Luanda — The minister of Energy and Waters, João Baptista Borges, has announced that Angola intends to export green hydrogen in 2025, in the form of ammonium, an extremely useful product in agriculture. Speaking at the 9th edition of the Energy Transition Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, held on March 28,29, the minister said that in […]
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First Lady, Clar Marie Weah has praised Blue Lake Manufacturing Incorporated for the establishment of Liberia’s first Mayonnaise Factory, describing the endeavor as a major boost to the Liberian Economy. Mrs. Weah mentioned that the new Factory will provide jobs to many Liberians. The First Lady was speaking Friday, March 24, 2023, at Ceremonies marking […]
The trade and industrialisation ministry (MIT), in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), has invited interest from national, regional and continental private entities to operate an invader bush processing plant. Through a project, called ‘Promoting Sustainable Bush-Processing Value Chains in Namibia’, the collaborative effort seeks a private operator to manage the Otjiwarongo-based […]
“My house smells bad because I cannot flush the toilet or wash dishes” says resident Residents of Thatchfield Ridge in Centurion took their frustration to the streets on Wednesday, using their cars to block some roads to demand that water be restored to their area. The protesters say they have been without running water for […]
Cape Town — Only Ramaphosa Can Stop Looming Natioonal Shutdown, Malema Warns Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has said that only President Cyril Ramaphosa’s resignation may prevent a planned national shutdown next week, IOL reports. The EFF intends to mobilise hundreds of its members, along with citizens, in their additional demand for an […]
Musanze District has agreed with investors to close old buildings for renovation. Also in plan is the construction of new multi-storey structures. Musanze is among Rwanda’s secondary cities under rapid urbanisation. Ramuli Janvier, the Mayor of Musanze District, told The New Times that at least 30 buildings have to be closed to pave way for […]
Cape Town — Today, Greenpeace Africa activists disrupted Minister Gwede Mantashe’s opening address at the Africa Energy Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Center with banners and messages on bluetooth speakers. During the Minister’s address, six activists held up banners with the message ‘GWEDE STOP BLOCKING RENEWABLES’ while Bluetooth speakers replayed messages from the […]
A high level meeting between Harare City Council and the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (ZINARA) has ironed out differences that made headlines a few weeks ago over disbursement of rehabilitation funds. In the meeting Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume and ZINARA board chairperson George Manyaya finally come face to face and agreed to relook government policy […]
The government is building a 32 kilometres road that could be used in case of a landslide emergency that usually blocks movement on Kigali-Musanze highway at a place called Buranga. On several occasions, the Musanze-Kigali highway got blocked by landslides around areas commonly known as Buranga in Nemba Sector and Rusenge from Kivuruga Sector, both […]
Mayor for the City of Lilongwe, Councillor Richard Banda says the council is committed in making infrastructural advancements in the Capital in a bid to improve its outlook. He pledged this on Thursday in Lilongwe during a press briefing where he said among other things the Council intends to complete the construction as well as […]
Nairobi — The Merriam-Webster online English dictionary defines conspiracy theory as one that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators. Such was the case on Saturday night when some Kenyans watching the Arsenal vs Bournemouth English Premier League clash were suddenly plunged into darkness […]
The Gauteng provincial government intends to address overcrowding in schools, which is exacerbated by high levels of in-migration, by building new schools in high-pressure communities. “Unless we do something differently, our education system will collapse. Addressing this issue and learning from the experience of unplaced learners in Grades 1 and 8, Gauteng has budgeted R6 […]
Addis Ababa (ENA) — Physical infrastructure has remained a major bottleneck in accelerating the implementation of the African free trade opportunities, Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Professor David Francis said. Speaking to ENA, the minister commended Ethiopia for its endeavors on physical integration to integrate the African continent via Ethiopian Airlines. Noting that infrastructural development is […]
Government is determined to accelerate the work already underway to increase energy supply to the national grid and remove any impediments to that progress, says Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele. Addressing a Post Cabinet media briefing on Thursday, the Minister said the President’s bold measures as announced during his 2023 State of the Nation […]
On Friday, February 10, ConsTruck Limited, a subsidiary of NPD Limited, launched new machinery that will boost capacity in implementing the Kigali Infrastructure Project that covers 215KMs. The new machinery includes 31 earth moving machines and 10 dump trucks, as well as an additional 20 dump trucks that are currently in transit, in this first […]
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Nigeria: Abuja Light Rail Project
The multi-billion-naira Abuja Rail Mass Transit project appears to have been abandoned. It’s sad that such a legacy project is gradually rotting away after being commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018. The Abuja Light Rail project was originally designed to find concrete solution to transportation challenges – heavy traffic and hold-up – in the […]
Cape Town — South African Researchers Bring Hope for Developing New TB Vaccines Researchers at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) based at the University of Cape Town have broken new ground in developing for tuberculosis (TB), Times Live reports. The scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from Stanford University in the U.S., said: “Determining […]
Cape Town — Eskom Escalates Power Cuts to Stage 6 Eskom has announced Stage 6 load shedding across the country. This usually means that electricity could be cut up to four times in 24 hours. The power utility said on Twitter that nightly blackouts will continue until further notice, and that Stage 4 cuts would continue […]