Discoveries of aquifers – underground earth formations that hold water – often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region. For instance, about 10 years ago a large aquifer was discovered in Kenya’s Turkana region. This is one of the hottest, driest parts of Kenya and it frequently suffers from drought. The government claimed that the aquifer … [Read more...] about Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity
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ENGIE partners with CarbonClear to finance the access to energy challenge in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Market
A landmark partnership was signed today to foster the sustainable development and access to energy financing in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Markets. ENGIE Energy Access (https://ENGIE-EnergyAccess.com) — one of the leading off-grid providers in Africa, ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) (https://GEMS.ENGIE.com) – the energy management and … [Read more...] about ENGIE partners with CarbonClear to finance the access to energy challenge in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Market
Pearson’s English language proficiency test receives approval for Canadian Economic Immigration
Pearson, the world’s leading learning company (https://PLC.Pearson.com/), has been designated by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to launch its newest language test, PTE Essential, for proof of English language proficiency. PTE Essential is a new version of the Pearson Test of English that is very similar to PTE Academic. The key difference is it has a … [Read more...] about Pearson’s English language proficiency test receives approval for Canadian Economic Immigration
Kinetiko and Renergen: How Domestic Gas Production can help Mitigate South Africa’s Energy Crisis (By NJ Ayuk)
By NJ Ayuk, the Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) and Author of A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History with an Energy Mix South Africa is facing an energy crisis on a very large scale. It’s not for nothing that President Cyril Ramaphosa took the unprecedented step of declaring a “national disaster” in … [Read more...] about Kinetiko and Renergen: How Domestic Gas Production can help Mitigate South Africa’s Energy Crisis (By NJ Ayuk)
Calm Down: how a Nigerian singer and a Cameroonian dancer inspired a powerful protest in Iran
On 8 March 2023, five teenage girls uploaded on social media a video of themselves performing the Calm Down Dance Challenge. This is the choreography for the first verse of the Afrobeats hit Calm Down by Nigerian singer Rema (Divine Ikubor). The girls were following people across the world who’ve made this dance challenge go viral for over a year by uploading videos of … [Read more...] about Calm Down: how a Nigerian singer and a Cameroonian dancer inspired a powerful protest in Iran
