Africa’s rich biodiversity offers a wealth of carbon offset projects for Gulf investors

Africa’s rich biodiversity offers a wealth of carbon offset projects for Gulf investors

By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency Africa is a prime target for new multimillion-dollar carbon offset projects as companies increasingly seek to blunt the effects of their carbon footprints. In September, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced plans to shell out US$450 million to secure carbon credits from various carbon offset initiatives on the continent. Already, carbon offset firms are snapping up new deals. Eco Netix, a measurement, reporting […]

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Africa

African women rise up in Forbes ‘Most Powerful Women’ rankings

By Conrad Onyango, via bird story agency More African women are joining and rising up the ranks of the world’s 100 most powerful women, according to Forbes, as they grow their influence in shaping the policies, products and political fights defining the globe. Nigeria’s former minister of finance, currently World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has moved the highest on the continent by four places from position 91 […]

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Oshiwambo

Eenghendabala domalolelo oku hovela netunilo loudu wombuto yoHIV dakalekwa.

Eenghendabala doku hovela nokutunila oudu wombuto yo HIV okudja moUganda, na South Africa okwa lopotwa dakalekwa manga konima eshi omapekaapeko opetameko oo aningwapo aulika kutya omukalo kauli dingi mokwaamena etandavelo lomukifi. Oshikundaneki sho SABC news osha lopota kutya onghundana yokuyele inasha netunilo loudu wombuto yo HIV oya eta elineekelo liwa mokumona omuti wokutunila oudu wombuto oyo yatwaalela eemwenyo dovanhu mounyuni vakonda pee million 40, ovo vahapu vomuvo vadja moilyo longo […]

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Oshiwambo

Omeva eefudja atwaalela eemwenyo dovanhu 8 monooli yaTanzania.

Omeva efudja oo taxwaxwamekwa komuloka tautwikile okwa lopotwa atwaalela eemwenyo dovanhu 8 mwakwatelwa ounona veli 3 mo nooli yoshilongo Tanzania. Eelopota odati omafyo nonghalo yanaika oya didilikwa unene moshitopolwa sha Tanga moule woivike ili 3 oyo yadjako. Oo eli commander wopolifi elilepo oshitopolwa sha Tanga, Almachius Mchunguzi, okwa lombwela oikundaneki omandaxa kutya omafyo okwa didilikwa okudja moshitopolwa Tanga, Muheza and Handeni. Mchunguzi okwati omuloka ouli yoo wafiya wahalakanifapo omayambulepo moitopolwa […]

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Opinion Pieces

300,000 Tanzanians were killed by Germany during the Maji-Maji uprising – it was genocide and should be called that

Klaus Bachmann, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Gerhard Kemp, University of the West of England Political actors in Tanzania have in recent years demanded compensation from Germany for colonial atrocities committed in the early 20th century. In early 2017, the National Assembly of Tanzania stopped short of putting the label of genocide on the atrocities committed by German troops during the Maji-Maji uprising (1905–1907). During a visit […]

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