Johannesburg, South Africa, March 6, 2019/ — A group of Greenpeace Africa volunteers in Cape Town has started an ambitious campaign calling on South Africa’s top political parties to adopt a ban on single-use plastics in their election manifestos ahead of this year’s presidential election.
Johannesburg, South Africa, March 4, 2019/ — The 13th German-African Energy Forum is going to set the stage for German and Africa businesses as well as public enterprises to expand economic ties, do deals, create jobs, combat energy poverty, and use German know-how to spur growth.
Peduase, Eastern Region, Ghana, March 4, 2019//-The institute of Financial & Economic Journalists (IFEJ) in partnership with GIZ, a German development agency; Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO); and Ghana’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) Secretariat has built the capacity of journalists on EITI reports.
Accra, Ghana, March 4, 2019//-Mansoor Hamayun, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)& Co-Founder ofBBOXX, a next generation utility platform which provides electricity to over 675,000 under-served people in developing countries including Africa, has announced that the company plans to expand its customer product offerings.
March 2, 2019//- An idea, called HOCO which seeks to boost sustainable development in rural areas by producing construction materials out of coconut waste, has won the first ever Africa Basque Challenge (ABC) in Spain.
London, UK, March 1, 2019//-Vivo Energy plc (Vivo Energy) announced the completion of the transaction with Engen Holdings (Pty) Limited (Engen or EHL”) which saw the company taking over a sizable of Engen market.
London/Dubai, Feb 28, 2019 – OPEC’s crude oil exports to the U.S., which reached a five-year low in January 2019, is a trend that will not be reversed.
Accra, Ghana, February 26, 2019//-Mansoor Hamayun, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)& Co-Founder ofBBOXX, a next generation utility platform which provides electricity to over 675,000 under-served people in developing countries including Africa, has revealed that BBOXX’s bold ambitions to scale rapidly into new markets are still in course.
February 22, 2019//-Almost half of the European Union’s (EU) 28 member states have already hit, or are close to hitting, their 2020 renewable energy targets.
February 21, 2019//-Urban rivers choked with plastic, exhaust fumes hazing up the sunset over traffic jams, industrial chimney stacks belching smoke, or decrepit old housing leaking heat into the sky.
MSF Responds to Cyclone Idai
Congolese Journalist Jailed for A Year for Insulting Governor
Sierra Leone: First Network of Journalists to Combat Trafficking in Persons
No Easy End to Stand-off Between al-Bashir and Sudan’s Protesters
Nigeria: No Voting Materials, Electoral Officers At Obasanjo’s Unit
‘Ivory Queen’ Jailed in Tanzania