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Sosian finally finds a lender for its 35 MWe geothermal power plant in Nakuru

Sosian Energy, one of the companies chosen to build power plants in the Menengai geothermal field, has finally found a financial partner for its project.

Energy

ALGERIA: The MyGeocycle platform is launched to digitise waste management

Digitising the solid waste management system to make collection, transport and treatment more efficient over the next few years.

Environment

ECOMONDO 2024: sustainable innovation at the heart of the 27th edition in Italy

The 27th edition of the Ecomondo event opens on 5 November 2024 in the Italian city of Rimini.

Technology Solutions

What 2024’s Historic Elections Could Mean for the Climate

Cover Image by: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

Climate

Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

On the eastern edge of Buenos Aires, residents of the Rodrigo Bueno neighborhood take a break from pick-up soccer games and stretch out on grassy knolls. Further down the road, a kitchen buzzes with locals testing new recipes to feature at the neighborhood food hall.

Climate

The Inequity of Water: While Scarcity Is Felt Locally, its Causes Are Increasingly Global

Cover Image by: Nature Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo

Environment

Africa’s ‘youthquake’: huge numbers of young people have no jobs, the wrong skills and little hope

By 2050, one in every three young people on earth will be of African origin, according to the 2024 International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends for Youth report.

Race for East Africa’s insurance market heats up

At less than 3%, insurance penetration in Africa is significantly lower compared to other regions globally. The continent’s insurance penetration, measured as premiums as a percentage of GDP, is about half the global average, according to McKinsey.

Bridgewater advocates increased Africa investment to accelerate growth

Sub-Saharan Africa’s march towards having more people of working age than China in the coming decades demands an urgent expansion of investment to avoid leaving the region behind, the world’s biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates has warned.

Senegal sets up commission to review oil and gas contracts

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko officially set up Monday (Aug.

Energy

Ghana to launch ‘monster mines’ to boost gold production

Africa’s top gold producer Ghana will commission its first large-scale greenfield mine in more than a decade in November, with expected annual production of more than 350,000 ounces, the head of its mining sector regulator told Reuters.

Energy

Who benefits from Lesotho’s ‘white gold’?

Here in Lesotho it is known as white gold – the water which plays such an important role in the country’s economy.

From Swiss Banker to East Africa Conservationist, She Now Offers Others a Change of Pace

Cradling her pet mongoose in her arms, Fabia Bausch sits watching the Tanzanian sunset among guests enjoying her curated “slow safari” experience at Chem Chem Lodge.

Environment

Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccine shots to contain outbreak in Africa

Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military reserves to help address the outbreak in Africa, a government spokesperson announced on Monday. The donation aims to provide immediate assistance to the affected countries.

DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week

The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]

DR Congo conflict: Why is the cease-fire not holding?

Clashes between Congolese government forces and the M23 rebel group are continuing in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

At least 30 killed, dozens missing after Sudan dam collapse

Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a region already reeling fr

Nigeria to approve Exxon-Seplat deal within 120 days

Exxon Mobil is selling its oil and gas assets to Seplat Energy in Nigeria for $1.3 billion. The approval process by Nigerian regulators is anticipated to be completed within four months. The sale could nearly quadruple Seplat's oil production to over 130,000 barrels per

Energy

Humanitarian aid resumes in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur after 6-month border closure

Food deliveries have resumed to Sudan’s famine-threatened Darfur region following the

Nigeria's Dangote refinery set to start gasoline output in Sept, IIR says

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery is undergoing test runs for gasoline production, with full operation expected by mid-September, according to a note by industry monitor IIR Energy.

Energy