How The Zayed Sustainable Prize Makes A Difference — 4 Interviews

Credit to Author: Jacek Fior| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:57:39 +0000

I thought I would go back to the Zayed Sustainability Prize winners from last year to check what has changed and how the prize has impacted their operations

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Investing in African Energy—Weighing Risks and Rewards

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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Foreign energy companies are investing in Africa as that continent builds out its power generation infrastructure. But there are risks to those investments, as some governments—Angola, Tanzania, and Libya

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East African Countries Seek The Right Energy Mix: The Heavy Task Of Choosing One’s Path

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:00:59 +0000

Kenya taps most of its energy needs from dams built between 1970 and early the ’80s along Tana River, the country’s biggest river. Several other dams built on other rivers bring the total installed hydropower capacity to 743 MW, which makes up more than half of the country’s power sources

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Fake proposals to women prompt need for ‘database of married men’

Credit to Author: rrcadio| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:51:55 +0000

Database, marriage

In a bid to protect women from false proposals from deceptive married men, a government official in Africa plans to create a database of espoused men. 

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Keep Mt. Kilimanjaro cable car-free, online petition asks Tanzania gov’t

Credit to Author: hmallorca| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 12:50:19 +0000

Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

An online petition was launched to protest the potential building of a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro. 

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More than 100 die in Lake Victoria ferry disaster

More than 100 die in Lake Victoria ferry disaster

Nairobi, Kenya  — The death toll in a ferry capsize in Lake Victoria climbed to more than 100 on Friday, as Tanzanian rescue workers pressed on with searches to find scores of more people feared drowned.

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