Green Taxis Form Part of Nairobi’s Near Future
Finland’s electric taxi service Nopea Ride expects to more than triple its fleet in Kenya’s capital this year, helping to reduce emissions from Nairobi’s notorious traffic. Environmental experts say electric vehicles are a welcome step toward reducing pollution-related health problems but say emissions standards and public transport are still lacking. SOURCE: VOA
Angolan Port Gets Emirati Flair
The Dubai-headquartered port operator DP World has signed a 20-year concession agreement with the government of Angola to operate the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port of Luanda. DP World will invest $190m over the 20-year period, with plans to rehabilitate the existing infrastructure and acquire new equipment to bring operations at the port in […]
South Africa’s Beer Industry Going through Withdrawals
South African barley farmers are bracing for a tough market ahead as demand for the grain used to make beer falls and stockpiles grow after a ban on the sale of alcohol was reinstated as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. Unutilised stocks of barley, which is mainly planted for malting purpose in […]
Safari Lodges have Been at the Forefront of Innovation that can be Applied Post Pandemic
Before glamping was a thing, safari camps in remote areas of Africa figured out how to use canvas and lightweight setups that had minimal impact on the land and were inherently more sustainable and connected to the land. And, under geographical constraint and limited resources, their next wave of experimentation and innovation might hold the […]
Ugandan Startup Secures Funding for Its Remote Monitoring Solar Firms
Innovex, a Uganda-based startup enabling pay as you go (PAYG) and remote monitoring for solar companies, has closed a seed funding round to help it scale its technology across Africa. Founded in 2016 by Douglas Baguma and David Tusubira, Innovex has developed “Remot”, a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) solution that transforms the distribution of […]
Guinea is the First Low-income Country to Start Covid Vaccinations
World Health Organization officials said last week that the West African nation of Guinea is the only low-income country of 29 to begin vaccinating. And those efforts have been limited in scope — just 55 people out of the population of more than 12 million have received doses so far. The initiative, using the Russia-backed […]
Tragedy on Cameroon’s Roads
At least 53 people died of burns when a passenger bus collided with a truck carrying adulterated fuel in western Cameroon on Wednesday. The collision led to the two vehicles going up in flames, governor of the region, Awa Fonka Augustine said. Awa Fonka Augustine added that this could “be due to fog” and that […]
Accra Lays Former President to Rest
The state funeral of Ghana’s longest serving leader, Jerry John Rawlings, has taken place in the capital, Accra. He died in November at the age of 73 of an undisclosed illness, but his funeral was delayed – in part by political squabbling. The ceremony was held at Independence Square, with numbers attending limited by coronavirus […]
Will Mali’s Peace Deal Hold?
Three “peace agreements” have been signed by representatives from herder and farmer communities that have become trapped in violence sparked by armed group attacks in central Mali. The accords bring together the Fulani – also called Peul – who mainly comprise semi-nomadic herders, and the Dogon, who are chiefly sedentary farmers. The two groups have […]
Tunisia’s Lockdown Can’t Hold Off Riots
Protests were continuing on Wednesday, with police pushing back hundreds of mainly young demonstrators outside the country’s parliament in the capital, Tunis. One group had marched there from the working-class district of Hay Ettadhamen, in the north of the city. The protesters chanted refrains from the revolution of the winter of 2010–11 and anti-police slogans, […]
