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

Africa

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South Africa’s green hydrogen hub: EU grants not nearly enough to get industry going

    By Bruce Douglas Young, University of the Witwatersrand and Craig McGregor, Stellenbosch University   South Africa is poised to become a major player in the global energy transition, thanks to its vast renewable energy resources (sun and wind) and its plans for green hydrogen production. Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis, where renewable electricity splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. Unlike grey hydrogen, which is derived from fossil […]

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From humble beginnings to Africa’s development partner of choice: Former and current staff reflect on the African Development Bank’s transformation

    The African Development Bank has kicked off activities to celebrate 60 years of its transformative impact on Africa's development. Since September 1964 when representatives of 25 African countries gathered in Khartoum, Sudan, to agree on the vision for a bank to drive economic development across Africa, it has been a journey of resilience and passion, including a fair share of bumps and bruises. Georges Rigobert Aithnard, the Bank's […]

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A Day Of Joy As The African Development Bank celebrates 60 Years

    The President of Cote d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara led celebrations on Tuesday to mark the African Development Bank’s 60th anniversary. “This is an historic milestone and a cause for celebration, but it is also an opportunity to see that the African Development Bank has financed some pivotal infrastructure and helped improve the living conditions of millions of Africans. The Bank is a source of pride and hope for Africa,” President […]

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Ghana is Africa’s largest gold producer, but it has an illegal mining issue: 5 essential reads

  By Godfred Boafo, The Conversation   Ghana is one of the world’s gold hotspots. It is Africa’s largest producer of gold and it ranks sixth globally. In 2023, 4 million ounces were produced. It is essential to Ghana’s economy, contributing around 7% of gross domestic product. Ghana’s gold mines are found in most parts of the country, and the mining history can be traced back hundreds of years. However, […]

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Steve Biko, the South African liberation struggle hero who considered dishonour worse than death

  By Jacob Dlamini, Princeton University   What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? Jacob Dlamini explores this and other questions in his new book, Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa. This edited extract, from the chapter Dead and Proud, focuses on Steve Biko’s attitude to martyrdom and to the political uses of death (30). Steve Biko’s death on 12 September […]

todaySeptember 10, 2024 9

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Looting of the Sudan National Museum – more is at stake than priceless ancient treasures

    By Mohamed Albdri Sliman Bashir, University of Khartoum   Reports continue to emerge of the alleged looting of tens of thousands of artefacts from the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. The museum, near the confluence of the White and the Blue Niles, holds a history of the region, home to ancient civilisations, temples and pyramids. But it has been caught in the crossfire in a war between the […]

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Mysterious African manatees inspire a growing chorus of champions

  By Petro Kotzé, via Mongabay   As a young student, Aristide Kamla had “big plans” when he traveled to Lake Ossa in Cameroon to conduct his master’s degree fieldwork with the little-known African manatee. He was hoping for a manatee count and a management plan to come out of the expedition on the roughly 4,000-hectare (10,000-acre) lake. But securing grants was difficult for this budding researcher, so his first funder […]

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Sexual violence in South Africa: women share their stories about the dangers of commuting on minibus taxis

Commuters getting into a minibus taxi in Johannesburg. Rich T Photo   By Jarred H Martin, University of Pretoria   Millions of people use minibus taxis to get around South Africa every day. These “pillars of public transport” (which are privately owned and run rather than operated by the state) account for 66.5% of all public transport on the country’s roads. The vast majority of minibus taxi commuters come from […]

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