South Africa: Can Solar Panels Boost Cheap, Green Homes in South Africa?

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The Watergate complex wants to combat nationwide blackouts using energy from solar cells leased through an online platform
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Gambia: BAC Embarks On Road Construction Site Visit

[The Point] The Brikama Area Council (BAC) on Tuesday embarked on road construction site visit at Sinchu-Alhagie village in the Kombo North District, West Coast Region (WCR), seeking to observe and monitor the ongoing project.
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Kenya: Sh100 Million ‘Green Stadium’ to Be Built in Nyamira County

[Nation] Nyamira County is set to have a 'green stadium,' the first in the country.
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Liberia: After 85 Years LFA Breaks Ground Headquarters

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The president of the Liberia Football Association Mustapha Raji along with representatives of FIFA delegation have broken grounds for the construction of a new LFA headquarters along the SKD Boulevard, Paynesville, outside Monrovia.
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Ethiopia: Some Int’l Media Reportages On GERD Damaging

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDISABABA - Some international news media companies unprofessional report on the ongoing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks have caused a negative impact on the negotiation process and created misunderstanding among the international community about the dam, a political expert said.
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod for 20 Residential Facilities for Appeal Court Judges in Kumasi

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on a new Court of Appeal complex and permanent residential facilities for Court of Appeal judges, all to be located in Kumasi.
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Gambia: Health Ministry to Build D37 Million Clinical Waste Treatment Plant

[The Point] Days of worrying about clinical waste management from health facilities may soon be over as health minister Amadou Lamin Samateh lays the foundation stone for a health clinical waste treatment plant worth D37 million. The facility would be capable of treating 300kg of clinical waste per hour with 99.9% disinfection efficiency.
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Sudan: Sudan Calls On UN Security Council to Break GERD Negotiations Deadlock

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese transitional government has called on the UN Security Council to intervene to help break the current negotiations deadlock between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after the latest round of talks in Kinshasa earlier this month produced little progress.
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Rwanda: Construction Begins On Rwf29bn Tile Plant

[New Times] Construction works on Nyanza District-based multibillion floor-tiles manufacturing plant kicked off last week.
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Kenya: Kenha Signs Sh17.9 Billion Road Deal With Chinese Firm

[Nation] The government has signed a Sh17.9 billion deal with a Chinese firm for the construction of a 453-kilometre Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (Lapsset) road project network.
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