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Study Looks at How to Realise Africa's Food Potential

2013-10-30 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

AFRICA - Sub-Saharan Africa is often seen within the food and agriculture (F&A) community as having significant untapped potential, according to Rabobank, which suggests that global companies hold the key to realising that potential.

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Out of Africa\'s Lip Balms Support Cause

2013-10-29 06:00:00| Happi Breaking News

Vegan lip care helps children in West Africa.

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Water, wealth and whites - South Africa's potent anti-fracking mix

2013-10-28 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Stretching across the heart of South Africa, the Karoo has stirred emotions for centuries, a stunning semi-desert wilderness that draws artists, hunters and the toughest of farmers. It is now rousing less romantic passions. If energy companies and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) get their way, it will soon be home to scientists and geologists mapping out shale gas fields touted as game-changers for Africa's biggest economy, and working out whether fracking will work here. As with...

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Ethiopia opens Africa's largest wind farm to boost power production

2013-10-26 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Africa's biggest wind farm began production in Ethiopia on Saturday, aiding efforts to diversify electricity generation from hydropower plants and help the country become a major regional exporter of energy. The Horn of Africa country - plagued by frequent blackouts - plans to boost generating capacity from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within the next three to five years, much of it coming from the 6,000 MW Grand Renaissance Dam under construction on the Nile. The plan also consists of raising wind...

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