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South Africa's Transnet secures $231m loan to fund Bombardier locomotives
2015-06-26 01:00:00| Railway Technology
South African freight transport firm Transnet has signed a R2.8bn ($231m) loan with Germany's KfW Development Bank to fund the purchase of 240 electric locomotives, which are part of the company's 1,064 locomotives acquisition programme.
Africas moment to lead on climate
2015-06-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity today. To avoid catastrophe, we must dramatically reduce the carbon intensity of our modern energy systems, which have set us on a collision course with our planetary boundaries. This is the challenge leading up to three key international events this year: a July summit on financing for new global development goals, another in September to settle on those goals and -- crucially -- a global meeting in December to frame an agreement, and set meaningful...
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Malawi: Africa's Richest Man Aliko Dangote Sets Business Sight On Malawi
2015-06-11 08:21:45| Sugar Industry News
Lilongwe Africa's riches man, Aliko Dangote who is worth an estimated $15.7billion , is expected in Malawi as a prelude to prospective investment in the country.
COMMENT: Will a stable AGOA help Africa's apparel industry?
2015-06-02 11:52:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Re-energising US apparel imports from Africa has been among the recent concerns of US brands and retailers. But Mike Flanagan wonders if they're missing the real problem: finding alternative apparel sources - in Africa or anywhere else - is a lot tougher than it looks.
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Climate change boosts rain in Africa's Sahel region: study
2015-06-01 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rising greenhouse gases have boosted rainfall in the Sahel region of Africa, easing droughts that killed 100,000 people in the 1970s and 1980s, in a rare positive effect of climate change, a study said on Monday. The report adds to debate about the causes of a greening of the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert from Senegal to Sudan. It said a continued rise in greenhouse gas emissions was likely to help more rainfall in the region in future. "Amounts of rainfall have recovered substantially,"...
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