Ines Magoum, Afrik21

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29 07 2024 | 08:18

Transboundary waters: Zimbabwe joins two UN global conventions

As Africa promotes the sustainable growth of its seas and oceans on 25 July 2024, Zimbabwe is also determined to protect its shared water resources. This is the rationale behind its recent accession…

20 07 2024 | 09:35

AFRICA: in 2024, Agroecological Food Prize will be awarded to three food innovations

As part of its vision to promote ecological development, the Swiss foundation Biovision is launching the first edition of its Agroecological Food Futures Prize in East Africa. Until 26 July 2024, the…

20 07 2024 | 09:29

Ivory Coast steps up the pace of the circular economy with an innovation laboratory

Ivory Coast, faced with waste pollution, is focusing on the circular economy to gradually eradicate it. To support this approach, Ivory Coast's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research,…

20 07 2024 | 07:39

TUNISIA: Zarat water desalination plant launched to serve 3 governorates

The town of Zarat in Tunisia has a new seawater desalination plant. Va Tech Wabag, an Indian company, built the plant, which will provide drinking water to around 1 million people in three…

21 06 2024 | 18:07

ALGERIA: France’s Danone now treats its wastewater in the wilaya of Béjaia

Food giant Danone is bringing another aspect of its eco-responsible approach to Algeria via Danone Djurdjura, a merger between the French group and the Algerian dairy Djurdjura. Since 5 June 2024, a…

21 06 2024 | 17:59

TUNISIA: Sotipapier acquires 70% of the assets of recycling company Eco-Gad

Sotipapier, the Tunisian supplier of corrugated base paper and kraft sack paper, has just completed the acquisition of a stake in the recycling company Eco-Gad, based in the Tunisian town of Sidi…

21 06 2024 | 17:41

Desalination: ecological cost remains neglected, to the benefit of access to water

For almost seven years, there has been an increase in water desalination projects of around 9% per year. And this figure is set to double between now and 2050, according to Francois Guerber, head of…

17 06 2024 | 06:44

Plastic pollution: Senegal steps up the fight with a recycling plant

Senegal has a new ace up its sleeve when it comes to managing plastic waste. It's a turnkey recycling plant designed by the Plastic Odyssey association, and recently inaugurated by Senegal's Minister…

27 05 2024 | 10:53

Loic Fauchon: “Peace and prosperity cannot be achieved by ignoring water”

The 10th World Water Forum opens this Saturday, May 18, 2024 in Bali, Indonesia, under the theme "Water for shared prosperity".

27 05 2024 | 10:16

NIGERIA: $4m from Usaid and Coca-Cola to improve management of used plastics

At a time when plastic pollution in Nigeria is breaking all records on the African continent, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Coca-Cola Foundation are funding a…

27 05 2024 | 06:58

Threatened by floods, N’Djamena obtains $20 million for community resilience

Chad's Integrated Management Project for Flood Control and Urban Resilience in N'Djamena (Pilier) recently entered its second phase. It has received $20 million in funding from the World Bank. Chad…

18 05 2024 | 09:37

SOUTH AFRICA: Fortuna water plant relaunched as matter of urgency after its extension

While Balfour, in the municipality of Dipaleseng in South Africa, is experiencing a water crisis, the government is relaunching the modernised Fortuna drinking water plant on 3 May 2024. The…

18 05 2024 | 07:28

ETHIOPIA: plastic recycling start-up Kubik raises $5.2m for expansion

On 29 April 2024, Ethiopian start-up Kubik raised its latest round of seed funding, worth $5.2 million. Specialising in recycling plastic waste into affordable, low-carbon building materials, the…

18 05 2024 | 07:11

Metal waste recovery: Alucop inaugurates a new plant in Morocco

In Morocco, the Jordanian company Aluminium Products Company (Alucop), which specialises in metal processing, has set up a new plant in the province of Berrechid to boost its recycling operations in…

18 05 2024 | 07:06

CAMEROON: Power-M, Huawei’s hybrid power management system launched in Yaoundé

Huawei will be marketing a new hybrid energy management system in Cameroon. The iSite Power-M solution was unveiled in the political capital Yaoundé on 3 May at the very first National Forum on…

08 05 2024 | 07:49

Global treaty against plastic pollution: no significant progress in Ottawa

How can we tackle the unsustainable production of plastics?

05 05 2024 | 09:06

KENYA: Thika’s drinking water system to be upgraded with €114m from Danida

Announced in 2022 by the Thika Water and Sewerage Company (THIWASCO), the financing agreement for the project to modernise and extend the Thika drinking water supply system has finally been signed.…

05 05 2024 | 09:04

CAMEROON: Towards the launch of the 9-town drinking water supply project in Dschang

The second phase of the Nine Towns Drinking Water Supply Project (PAEP) can begin in Dschang, in the Menoua department of western Cameroon. On 24 April 2024, the local administrative authorities and…

05 05 2024 | 08:49

IVORY COAST: agro-industrialist Adam condemned for polluting waterways in the country

Adam Afrique, the Ivorian producer of soaps and table oils made from palm nuts, has just been found guilty of polluting waterways in the south of Ivory Coast, near the Kossihouen recycling and…

02 05 2024 | 07:46

KENYA: organic waste will soon be collected using biodegradable bags

From 8 July 2024, organic waste, including food scraps, will have to be collected using 100% biodegradable bin bags in Kenya, rather than plastic bags. This is a directive issued on 8 April 2024 by…