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AfDB grants US$62mn loan for water and sanitation project in Uganda

The project aim to increase access to clean water and sanitation services in the major urban centres and their suburbs to 100 per cent by 2030. (Image source: Gena/Adobe Stock)

In a bid to help Uganda improve health and productivity across cities, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$62mn concessional loan to finance its Strategic Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project (STWSSP)

Japan, Sudan amend grant for water treatment plant

The plant is expected to provide clean water to around 380,000 people by 2024. (Image source: Rita Willaert/Flickr)

The governments of Japan and Sudan signed the amendment of the grant assistance for a water treatment plant in Kosti City

Ecobank management, staff to plant trees as part of World Environment Day

The banks staff will plant trees across 33 countries in Africa. (Image source: Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion/Flickr)

Africas Ecobank said in a statement that its management and staff would plant trees in 33 countries, across the banks footprint in Africa as a part of the World Environment Day

South African deputy minister opens Unilever's biomass boiler

Unilevers biomass boiler reduces Co2 emissions by 30 per cent. (Image source: secretlondon123/Flickr)

South Africas Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thomson opened Unilevers biomass boiler and signed the companys "Sustainable Packaging Commitment " on World Environment Day

IFRC calls for aid to tackle DRC Ebola outbreak

IFRC called for aid to the tune of US$15.1mn to tackle the Ebola outbreak in DRC. (Image source: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations/Flickr)

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), in a statement, called for aid to the tune of about US$15.1mn to support its operations in tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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