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UN Launches the First Regional Online Portal to Bring Together all African Countries with Data and Evidence on Sustainable Development
African Press Organization
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September 14, 2021
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
African Press Organization
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September 14, 2021
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...
Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe need $4 bn to recover from devastating cyclones
African Press Organization
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October 24, 2019
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
African Press Organization
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October 9, 2019
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...
Three Entrepreneurs in Botswana, Zambia, and Malawi Beat over 1,000 Applicants to Win Prestigious SEED Award
African Press Organization
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July 13, 2021
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
African Press Organization
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July 15, 2021
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)
African Press Organization
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July 15, 2021
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...
Minister Angie Motshekga: Defence and Military Veterans Dept Budget Vote 2025/26
South African Government
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July 10, 2025
House Chairperson Deputy Ministers of Defence and Military Veterans, Chairpersons and Members of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Honourable Members, Acting Secretary for...
Four Decades After Live Aid, Ethiopia’s Hunger Crisis Returns
EIN Presswire
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July 10, 2025
“On the Frontlines of Hunger” reveals Tigray’s battle against hunger and global silence. BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, July 10, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Forty years after the world united through the historic Live Aid concerts to raise funds...
Strengthening Market-led Digital Agriculture Platforms in Malawi
African Press Organization
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July 28, 2021
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...
UK and Ghana reaffirm partnership on climate adaptation and resilience ahead of COP26
African Press Organization
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June 19, 2021
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...
Malawi: African Development Bank boosts cyclone response with emergency relief package and measures to combat climate change
African Press Organization
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April 25, 2019
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...
Deputy Minister Narend Singh: Opening of Regional Dialogue for Member States of SADC and East African Community on update or revision of NBSAPs
South African Government
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May 20, 2025
Distinguished delegates, representatives from the Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity, African Union Commission, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...
The World’s Best: 526 UPG Sustainability Leaders commit to training 10,000 citizens across the world
EIN Presswire
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June 16, 2021
Young leaders (18 to 35 years) from over 100 countries, completed a 9-week training and they commit to train 10,000 citizens across all world regions. GENEVA, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, June 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- United People Global...
African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI)'s Transparency Tool Records ESCOM's Impressive Payment Record to Malawi's only Operational IPP
African Press Organization
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April 12, 2021
Download logo ESCOM, Malawi’s national power utility, made timely payments to the Ruo-Ndiza Hydroelectric power plant for 22,578 MWh of electricity supplied to the utility throughout 2020; The payments have been collected and recorded by the...
Innovative financing plan helps Vietnamese wind farm get off the ground
UN Environmental Program
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January 23, 2025
Looming over Viet Nam’s southeast Binh Thuan province, the Dai Phaong windfarm is a testament to international cooperation. The 10-turbine plant was built by the Singapore-based green energy company The Blue Circle and made possible through...
Climate and disaster risk financing get fresh boost from African Development Bank
African Press Organization
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May 23, 2018
The President of African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi A. Adesina, and the Bank’s Board of Governors held a high-level session on “Climate and Disaster Risk Financing” focusing on the Role of the African Risk Capacity (ARC)...
African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) supports USD67m solar plant in Malawi to fill a critical energy gap
African Press Organization
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November 5, 2020
COVID-19 has highlighted the extent of the critical energy gap in Africa, where diversification is needed to ensure more stable and broader energy access; Malawi’s USD67 million Nkhotakota Solar Power Plant, backed by an international consortium,...
Are African Development Bank (AfDB)’s financing policies climate-friendly? (By Wangeci Migwi, Amy Giliam and Nicole Rodel)
African Press Organization
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November 5, 2020
Authors*: Wangeci Migwi, Amy Giliam and Nicole Rodel With the climate crisis threatening over half of the global GDP, there can be no business-as-usual when the world begins to plan for a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we have a...
Mkango Announces Grant-Funded Project to Develop Rare Earth Recycling for Loudspeakers
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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November 30, 2020
LONDON and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA) (the "Company" or "Mkango") is pleased to announce that HyProMag Limited (“HyProMag”) and partners, European Metal Recycling Limited...