followed by a thunderstorm, rolls across the Meroë pyramids, Sudan
Meroe pyramids in Sudan

Bee venom: Sudan's alternative medicine - Article By Middle East Monitor

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Travel & Tourism Headlines:

  • Dranda Cafe hosts a weekly live oud concert on every Friday

    • Source: Dranda Cafe, Jan/3/2023

  • Dandurma ice cream shops chain opens a new branch in Al-Wadi Street near to Abdulmoneim Al-Sisi Pharmacy, Omdurman, Khartoum

    • Source: Dandurma, Dec/29/2022

  • Unknown people attacked and destroyed many items at Jaloos Cultural Foundation

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/18/2023

  • Nancy Ajaj releases a new book written by her called “songs for life, love, and land”.

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/15/2023

  • Fees for extracting passports for Sudanese citizens jumped from 50,000 SDG (85.7 USD) to 250,000 SDG (428.8 USD)

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/2/2023

  • You can buy events tickets using either GO mobile taxi app or Lemon mobile taxi app

    • Source: GO & Lemon, Jan/2023

Business

Behind the School Supplies for Sudan Campaign - Article by 500 Words Magazine

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Culture, Language and Education Centres in Sudan - Article by 500 Words Magazine

Business Headlines:

  • Many students protest against increase in annual study fees at the University of Khartoum

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/18/2023

  • Minister of Health announced that there are 7,000 new allocated jobs in medicine

    • Source: Waleep, Jan/18/2023

  • Many bakeries are going to be closed due to shortage in cooking gas

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/16/2023

  • Court issues an order to seize all properties of Widad Babiker (wife of the former president)

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/15/2023

  • Bus drivers made a strike as a refusal against the increase in prices for traffic violations

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/15/2023

  • Two people were killed and one person got injured in Al-Shabi Market

    • Source: Wakeep, Jan/14/2023

  • Sesame farmers in Gedarif refuse to sell their crops due to low selling prices in the crops market

    • Source: Wakeep, Dec/30/2022

  • A new compound for meat and its products was built by ministry of animal resources in North Kordofan

    • Source: Wakeep, Dec/27/2022

  • “Karkar Habooba” Sudanese Brand started selling its traditional Sudanese hair cream products for curly hair in Hannover, Germany and they have shipment services if you’re located in another country. Contact the shop using the phone number: +49 176 87540880.

    • Source: Karkar Habooba, Dec/30/2022

Finance

A man looks at fuel prices at a petrol station in Khartoum

Maxnet built a partnership with Sudanese French Bank to issue POS machines for businesses

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Finance Headlines:

Omdurman National Bank at Wad Medani relocates to the intersection of Al-Masah St. with Waqif St. south of Al-Saim Mosque

Source: Omdurman National Bank, Jan/14/2023

Faisal Islamic Bank provides the service of paying for tickets on Sudan Airlines via their own mobile money app “Fawry”

Source: Faisal Islamic Bank, Jan/12/2023

Bank of Khartoum provides a discount of 25% for using its VISA cards in reservations for trips via Badr Airlines

Source: Bank of Khartoum, Jan/11/2023

Government’s budget for 2023 is estimated to be 5 trillion Sudanese pounds (around 8 billion US Dollars)

Source: Sudan Plus, Dec/27/2022

Minister of finance at River Nile State orders governmental vehicles to be parked and not moved at all after work hours to decrease governmental expenditures

Source: Wakeep, Jan/14/2023

Travel bus station of Omdurman is relocated from Al-Shabi Mart to the West of Libya Mart

Source: Wakeep, Jan/10/2023

Central Bank of Sudan releases a mobile app for giving pricings of foreign currencies

Source: Wakeep, Dec/28/2022

Prices of used cars go down by 30%

Source: Wakeep, Dec/27/2022

Ziraat Turkish Bank increases its capital to fund new projects in Sudan

Source: TRT, Jan/7/2023

Inflation decreases from 88.83 % to 87.3 %

Source: Asharq Business, Jan/16/2023

Technology

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Technology Headlines:

Ministry of Justice celebrates the first electronic signature for signing legal documents

Source: Sudan Plus, Dec/27/2022

Past Events

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Saudi singer Zeina Emad sang in a concert at Nile International Club on the 20th of Jan

Upcoming Events

Khartoum International Fair of companies is to kick off between 24th of Jan and the 31st of Jan / 2023 with participation from 18 countries and 500 international and local companies

Source: Wakeep, Jan/6/2023

Opportunities

Grants and Funds

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Bids, RFPs, & Tenders

Norwegian Refugee Council Type: RFP Opening Date: 16 Jan 2023 Deadline: 28 Jan 2023

Practical Actio

Type: ITB Opening Date: 15 Jan 2023 Deadline: 29 Jan 2023

Supply of School Furniture (school benches & table) Plan International Type: ITB Opening Date: 15 Jan 2023 Deadline: 31 Feb 2023

Construction 6 block of latrines gender sensitive at two localities - Alsalam and Algablin at White Nile State Plan International Type: ITB Opening Date: 14 Jan 2023 Deadline: 30 Jan 2023

Call for Auditing Services- PLAN International Statutory Audit For year ended 2022 – 2024 Plan International Type: ITB Opening Date: 14 Jan 2023 Deadline: 31 Jan 2023

PROVISION OF CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR A UN AGENCY Africa Research and Data Ltd Type: EOI Opening Date: 14 Jan 2023 Deadline: 01 Feb 2023

Statutory Financial Audit Danish Refugee Council Type: RFQ Opening Date: 11 Jan 2023 Deadline: 30 Jan 2023

Jobs

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Workshops, Trainings, & Programs

Scholarships

Conclusion

To conclude, the good stuff of January were that the Khalifa House Museum in Omdurman reopened after renovations, fuel prices decreased, inflation decreased, Intelligent pattern launched a couple of new courses both online and offline, Mango Gate deployed their website to offer online language learning courses and/or registration for offline courses and language clubs, Zena Emad performed at the Nile International Club, Beam Reports published a report about misinformation and disinformation in Sudanese social media, Turkish Ziraat Bank increased its capital in order to invest in more and bigger projects in Sudan, Karkar Habooba started selling their products in Germany, and Dandurma Ice Cream shop chain opened a new branch in Omdurman.

The bad things were that fees for studying in universities increased, many bakeries are going to be closed due to shortage in cooking gas, fees for issuing a new Sudanese passport or renewing it increased from 85 USD to 428 USD, and Andariya Park closed its doors for good.

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