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Mkango Files NI 43-101 Definitive Feasibility Study Report for the Songwe Hill Rare Earths Project in Malawi - NPV of US$559.0 Million and IRR of 31.5%

LONDON and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mkango Resources Ltd. MKA (the "Company" or "Mkango") is pleased to announce that it has filed a Technical Report (the "Report") in relation to the Definitive Feasibility...

WTO members discuss professional qualification recognition and other services trade issues

Recognition of professional qualifications An experience- and information-sharing session on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQs) of service providers was held on 2 October, as agreed by the Council for Trade in Services. The...

ClimateCare ranked Best Project Developer in Voluntary Carbon Market

Best Project Developer in Voluntary Carbon Market OXFORD , UNITED KINGDOM , September 30, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- This year’s Environmental Finance Voluntary Carbon Market Survey – an industry voted award series - ranks ClimateCare as the...

Malawi: Smallholder Agriculture Market Support (SAMS)

Download logo Background WFP works with the government of Malawi, private sector, and development partners to strengthen the livelihoods and formal market opportunities of smallholder farmers. Through Smallholder Agriculture Market Support (SAMS),...

WFP Boosts Food Production and Builds Resilience to Climate Change in Malawi

Download logo UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) activities in Malawi between 2015 to 2020 have helped communities adapt to a changing climate and enabled them to break out of the cycle of hunger, confirms a recent independent evaluation. The...

Statement by IMF African Department Director Abebe Aemro Selassie on Meeting with President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the Republic of Malawi

Download logo Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today met with President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of Malawi. He also met Malawi’s Vice President Salous Klaus Chilima and senior...

Nursing students in Kenya and Malawi get their first e-learning option

Innovative e-learning approach is helping nursing schools and students affected by pandemic in Malawi and Kenya resume classes. HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA, September 7, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Nursing students in Kenya and Malawi get their first...

Human Rights Council appoints a Special Rapporteur on the protection of human rights in the context of climate change and a Special Rapporteur to monitor the situation of human rights in Burundi

Download logo The Human Rights Council this afternoon appointed a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, and a Special Rapporteur to monitor the situation of human rights in Burundi. In...

Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe need $4 bn to recover from devastating cyclones

Download logo Over US$4 billion is needed to help Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe recover from the devastating effects of Cyclones Idai that hit the three southern African nations earlier this year. Speaking at a planning workshop for climate...

Malawi: The African Development Bank approves $13.2 million for sustainable fisheries, aquaculture development and watershed management

Download logo The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $13.2 million financing package from the African Development Fund for a fisheries and aquaculture development project in Malawi. The Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture...

Short Stories on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by African Young People

The inaugural Anthology of Short Stories on Sustainable Development Goals as interpreted by young writers from Africa has been published by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). This is the first of its kind collection of short stories written...

UN Launches the First Regional Online Portal to Bring Together all African Countries with Data and Evidence on Sustainable Development

Download logo Measuring and evaluating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa became much easier as a group of regional UN entities launched the first online data portal that brings together statistical data harvested across all...

Leading by example for improved nutrition in Malawi

Download logo On the outskirts of Mzuzu city in Malawi, in the small village of Chikoya lives Tael Vumu. He is a cluster leader under Titemwane care group, a volunteer who facilitates sharing and dissemination of nutrition information to improve...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: 45th Ordinary Summit of SADC Vote of Thanks on behalf of Heads of State and Government

Your Majesty - King Mswati III, Your Excellency, President Andry Rajoelina, President of the Republic of Madagascar and Chairperson of SADC, Your Excellency, President Dr Lazarous Chakwera of the Republic of Malawi and the Chairperson of the SADC...

Three Entrepreneurs in Botswana, Zambia, and Malawi Beat over 1,000 Applicants to Win Prestigious SEED Award

A Botswanan company which trains farmers to use bees to stop elephants destroying their farms, a Zambian business which promotes sustainable bee-farming, and a Malawian start-up which turns leftovers into cooking gas have won the SEED Awards for...

New Malawi initiative to restore 25,000 hectares of forest landscape

Download logo The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources, have launched a project which targets forest landscape restoration (FLR) for 25...

African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) Steps in to Provide Liquidity Cover for the 60 MW JCM Salima Solar PV - The Second Project in Malawi to Benefit from the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF)

ATI (www.ATI-ACA.org), through RLSF, has supported the 60 MW Salima Solar PV plant in Malawi; this is the second project in the country to benefit from RLSF; the first project being Phase 1 of the Nkhotakota Solar Power Plant, with an initial...

Malawi: African Development Bank boosts cyclone response with emergency relief package and measures to combat climate change

Malawi’s recovery and reconstruction plans in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai has received a boost from the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), which is supporting the country with an emergency relief package and measures to combat the effect...

UK and Ghana reaffirm partnership on climate adaptation and resilience ahead of COP26

Download logo During a visit to Ghana, Minister of State Anne-Marie Trevelyan co-chaired a ministerial roundtable with Minister of Environment Dr Kwaku Afriyie on climate adaption and resilience and Ghana’s roadmap to COP26. The UK International...

Strengthening Market-led Digital Agriculture Platforms in Malawi

Download logo “Searching for markets required money, physical stamina and a lot of time travelling. We used to leave this for men,” Monica Rashid, Msambafumu Network, Lisasadzi Extension Planning Area (EPA), Kasungu. Monica is a smallholder farmer...