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HOW ONGOS VALLEY IS REFUSING BUDGE ON SOLAR ENEEGY PLANS IN NAMIBIA

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Gambeta News

The massive Ongos Valley housing development on the northern outskirts of Windhoek has reaffirmed its intention to generate some of its own electricity using renewable solar energy. This is despite strong objections and a legal challenge by the City of Windhoek that remains adamant that Ongos should buy all its electricity from the City. Ongos Valley Development (OVD) project spokesperson, Abed Erastus, last week said the Ongos solar project would be developed employing the concept…

MOROCCO MINISTRY APPROVED OFFSHORE GAS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Gambeta News

Chariot, an Africa-focused energy group, announced that it has received approval for its Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA) from the Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development for the Anchois gas development project offshore Morocco. The environmental assessment process for Anchois was conducted over a 12-month period and was based on onshore and offshore environmental and social baseline surveys. The EIA process included an open and transparent stakeholder engagement program held in cooperation with…

RWANDA GOVT. SECURE €75M FUNDS TO UPGRADE RUHENGERI REFERRAL HOSPITAL

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Gambeta News

The government has secured a €75 million (over Rwf91 billion) loan from French Agency for Development (AFD) to modernise Ruhengeri Referral Hospital. The concessional loan agreement was signed on Monday, October 30 by Richard Tusabe, Minister of State for National Treasury, and Arthur Germond, AFD’s Director in Rwanda. The referral hospital has also been designated as a second-degree teaching hospital (below a university hospital) by the Ministry of Health. Ruhengeri Hospital, located in Musanze District, serves…

SOUTH AFRICA ESKOM IMPLEMENT STAGE 2 LOAD SHEDDING

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Gambeta News

Eskom has implemented Stage 2 load shedding in a bid to replenish emergency reserves ahead of the colder weather expected this week. On Monday, Stage 2 was implemented until 4pm and will be followed by Stage 3 until 5am. Thereafter Stage 2 will return during the day with that pattern repeating until further notice. “Breakdowns are currently at 16 150MW of generating capacity while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 5 950MW….

HOW NIGERIA CAN AVIOD ABANDONING INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Gambeta News

Nigeria has a huge infrastructure deficit due largely to the high volume of abandoned projects in the country, but a professional project management consultant has proffered solutions on how that can be avoided. Victor Esiemokhai, a civil engineer, has a specialty in project management and over 10 years of experience working with Shell and the Qatar Ministry of Works and Housing. In an interview with Daily Trust in Abuja, he gave reasons why many projects…

CONSTRUCTION OF 87KM KIANG WEST ROAD PROJECT HAILED IN GAMBIA

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Gambeta News

The inhabitants of Kiang Kemoto in the Lower River Region have hailed the National Roads Authority (NRA) for the ongoing construction of the 87km Kiang West Road project. The project, according to some elders in the community, will not only end their years of dis-connectivity due to poor state of their roads, but will now give them easy access to hospitals, schools, and markets amongst others. The Kiang West Road project is divided into two…

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CEMENT FACTORIES ON HOLD ON GHANA

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Gambeta News

The directive by the Ministry of Trade and Industry which takes immediate effect is a temporary measure aimed at streamlining the issuance of permits by various regulatory institutions before the construction of new cement factories could be considered. The directive was issued at the launch of a national quality policy in Accra yesterday. The policy gives specific prescriptions for the operationalisation of a national quality infrastructure (NQI). The NQI is a system that includes laws,…

KENYA CEMENT INDUSTRY PLAYERS MAKING PLANS TO CUT CO2 EMISSION

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Gambeta News

Bamburi Cement Plc has kicked off a regional construction sector thought leadership series to rally the sector towards decarbonisation. The firm will engage designers, engineers, developers, contractors, materials manufacturers, and industry bodies in Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nairobi on how to transition towards a low-carbon pathway. The built environment accounts for around 42 percent of annual global CO2 emissions. Building operations account for approximately 27 percent of overall emissions, with the embodied carbon of only four…

CHINESE FIRM EMBARKED ON ROAD REHABILITATION IN LIBERIA

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Gambeta News

In an effort to creating easy access to roads across several communities in Caldwell, Montserrado County District#15, a Chinese sand mining company Hyde Investment, has embarked on rehabilitation of various feeder roads across the district. The road rehabilitation plus ongoing construction of the township’s first multipurpose hall are part of the company’s corporate social responsibility aimed at improving lives of residents. The road initiative is targeting Taylor Mayor Compound and other projects in the township….

