By AFP Foreign governments are spending more than 30 times more on fossil fuel projects in Africa than on initiatives to lessen the impacts of the continent’s second-biggest killer, air pollution, research showed on Wednesday. A report released by the UK-based Clean Air Fund showed how little donor nations spend on improving air quality while ploughing…
Arab Finance The Egyptian Cabinet approved the initiation of procedures required for the contract with Germany’s Siemens for the execution of the LOT-3 package of the energy efficiency enhancement project financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), according to an official statement on August 31st. The project will be launched in the area served…
By Jerry Omondi The three Chinese taikonauts carrying out the Shenzhou-14 mission are scheduled to hold a dialogue with African youths on September 6. Tuesday’s dialogue, hosted by the Mission of China to the African Union, the China Manned Space Agency, and the African Union Commission, will draw African students from Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Namibia,…
Reuters News South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 0.7% in the second quarter in quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted and non-annualised terms, data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday. GDP grew 0.2% year-on-year unadjusted in the second quarter, Statistics South Africa said. Economists had predicted 0.8% quarter-on-quarter contraction and 0.6% year-on-year growth. The floods in…
Staff Writer, Daily News Egypt Egypt – High-profile climate leaders from around the world are expected to participate in the second edition of the Egypt-International Cooperation Forum (Egypt-ICF) and the Meeting of African Ministers of Economy, Finance, and Environment that will be held under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi from 7 to 9 September….
Reuters HARARE, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s measles outbreak has so far claimed 685 lives, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday, more than four times the cases reported almost a fortnight ago even as a nationwide vaccination program continues. “Zimbabwe had 6,034 confirmed cases, including 4,266 and 685 deaths,” the ministry said in a…
Victoria Amunga NAIROBI — Africa’s largest e-commerce company, Jumia, launched the first commercial drone delivery service on the continent this week, offering delivery of products across Ghana. After more than three months of testing in the town of Omenaku, Jumia and California-based instant-delivery service Zipline have started delivering products to homes. The service is available nationwide…
Staff Writer, ZAWYA Bank of Uganda has conducted stress tests on five banks last year to test their resilience, The Monitor newspaper reported, citing Deputy Governor Michael Atingi-Ego. The stress tests were conducted on important domestic banks to ensure they were safe and sound and could support the economy through different shocks. Stress tests are conducted…
Reuters News South African petrochemical firm Sasol on Friday said it was partnering with Japan’s Itochu Corp to explore the development of green hydrogen and green ammonia projects for shipping fuel and power generation. Sasol is currently the world’s biggest producer of fuel products and chemicals from coal, but is transitioning away from the fossil…
By Vicky Stark CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — The Serum Institute of India signed a deal this week with South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare to make four vaccines used in Africa. The deal has been hailed as saving local vaccine production, which was at risk of shutting down after receiving no orders for a COVID vaccine. But…
