In Nigeria 96% of households are connected to the grid, but only 18% of these connections function more than about half the time. Akintunde Akinleye/ReutersAfrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, recently released a report highlighting Africa’s electricity challenges. Power shortages can hamper socioeconomic development, but they also have implications for … [Read more...] about What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies | The Conversation
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Why urban agriculture isn’t a panacea for Africa’s food crisis | The Conversation
Food security efforts need to look beyond urban agriculture. Jane BattersbyUrban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa and in Africa more broadly. It is said to provide livelihoods and social cohesion, and have environmental benefits. But it’s also promoted as having additional food security benefits. It … [Read more...] about Why urban agriculture isn’t a panacea for Africa’s food crisis | The Conversation
South Africa’s Mantashe says ruling ANC losing supporters’ confidence
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has lost some supporters’ confidence and could totally lose them if it does not deal with discontent with President Jacob Zuma, an ANC official said on Sunday. President Jacob Zuma speaks during the official launch of the eChannel Pilot Project of the Department of Home Affairs in Midrand, Johannesburg, April 7, 2016. … [Read more...] about South Africa’s Mantashe says ruling ANC losing supporters’ confidence
UPDATE 2-AB Foods to buy rest of South Africa’s Illovo Sugar
JOHANNESBURG, April 8 Associated British Foods , the biggest shareholder in Illovo Sugar, has reached an agreement to buy the rest of the South African sugar producer for 5.6 billion rand after raising an earlier offer. ABF, which holds a 51.35 percent stake in Illovo, has made an offer of 25 rand per share for the stake it does not own, Africa’s biggest sugar producer … [Read more...] about UPDATE 2-AB Foods to buy rest of South Africa’s Illovo Sugar
One More Sign that South Africa’s Zuma is in Trouble with his Party
South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Jacob Zuma stand during the playing of the national anthem at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, February 11, 2016. In the aftermath of the Constitutional Court’s unanimous ruling that President Zuma and the National Assembly failed to uphold the Constitution over Nkandla, there are signs that the … [Read more...] about One More Sign that South Africa’s Zuma is in Trouble with his Party
