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A new gold refinery is now set to be the largest in Tanzania has begun production in a stride headed towards the government’s objective of processing additional precious metal domestically. …
Tanzania gold refinery starts producing in ambition to boost gold revenues Read More
At a recent Council of Ministers meeting, the Burundian government approved the project to build 2 hydroelectric power stations on the Ruvyironza and Mulembwe rivers. These facilities, which will insert …
Burundi: Bujumbura Approves the Construction of 2 Hydroelectric Power Stations Read More
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will start generating 750 MW out of the 2 completed units by August 2021, Ethiopian Electric Corporation said. The corporation’s CEO, Ashebir Balcha told …
Ethiopia: GERD Two Turbines to Go Operational By August 2021 Read More
Rwanda has begun the construction of the US $29m tile manufacturing plant in Nyanza district. The plant which is projected to make tiles from clay, will be first of its …
Rwanda begins construction of US $29m tile plant in Nyanza District Read More
Kenya’s Kitui County has set aside Sh 300 million to improve its overburdened healthcare system which saw a downturn after the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds will be pumped into the …
Kenya’s Kitui County Is Set To Revamp Universal Healthcare System Read More
Tanzania’s government intends to build a 268-m3 water reservoir to irrigate 11,700 acres of farmland. Within five years, the project aims to increase farmer productivity. Tanzania will build a new …
A new dam in Tanzania will irrigate 11,700 hectares of plantations Read More
One of the world’s leading insuring and asset management companies is interested in the agriculture insurance sector in Kenya and the East African region. Allianz Africa estimates that the value …
In East Africa, data science unlocks $20 million in Agroinsurance Read More
In Nigeria, a start-up is revolutionising the use of recycled plastics by shifting from pellet exports to domestic production of much-needed personal protection equipment (PPE). Givo, which stands for ‘Garbage …
Givo in Nigeria is revolutionising the use of recycled plastics Read More
PalletPlast’s fruit pallets made from waste plastic were awarded the best new end-use product by Petco (a South African plastics industry body promoting the recycling of polyethylene terephthalate or PET). …
Plastic fruit pallets made from recycled plastic have “progressed beyond our wildest dreams.” Read More
The forestry sector is very important in Sub-Saharan Africa because of its role of subsistence development in rural communities, which gives forestry a large share of the GDP of these …
Ethiopian wood supply is set to increase Read More