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South Africa is sketching up plans for a 2,500 megawatt nuclear programme to try to resolve the country’s power supply problem, the energy ministry stated recently. Given the long lead-time …
South Africa revives idea of new civilian nuclear power programme Read More
Cargill has joined forces with The Nature Conservancy and its local supplier C-Weed Corporation to help seaweed farmers adopt better practices to restore coastal ecosystems and improve livelihoods in Tanzania. …
Cargill forms partnership to improve seaweed farming in Tanzania Read More
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