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Board of Directors of World Bank has permitted a total of $300 million in International Development Association (IDA) credits and grants to support reforms that will help promote electricity trade …
World Bank gives US$300M for energy sector reforms in West Africa Read More
Zimbabwe’s emerging power projects have the potential to earn at least US$3 billion in annual energy exports from the current position of energy insufficiency, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston …
Zimbabwe targets U.S.$3 billion power exports Read More
Swiss engineering company NEK has declared its plans to generate 1,000MW of electricity from a number of wind farms in Ghana. The independent power producer believes the implementation of this …
Wind plans for Ghana gaining momentum Read More
Chairman of Nissan Africa South, Mike Whitfield, will lead the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) for the coming one year following his election as President at the organisation’s Annual …
Mike Whitfield, Nissan Africa South Chairman, to Direct African Automotive Manufacturers Read More
Slow Food Uganda, in collaboration with Slow Food International, is working to increase the ability of local communities to produce good, clean, and fair food by implementing initiatives funded by …
East Africa Building Local Economies Through Agroecology Read More
Tanzanian authorities pledged to revive the east African nation’s agricultural research centers in a bid to enable them to produce hybrid seeds to improve crop production. Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim …
Tanzania revive’s agricultural research centers to improve crop yields Read More
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged its support for the newly launched BASIC–II project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). This was disclosed in a statement endorsed …
AfDB supports Nigeria’s cassava project Read More
To advance the three-phase exploration program at the Buckreef Gold Project in Tanzania, Tanzanian Gold Corporation will use $1,111,500 produced in a placement. To date exploration has returned high-grade results …
Tanzania Gold Mining earns a financial boost of $1.1 million Read More
Data revealed by Tanzania’s private sector horticultural shows that Avocado has become the country’s latest green gold, generating revenue of at least $12 million (Sh27.6 billion) annually, up from zero …
Avocado Farming is green gold for Tanzania Read More
Kenya’s government will begin financing the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi expressway as part of the budget allocation for the upcoming fiscal year. This follows the allocation of USD 1.78 Billion …
Key expressway project gains successful funding from Kenya through an allocated budget Read More