Telcoms surpass oil as Nigeria’s biggest GDP contributor
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS - ANALYSTS have identified the telecommunications sector as pivotal in diversifying Nigeria’s economy. This comes as the sector exceeded ...
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Angola needs to increase power to diversify economy
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA – ANGOLA must in the next five years ramp up its power transmission and distribution capacities if it is to attain its goal of industria ...
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Donors condemned for “colonial” approach to Africa
from MARVIN KELLY in London, Britain LONDON - A UNITED Kingdom (UK) think tank has labelled the lack of electricity across most of Africa, "a human-rights disaster", saying it not ...
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Sasol consults workers on retrenchments
by GENEVIEVE KGAFE VANDERBIJLPARK - SASOL, the integrated energy and chemical company, is reviewing its business as it grapples high debt levels, falling oil and chemical prices ...
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Wrangle hindering Zimbabwe power supply solved
from WELLINGTON TONI in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE - THERE seems to be headway in efforts to resolve legal wrangles stalling the rollout of a project to eradicate erratic power suppl ...
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Namibia diversifies energy mix to boost supplies
from ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, Namibia WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA’S energy future looks bright following government’s increased focus on renewables as well as an expanding participatio ...
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Angola trims redundant cabinet to cut spending
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA - THE downsizing of a bloated cabinet represents a breakthrough in the pledge by the government of President Joao Lourenco to address in ...
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Zambia surplus energy supplies to uplift SADC
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Kanyemba, Zambia KANYEMBA – IN a continent synonymous with constant power cuts, Zambia has emerged a leading light, literally, in power generation. Signific ...
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Troops unearth illegal oil refineries, free hostages
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA - NIGERIA troops have discovered 48 illegal refineries and confiscated oil amounting to over 2,4 million litres during operations agains ...
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Angola buckles up for global oil sector plunge
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA - ONE of the continent’s biggest producers of crude oil, Angola, is bracing up for the latest upheaval in the global market for the com ...
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