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Located on the shores of Lake Kivu, one of Africa’s Great Lakes, lies the gigantic KivuWatt methane-fired power plant. The plant reflects Rwanda’s ambitions to be one of Africa’s technological pioneers – this is the only gas water extraction power …
Continue readingIMANI Ghana, a policy think tank, has backed calls for the privatisation of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to inject capital and innovations in electricity distribution in the country. It said the privatisation of ECG was the only way …
Continue readingRecent policy actions of the Federal Government of Nigeria make one wonder if we live in a sane, democratic society or under the control of some autocratic, intolerant rulers. In Nigeria, like most, if not all other countries, it is …
Continue readingBarely a week after the Government of Liberia through the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) released the new banknotes to the public; several Liberians are expressing unhappiness over the lack of adequate awareness on the new money across the country.…
Continue readingRwanda has launched a drone delivery network to transport vital blood supplies to far-flung areas of the country. The project will see unmanned aerial vehicles or drones used to deliver small packages by parachute, bypassing traffic or washed-out roads in …
Continue readingHave you ever suffered for 900 straight days? Have you ever gone two straight years where your only asset is the hope in your heart that fades with every new day? May you never have to die before that thing …
Continue readingNasir Ahmad el-Rufai knows that he has a responsibility to deliver on the hopes the Kaduna people demonstrated in him when they helped him clinch a landslide victory in the 2015 Gubernatorial Elections, and from all indications, this is an …
Continue readingAfrica’s second-biggest copper producer, Zambia, told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it will cut subsidies amounting to about $1 billion as part of an economic recovery plan. The statement was issued by Zambia’s finance Minister Felix Mutati on Sunday. …
Continue readingThe Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that Nigeria will soon close the deal on a $3 billion to $4 billion loan from China that will be channelled towards the provision of infrastructure in the …
Continue readingThe first medical supply of remotely piloted aircraft, popularly known as drones, will be launched in Rwanda today. The pioneer project, in Muhanga District in southern Rwanda, will see drones used in delivery of much needed supplies to ensure efficiency …
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