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A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was yesterday awarded the United Nations’ Military Gender Advocate of the Year in Vancouver, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, presented the award to Major Seitebatso Pearl Block as part of the
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KfW (www.KfW-entwicklungsbank.de), the German Development Bank, and the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) ([www.ATI-ACA.org](http://www.ATI-aca.org)) announced, on the side lines of the annual Africa Investment Exchange: Power and Renewables Meeting, a new instrument to support renewable energy projects in sub-
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La KfW (www.KfW-entwicklungsbank.de), la Banque allemande de développement, et l’Agence pour l’assurance du commerce en Afrique (ACA) (www.ATI-ACA.org) ont annoncé, en marge du sommet African Investment Exchange: Power and Renewables, la création d’un nouvel instrument pour soutenir les projets d’énergies
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– Le projet Centrale électrique d’Azito à Abidjan marque la première opération de mise à niveau de la turbine à gaz utilisant la technologie GT13E2 MXL2 en Afrique subsaharienne. – Une augmentation de production électrique d’environ 30 mégawatts permettra au pays de répondre à ses besoins en électricité. – Ces opérations
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– Project at Azito Power Plant in Abidjan marks GE’s first GT13E2 MXL2 Gas Turbine Upgrade in Sub-Saharan Africa. – Plant’s output will increase by up to 30 Megawatts, helping the country to meet its electricity needs. – Upgrade includes GE’s Predix*-based Operations Optimization Solution to improve overall
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– Rebounding economy after a trying year – Gas is West Africa’s new oil – Africa’s evolving role in FinTech leadership The 2017 version of Ecobank Research’s Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Guidebook, which provides expert knowledge and analysis on African markets for investors and businesses, was launched today
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– First focus will be on Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. – Cancer is on the rise in Africa, with more than 500,000 deaths annually. Novartis (www.Novartis.com), the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) (www.ASCP.org) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) (www.Cancer.org) announced today they will
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SA Rugby (www.SArugby.co.za) said it was “bitterly disappointed” at the decision by the World Rugby Council to overturn a recommendation that South Africa should host the 2023 Rugby World Cup and instead voted for France to host the tournament in a secret ballot. “We are bitterly disappointed
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On November 29 to 1 December 2017, Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, The ‘Gas Options North and West Africa Summit’ (www.GasOptions-NWAfrica.com) and The ‘Africa Renewable Energy Forum’ (www.Africa-Renewable-Energy-Forum.com) will assemble some of the most active
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The Lusaka Sanitation Programme is part of the urgently needed reinforcement and expansion of the wastewater infrastructure in Zambia’s fast growing capital Lusaka. While water supply has improved significantly in recent years, a lot remains to be done in terms of sanitation. The project is one of the few
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The Department of Small Business Development and the Small Business Development Institute will host the fourth National SMME Policy Colloquium from Thursday 16 November to Friday, 17 November in Kempton Park. After three successful colloquiums from 2014 to 2016, the Small Business Development Institute (SBDI) and the Department of Small
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to halt the inflammatory rhetoric against protestors and to ensure that demonstrations across the country today are handled in line with international human rights laws and standards.