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What Good Roads and Whale Migration Taught Me About Economic Development

Written by Kai Niedermair While filming a documentary about humpback whale migration in Brazil, I came to realize how informal communities hold the key to sustainable economic development. All we.

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Rwanda Launches Rwf71bn Project to Mitigate Drought in Kayonza

A Rwf71 billion ($79.93m) Kayonza Irrigation and Integrated Watershed Management Project (KIIWP) that will operate in eight of Kayonza District’s 12 sectors was launched on Tuesday, September 15 and is.

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Durban sets continental record, launches Africa’s first city climate action plan

History has been made as South Africa’s eThekwini Municipality recently became the first city on the African continent and one of the 12 cities in the world to develop and.

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Can Capitalism Beat Climate Change?

By Lord Adair Turner Only clear targets can transform rational self-interest from a potentially catastrophic force into a powerful driver of beneficial change. Once investors know that the non-negotiable endpoint.

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Forging Africa’s future with sanitation

Dr Canisius Kanangire, Executive Secretary of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW). Access to adequate sanitation is a fundamental human right. Yet, a third of African citizens are still.

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Liberia: African Development Fund Approves $34.7 Million for Renewable Energy

Renewable energy in Liberia takes a new turn as the African Development Fund (ADF) recently signed agreement with Liberia’s Minister of Finance & Development Planning to boost renewable energy access.

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South Africa Donates Face Mask to China Against Novel Coronavirus

The fight against deadly coronavirus continues while China receives international help. Recently a South African company donated a consignment of face masks to the Chinese Ambassador in South Africa to.

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Rwanda to Host the First-ever Global Summit on Malaria

In efforts to end the epidemics of malaria, neglected tropical diseases and other communicable diseases by 2030, Rwanda is set to host the first-ever global summit on Malaria and Neglected.

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How El Ali’s Mangrove Initiation Led To The Largest Mangrove Re-planting Project In The World

Part of the reason for the success of Haidar El Ali’s mangrove regeneration project in Senegal is that he is a hands-on kind of leader who has totally immersed himself.

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Large Scale Investments Needed to Sustain ‘Livable Cities’ – Report

The world’s cities need large scale investments to develop and maintain infrastructure and services such as urban transport, water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management, a joint report by the.

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