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World Bank: Morocco Has ‘Fantastic’ Offshore Wind Energy Potential

World Bank: Morocco Has ‘Fantastic’ Offshore Wind Energy Potential

Rabat – Morocco has a “fantastic” offshore wind resource “that is too attractive to ignore,” World Bank senior energy specialist Mark Leybourne said.In a recent report about em…...

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Mobile Money Hit US $2 B In Transactions In 2019

Mobile Money Hit US $2 B In Transactions In 2019

The GSMA has unveiled its annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a view of the mobile money landscape and highlighting the impact that greater financial i…...

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3 Digital Solutions from Vodacom to Get South Africans Back to Work Safely

3 Digital Solutions from Vodacom to Get South Africans Back to Work Safely

As businesses across South Africa start returning to work, the safetyof employees and customers is of paramount importance. This means that employers will have to make extra changes…...

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Facebook is building $1 billion high speed internet across Africa

Facebook is building $1 billion high speed internet across Africa

World’s largest social media company, Facebook is designing a massive underwater cable around Nigeria and other African countries, bringing high-speed connectivity to the continent…...

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African Development Bank welcomes $10 million Clean Technology Fund investment to diversify Ethiopia

African Development Bank welcomes $10 million Clean Technology Fund investment to diversify Ethiopia

(AfDB ) - The African Development Bank has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), one of two funds within the Climate Investment Funds (…...

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Driving Africa’s green revolution

Driving Africa’s green revolution

With 90% of sub-Saharan Africa’s food currently produced by smallholder farmers on plots typically under two hectares, the continent’s traditional farmers are a vital element of f…...

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Ghana Tech Lab Partners with Mastercard Foundation To Upskill Youth During Lockdown

Ghana Tech Lab Partners with Mastercard Foundation To Upskill Youth During Lockdown

Ghana Tech Lab partnered with Mastercard Foundation toupskill 1451 youths and provided free mobile data on a need basis to some participants to be able to enroll in a 2 weeks free o…...

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Investment in railways connect dry ports in Africa

Investment in railways connect dry ports in Africa

Africa’s inland and dry ports have been boosted by investment in connecting railways as they continue to support increasing imports and exportsIn 1970, many African countries had b…...

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Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda agribusinesses secure Sh5 billion grants

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda agribusinesses secure Sh5 billion grants

A five-year multicountry project for Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda is investing 2 million Euros (about Sh4.96 billion) in grants to 14 Agri businesses in the three countries. The inves…...

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Country launches new dam project to boost agriculture

Country launches new dam project to boost agriculture

The Ethiopian authorities have just selected three companies for the construction of the Kaza dam as well as the development and rehabilitation of new irrigation facilities. This pr…...

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