Energy

South African Swayed by Windpower

• Published on 22 Apr. 2013 • Category : EnergyA South African man has found an innovative way to gain access to electricity.Ricardo Fortune could not get the state-owned company to connect electricity to his house in Cape Town, so he built a turbine.Now Fortune uses his turbine to harness the wind.Watch it here...

Ethiopian capital to burn waste, hopes for energy bonanza

• Published on 09 Apr. 2013 • Category : EnergyEthiopia’s capital will mine its largest landfill to produce energy, as part of a bid to eliminate trash and supplement the country’s hydropower supply, which could be vulnerable to droughts and increasingly extreme weather.Away from the gleaming skyscrapers that dot the city’s major roads, many of Addis Ababa’s neighbourhoods are dirty and strewn with rubbish. One of the reasons is the lack of capacity at the city’s dump sites.But under an agreement signed at the beginning this year between a British company and the Ethiopian government, there are plans to turn waste at the city’s(...)

Lagos creating energy from waste

• Published on 20 Mar. 2013 • Category : Energy The first phase of the pilot project was carried out in the Lekki Local Council Development Area of Lagos. A group, Community Conservation and Development Initiatives (CCDI), has commenced energy generation from waste in Lagos. This was contained in a statement signed by the CCDI’s Programme Director, Kofo Adeleke, on Tuesday. The statement said that the first phase of the pilot project was carried out in the Lekki Local Council Development Area of the State. It said that the project, which would be replicated in other states, was tagged: “Energy Generation from Wa(...)

Rwanda gets U.S. $60 Million for Sustainable Energy

• Published on 13 Mar. 2013 • Category : Energy The World Bank yesterday signed a financing agreement with Rwanda, which will see the global bank boosting the country's energy rollout programme with $60 million (approx Rwf38bn). The money is an additional financing loan agreement under the International Development Association (IDA) and will go to the Electricity Access Roll-out Programme (EARP). The 30-year loan agreement was signed between the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Amb. Claver Gatete and Carolyn Turk, the World Bank country manager. Read more...

Brazil tips Dar es Salaam on gas economy

• Published on 07 Mar. 2013 • Category : Energy Vast discoveries of gas along the Indian Ocean are expected to boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to over 20 per cent sooner or later helping the country to realize a brighter future provided there are excellent policies in place. However, the increased investments in gas and the benefits accruied should be reflected not only in economic growth but also in the improvement of people's livelihoods. This scenario will save the nation from skirmishes like the incident that occurred in Mtwara Region a few weeks ago. This was said on Tuesday in Dar es Salaam by the (...)

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Ethiopian capital to burn waste, hopes for energy bonanza

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African Health Ministers commit to ramped up TB/HIV treatment

African Health Ministers commit to ramped up TB/HIV treatment

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Lagos creating energy from waste

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Tanzanias financial sector is stable.

Gambia gets its first Journalism School

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Rwanda gets US $60m to develop energy sector

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S.A. task force to monitor agriculture emissions

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Mozambique receives U.S.$9.3 Million for girls education.

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South Sudan and Sudan come to agreement to resume oil exports.

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