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Djibouti's electricity demand is expected to considerably increase due to various large-scale infrastructure projects including ports, free trade zones... read
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The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has welcomed the decision by the High Court in Pretoria to dismiss an urgent relief sought by Eskom...read
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In his State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that the regulatory environment is to be changed in order to facilitate uncapped commercial and industrial distributed generation for own use....read
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Markets & Investment
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DAVID MOROBE
Although the International Monetary Fund gave South Africa's economic growth prospects a downward revision for this year, 2020 could still hold significant opportunities for business owners who know where to look... Read
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Mining
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ZOË POSTMAN
Mining rights applications should be public documents, the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) and the Centre for Applied Studies (CALS) argued in the North Gauteng High Court on Monday... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Mining is so much more than just digging up rocks. Sustainable development, community welfare, greenhouse gas emissions and traceability of the source of minerals all play a substantial role in developing the industry as an economic driver in Africa... Read
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Nuclear Power
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LUCAS CHAUMONTET
Too often mining companies frame their "climate narrative" around compliance. Instead they should aspire to be more inspiring... Read
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The AfDB has approved a $34.74m grant and loan to boost renewable energy access and promote an attractive investment climate in Liberia... Read
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RUTH COOPER
The eighth instalment of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair recently ran at the CTICC. We got in touch with Investec Cape Town Art Fair art fair director Laura Vincenti to find out what goes into putting on an event of this scale, cultivating a Pan-African dialogue and art trends for the year ahead... Read
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The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa's most populous nation to be declared a national health emergency because of its severity... Read
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IMRAN SALIE
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, offers insight into how technology and education can help economic growth in Africa... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Imagine this...you're 16 years old, you're in Grade 10 and you're sitting in a classroom and all of a sudden an idea comes to mind... Read
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Google announced a $1m pan-African Google.org fund to support innovative ideas around privacy and launched a child online safety programme, Be Internet Awesome... Read
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IMRAN SALIE
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, elaborates on HP's efforts in cultivating entrepreneurship and women empowerment through technology... Read
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South Africa's retail trade sales dropped by 0,4% year-on-year in December 2019, according to Statistics South Africa. Read
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EDWARD PARKER
In the final weeks of 2019, a virus slipped furtively from animal to human somewhere in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This inauspicious moment marked the sounding of a starting pistol, unheard at first but now echoing deafeningly across the globe. The race to stop a pandemic had begun... Read
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The 2020 Africa Energy Forum will take place in Barcelona, Spain from 30 June to 3 July under the overarching theme of 'Investment and impact'... Read
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