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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Month: December 2023

1357 Results / Page 107 of 151

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Africa

DRC elections: three factors that have shaped Tshisekedi’s bumpy first term as president

By Reuben Loffman, Queen Mary University of London Africa’s second-largest country by land mass, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is scheduled to go to the polls on 20 December 2023. President Felix Tshisekedi will be seeking re-election. However, his first tenure has been decidedly mixed. Tshisekedi’s first term has been defined by three major factors: questions over the legitimacy of his 2019 election victory, violence in eastern DRC and the […]

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Conference of the Parties (COP28): Africa could lose $25 billion per year as new European Union (EU) carbon tax comes into effect, warns African Development Bank’s Adesina
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APO International

Conference of the Parties (COP28): Africa could lose $25 billion per year as new European Union (EU) carbon tax comes into effect, warns African Development Bank’s Adesina

African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina (www.AfDB.org) has warned that a new EU carbon border tax could significantly constrain Africa’s trade and industrialization progress by penalizing value-added exports including steel, cement, iron, aluminium and fertilizers. Adesina said, “With Africa’s energy deficit and reliance mainly on fossil fuels, especially diesel, the implication is that Africa will be forced to export raw commodities again into Europe, which will further cause de-industrialisation […]

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Global leaders call for increased resources to provide 1 billion people with clean cooking solutions in Africa
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Global leaders call for increased resources to provide 1 billion people with clean cooking solutions in Africa

“Every woman, every mother must be able to turn on the gas cooker and cook a decent meal like anywhere else in the world”—Adesina; African Development Bank to scale up contribution to clean cooking solutions; “Lack of access to clean cooking is a stain on humanity”—Birol. Africa requires $4 billion in annual investment, to provide  250 million with clean cooking energy,  says the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih […]

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Navigating Opportunities: Europe’s Role in Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry
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Navigating Opportunities: Europe’s Role in Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry

Since early discoveries of oil and gas in Africa, European operators and service providers have made substantial investments in unlocking the continent's hydrocarbon resources. Amid global market changes – whereby energy demand outweighs supply and efforts to diversify value chains pinpoint new producers – Africa’s oil and gas landscape has become an increasingly attractive investment destination. The upcoming Invest in African Energy (IAE) forum in Paris – organized by Energy […]

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South Africa

Solidarity is threatening legal action if the National Health Insurance Bill is signed into law

SA's Solidarity says it will proceed with legal action if president Cyril Ramaphosa signs the National Health Insurance Bill into law. The National Council of Provinces adopted the bill yesterday, with eight of the nine provinces voting in favour of the legislation except for the Western Cape. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says the NHI is not only unaffordable and unworkable but it is also unnecessary because South Africans already have […]

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Namibia

Opuwo pensioners hailed for honouring monthly council bills

Opuwo Mayor Rosa Mbinge-Tjeundo has commended some Opuwo senior citizens for their unwavering commitment to paying their monthly water bills, rates and taxes. Mbinge-Tjeundo was speaking during the council’s end-of-year pensioners’ ceremony on Wednesday, which was organised to honour elderly individuals for their presence in the community, and for their wisdom, and persistent dedication, all of which contribute greatly to the town. The mayor stated that pensioners’ responsible approach sets […]

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