Vital addition Côte d’Ivoire is strengthening its energy-producing sector by building a thermal power plant. Signing a US$431 million agreement with French water and electricity management company Eranove SA, the 390 MW thermal… Read more
Back to our roots Senegal has opened the country’s long-awaited Museum of Black Civilisations. First conceived more than half a century ago, the Musée des Civilisations noires’ (MCN) draws inspiration from traditional southern Senegalese… Read more
Crawling for crime A partnership aimed at eradicating illicit online trade in African wildlife will use web technology to identify and locate criminals. The illegal peddling of animal parts is believed to be… Read more
Essential oil More than 30 800 rural Ugandan households stand to benefit from a multimillion-dollar project aimed at improving sustainability in the palm oil industry. Under the US$210.4 million National Oil Palm… Read more
Green lift-off Rwanda’s multimillion-dollar Bugesera airport, construction of which is nearing completion, is on track to be awarded Green Mark certification by the Singapore-based Building and Construction Authority. Rwandan Minister for Environment… Read more
