Renewable Energy Prospects in Africa
With a sixth of the world’s population, Africa generates a measly four percent of the world’s electricity, three-quarters of which is used by South Africa and northern Africa. According to World Bank...
View ArticleCDM Enhancing Africa’s Profile Among Investors
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an extremely simple concept. Companies in developed economies can continue with their polluting ways so long as they pay for reductions in greenhouse gas...
View ArticleCleantech Investment by AfDB
The African Development Bank, through its public and private sector departments, is currently implementing several clean energy projects and programs to address these priorities particularly in the...
View ArticleAfrican Development Bank and Renewable Energy
Africa has huge renewable energy potential with some of the world’s largest concentration of alternative energy resources in the form of solar, wind, hydro, and energy. Overall, 17 countries in...
View ArticleAsbestos Waste Management in MENA
Each year countries from the Middle East and North Africa import large amount of asbestos for use in the construction industry. As per the last known statistics, the Middle East and Africa accounted...
View ArticleJatropha’s Relevance for MENA
Jatropha is a genus of nearly 175 species of shrubs, low-growing plants, and trees. However, discussions of Jatropha as a biodiesel are actually means a particular species of the plant, Jatropha...
View ArticleEnvironment as a Peace-Building Tool
The world is changing demographically, economically, politically and environmentally. The acquisition of natural resources, such as water, can be viewed as a threat to the international security....
View ArticleAnimal Waste Management in Africa
Livestock and poultry production are among the main economic activities in rural as well as urban areas of African countries.The livestock sector, in particular sheep, goats and camels, plays an...
View ArticleThe City of Nouakchott – Perspectives and Challenges
Nouakchott, capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is the biggest city in the Sahara region. Like other major cities worldwide, the city is plagued by environmental, social and economical...
View ArticleHow Renewable Energy Benefits Rural Areas
Several years ago, it was coal that brought a great deal of the progress needed in the rural areas. Much have changed over the years. With the advancement of energy technologies, going back to mining...
View ArticleMorocco-Nigeria Gas Pipeline: Smart Move for Economy or an Environmental...
An ambitious project concerning energy industry in Africa between Morocco and Nigeria was set to be constructed to enhance the acceleration of electrification projects across the West African region....
View ArticleDeep Oceans and Biodiversity
Seventy per cent of the Earth’s surface is covered by the oceans. Its coral reefs are its rainforests and they teem with life, from minute plankton at the bottom of the food chain to giant whales, the...
View ArticleMobile Agriculture in Egypt: Food for Thought
The phenomenal spread of smartphones and the fact that they are practically hand-sized computers, have opened way to the creation of countless ‘mobile applications’ or simply ‘apps’. The first apps...
View ArticleAfrican Development Bank and Renewable Energy
Africa has huge renewable energy potential with some of the world’s largest concentration of alternative energy resources in the form of solar, wind, hydro, and energy. Overall, 17 countries in...
View ArticleCleantech Investment by AfDB
The African Development Bank, through its public and private sector departments, is currently implementing several clean energy projects and programs to address these priorities particularly in the...
View ArticleIs Lockdown a Viable Option to Control the Coronavirus in Africa?
The African nations have had plenty of recent infectious disease outbreaks such as HIV and Ebola to learn ways of tackling an epidemic. Therefore, they might be better equipped in mental fortitude to...
View ArticleCommon Water Pollutants and Their Effects on the Environment
English poet W.H. Auden once said, “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water,” and how true that is. Water is what keeps us alive and sustains us. Why, then, do we have such a problem...
View ArticleCDM Enhancing Africa’s Profile Among Investors
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an extremely simple concept. Companies in developed economies can continue with their polluting ways so long as they pay for reductions in greenhouse gas...
View ArticleEnvironment as a Peace-Building Tool
The world is changing demographically, economically, politically and environmentally. The acquisition of natural resources, such as water, can be viewed as a threat to the international security....
View ArticleDeep Oceans and Biodiversity
Seventy per cent of the Earth’s surface is covered by the oceans. Its coral reefs are its rainforests and they teem with life, from minute plankton at the bottom of the food chain to giant whales, the...
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