The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 70MW captive power plant for the BUA’s new Sokoto cement production plant in Nigeria
Manufacturing
Sustainable urbanisation in Africa using geospatial data
In the rapid urbanisation drive in Africa, maping techniques are helping to to identify informal settlements, population and density, the number of built structures, the location of transport infrastructure surrounding formal and informal neighbourhoods, as well as access to electricity, sanitation facilities and clean water
AFEX suggests Nigerian agriculture suffers from data gaps
According to a new report by commodities exchange firm AFEX, Nigeria’s core grain prices have been projected to trend upwards in the new season due to persistent gaps between commodity supply and demand
Leaders to make deforestation pledge at Cop26
More than 100 leaders will commit to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 at Cop26
Multi-million energy transition skills initiative launched
Xodus has received a grant of approximately US$2.18mn from ETZ Ltd for X-Academy and ScotWind consortium partners bp and EnBW have committed more than US$1.36mn if their ScotWind application is successful