Swedish Stirling AB has signed an agreement with the South African company Samancor Chrome’s subsidiary TC Smelter Proprietary Limited (Samancor Chrome) for the installation of a pilot facility with one PWR BLOK unit at the TC Smelter facility in South Africa
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AfDB approves US$121.34mn to transform sewage coverage in rural Egypt
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$121.34mn facility for the development of sewage disposal and wastewater treatment plants for rural areas in Luxor Governorate in Egypt’s Upper Nile region
US and Egypt Launch Centre of Excellence for energy
The Centre of Excellence for Energy at Ain Shams University opened for business, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in close cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Eni and Tunisian SNDP to extend experimental castor cultivation for biofuels
Eni and Societè National de Distribution des Petroles AGIL SpA (SNDP) have signed an MoU to cultivate castor at a semi-industrial level to produce sustainable biofuels, which is being trialled by Eni in the Gafsa area
US$1mn fund granted to support climate finance access in Benin and Lesotho
The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) has approved a project proposal for a total of US$997, 524 to support Benin and Lesotho to access international climate finance, an initiative underpinned by evidence that adaptation to climate change must start locally