MOROCCO HIGHWAY COMPANY ADVISE CITIZEN TO AVIOD FEZ-OUJDA HIGHWAY AFTER WEATHER ALERTS

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Gambeta News

Morocco’s Highway Company has called on citizens to exercise vigilance, urging users of the Fez-Oujda highway to avoid traveling and take necessary precautions should they do so. The decision came amid a series of weather alerts, forecasting strong wind and dust storms in several regions, including Taourirt. The company called on citizens to contact the phone number 5050 for more information on traffic conditions as well as to check its road traffic application. On Sunday,…

TWO FIRM PARTNER TO BUILD 300 MW CHP POWER PLANT IN EGYPT

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Gambeta News

Intro Sustainable Resources, a subsidiary of Intro Holding Investments, has signed a cooperation protocol with Siemens Energy, a global leader in energy technology, to implement and install a group of highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Egypt and the region. The CHP plants will have a total capacity of 300 megawatts by 2030 and will use natural gas as fuel. The cooperation aims to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change by…

HOW DAR ES SALAAM PORT INEFFICIENCES ARE DERAILING TANZANIA’S ECONOMY

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Gambeta News

The inefficiencies at the Dar es Salaam Port have been derailing its march towards becoming the regional powerhouse that could have contributed substantially to Tanzania’s economic growth. From the strategic point of view, the Dar es Salaam Port is well positioned to serve more land-linked countries at cost-efficient services thus giving it a high comparative advantage over its peer ports. Despite continued efforts to improve the port, there is still a long way to go…

NIGERIA AND OTHERS TO GET £150BILLION INFRASTRUCTURAL FUND FROM EU

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Gambeta News

The European Union (EU) is to disburse 150 billion Euros in four years by 2027 through its Global Gateway Initiative to Nigeria and other African countries to enhance infrastructure in over eight sectors. The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known during the launch of the Global Gateway initiative on Thursday in Abuja. According to Ms Urpilainen, the Global Gateway initiative is crafted to enhance connectivity, promote sustainable development, and strengthen economic…

ANGOLA PRESIDENT DISCUSSED CONSTRUCTION OF LOBITO REFINERY

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Gambeta News

Angolan president João Lourenço granted an audience in Luanda to the CEO of the Chinese state-owned company China National Chemical Engineering (CNCE), Weng Gang, to learn about the construction project of Lobito Refinery. Speaking to the press at the end of the audience, Weng Gang said the meeting discussed mainly the construction project of the Lobito refinery, having guaranteed that the reconstruction and expansion would be concluded before the end of 2026. The Minister of…

ANGOLA’S PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED PROGRESS MADE ON THE REHABILITATION OF ROADS

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Gambeta News

One thousand 945 kilometers of road in the national network have been paved from 2018 to 2022, as part of the reduction of regional asymmetries, President João Lourenço said on Monday. When presenting the Message on the State of the Nation, at the National Assembly, the Head of State made it known that, in the same period, 3,985 meters of concrete bridge were built and rehabilitated. According to João Lourenço, 2,059 kilometers of roads were…

FORMER GHANA PRESIDENT CALLS FOR FLOOD EMERGENCY

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Gambeta News

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the government to declare a state of emergency in the areas affected by floods following the spillage of water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams. Joining earlier similar calls in a Facebook post on Wednesday [October 18], Mr. Mahama said the scope and scale of the flooding of communities along the Volta River is bigger than “our crippled economy can bear.” “I recommend to Government to declare…

ECOWAS LAUNCHES REGIONAL OFF-GRID ELECTRICITY IN THE GAMBIA

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Gambeta News

The opening ceremony of the 8th ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF 2023), organised on Thursday 12 October 2023 in Praia, Cabo Verde by the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), was also the occasion for the launch of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP). These 2 activities were launched by H.E Ulisses Correia E. Silva, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde and H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS…

MUZUZU AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION: DONORS UNHAPPY WITH LACK OF ACTIVITIES IN MALAWI

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Gambeta News

Donors are furious with the Malawi government over delays to kick start construction of Mzuzu Airport despite feasibility study funds being made available. Officials from OPEC Fund for International Development (Ofid) are accusing the government of failing to utilise a K350 million (US$350,000) grant for Mzuzu airport feasibility study. Ofid assistant director general for Public Sector Operations, Fuad Albassam has told the new minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Banda that Fund officials are not amused…

ALGERIA GOVT. APPROVE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ROAD PROJECTS CONNECTING TWO PROVINCES

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Gambeta News

The Council of Ministers met Sunday under the chairmanship of the president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, approved the completion of two road projects connecting the two provinces of Mascara and Tizi Ouzou to the East-West Highway, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. “After listening to a presentation by the minister of Public Works and Basic Infrastructures, the Council of Ministers approved the completion of two road projects connecting the two provinces of…

NSC WATER PIPELINE PROJECT FINALLY COMPLETED IN BOTSWANA

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Gambeta News

The long awaited North-South Carrier (NSC) pipeline and related water infrastructure meant to deliver water to Molepolole and other villages in the periphery has come to completion. President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi said this when addressing a kgotla meeting in Molepolole on Friday. With the bulk of water supply project having been completed, President Masisi assured Bakwena, who had thronged Lewis Primary School grounds in large numbers, that for the first time water from Letsibogo and…

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