Nancy Robinson Ferris Robinson Previous Next One particular holiday decoration always makes me smile – even as I’m busy putting things away for next year. No matter how hectic things are with manhandling the Christmas tree and dealing with busted lights and picking up leftover tinsel from last year’s tree that made a trail down the stairs and through the bedroom and across the living room, everything stills as I unwrap the little red plastic poinsettia in its little red plastic pot and set it on the windowsill. Activated by light, the little flower…
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In order to counter China in Africa, which has made inroads with investments and trade, the US sought to expand its influence by bolstering trade ties in the continent, writes Arianna Skibell in Politico. Biden administration is planning investments in the supply chain for electric car batteries in Africa.The US want to wrest control of the supply chain for electric car batteries from China in Africa, where reports of child abuse and forced labour are rampant, writes Politico’s E&E News reporter David Iaconangelo. Notably, China is playing out in African mines. Zambia and Congo are major sources of cobalt…
SubscribeBe the first with the news that moves the market Renergen (RLT) becomes the world’s newest producer of liquid helium after achieving the milestone at its Virginia gas project in South Africa It comes after the company officially switched on the hydrocarbon producing plant in September 2022, but experienced delays in producing liquid hydrogen Renergen’s CEO, Stefano Marani says achieving this milestone is “a truly spectacular achievement” and that “all components of the phase one plant are now in operation” The helium module is now operational and being optimised RLT shares last traded at $2.02 on January 20 Renergen (RLT)…
Looking at an iconic twin tower sitting on a once derelict land full of garbage in the southern suburbs of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, local resident Wakjira Totofa said: “It’s really like a dream.” “We never thought we would see such a magnificent building in a short period,” said Totofa, a civil servant who lives in the neighbourhood of the building hosting the headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Totofa has witnessed the dramatic change from “nothing to something” on his daily commute. The first phase of the project, started in December…
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30 per cent of pupils in upmarket schools are obese. [iStockphoto] Parents in Nairobi and its environs are feeding their children fatty junk food, leading to a high number of obesity cases among children aged between eight and 12 years, a survey shows. The survey, conducted by African Alive Kenya Chapter, found that 30 per cent of pupils in upmarket schools are obese while only two per cent of pupils in lower-class areas suffer from being overweight. The rise in cases of obesity in Kenyan suburbs is a result of parents’ ignorance about alternating traditional foods and processed foods to…
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Kermit Erasmus (L) was among the scorers for Orlando Pirates Phill Magakoe Text size South African Premiership surprise side Richards Bay conceded an own goal and missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw at SuperSport United on Sunday that kept them second. Harold Majadibodu deflected a cross past Ugandan goalkeeper Salim Magoola and into his own net eight minutes from time near Pretoria. Tshepo Mabua then had a chance to put Richards Bay ahead again from a spot-kick, but struck the woodwork in a match where a loss would have seen them drop to third. Richards Bay had gone ahead…
Free trade may be on wane in popular opinion from the US to China, but across the world’s second largest continent – by geographic size and population – it is a different story. In 2019 Foreign Affairs opined ‘’[e]conomists may have to accept that convincing most people of the value of free trade is a losing fight’’. By the end of that year, all African countries joined the world’s largest free trade area by number of countries participating. Connecting 1.3 billion people across 55 countries comprising a combined gross domestic product valued at US$3.4 trillion. Much analysis on the recent…