Europe needs to swap its dependence on fossil energy from Russia with renewables from Africa. The European Commission’s REPowerEU plan is to reduce demand for Russian gas by two-thirds in 2022 and make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels by 2030. In 2021 the European Union (EU) imported 155 billion cubic metres of natural gas from Russia, close to 40% of its total…
UN, Lagos make case for groundwater as bodies sink boreholesSome 418 million Africans lack water besides 779 million others in need of basic sanitation services and another 208 million persons still practising open defecation and 839 million seeking essential hygiene services on the continent. Consequently, a United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF)/World Health Organisation (WHO) report on Africa has…
Chinese agricultural technology demonstration centers, or ATDC, have promoted the transfer of advanced agricultural technologies from China to African countries, and could help the continent recover from food insecurity, said South African experts. “ATDC could play a bigger role in ensuring food security in the region as the countries recover from COVID-19,” said Elias Dafi, an econometrician who is…
Chinese agricultural technology demonstration centers, or ATDC, have promoted the transfer of advanced agricultural technologies from China to African countries, and could help the continent recover from food insecurity, said South African experts. “ATDC could play a bigger role in ensuring food security in the region as the countries recover from COVID-19,” said Elias Dafi, an econometrician who is…
Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, was today appointed the Official Newswire for Africa Tech Festival (https://bit.ly/355VqMo), a series of world-class tech events that includes AfricaCom, AfricaTech, the AHUB, the AFest and the AfricaCom Awards. Africa Tech Festival runs from 7-11 November 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. Watch the video: https://bit.ly/3L4xd8p As Official…
Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, was today appointed the Official Newswire for Africa Tech Festival (https://bit.ly/355VqMo), a series of world-class tech events that includes AfricaCom, AfricaTech, the AHUB, the AFest and the AfricaCom Awards. Africa Tech Festival runs from 7-11 November 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. Watch the video: https://bit.ly/3L4xd8p As Official…
As the war in Ukraine rages on, the European Union is desperately searching for alternative energy sources. Africa has abundant reserves, but experts say the continent’s energy sector needs urgent reforms and help. EU nations have considered cutting off import of Russia’s oil and gas following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022. To avoid self-inflicting…
As the war in Ukraine rages on, the European Union is desperately searching for alternative energy sources. Africa has abundant reserves, but experts say the continent’s energy sector needs urgent reforms and help. EU nations have considered cutting off import of Russia’s oil and gas following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022. To avoid self-inflicting…
One of the world’s major problems that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) seeks to tackle by 2030 is hunger. Hunger and nutritional deficiency weaken the immune system of humans while leaving them prone to chronic diseases and infections including high blood pressure and diabetes. Statistics from the World Counts estimates that “about nine million people die of hunger and…
One of the world’s major problems that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) seeks to tackle by 2030 is hunger. Hunger and nutritional deficiency weaken the immune system of humans while leaving them prone to chronic diseases and infections including high blood pressure and diabetes. Statistics from the World Counts estimates that “about nine million people die of hunger and…