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Cap des Biches, Senegal’s first dual-fuel combined cycle power plant

The implementation of Senegal’s Cap des Biches Gas-to-power project is well on course. The 300-megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power plant is being constructed on a 9.923-hectare property. The site is located in the Rufisque commune, 20 kilometers from Dakar. West African Energy and Société Nationale d’Electricité du Sénégal are developing the project. In October 2020, West

U.S. coast guard cutter Mohawk arrives Lagos

The United States Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) has berthed at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard in Lagos. Mohawk officers will meet with Nigerian Navy leadership at the Western Navy Command Headquarters in Apapa and host ship tours for government and military officials. The ship will conduct two days of at-sea engagements with the Nigerian

EGP 5 Million PET Recycling project for 2022 launched in Egypt

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment, Al Ahram Beverages Company is announcing its partnership with “DORNA” to achieve the company’s sustainability target of recycling 25% of its plastic PET production by the end of 2022, by working with informal waste recyclers in targeted areas. Al Ahram Beverages Company is investing EGP 5m for

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment launches campaign to raise awareness on climate change impacts

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment has launched a national campaign to raise awareness of climate change impacts under the slogan “Back to nature”. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), the Industrial Modernization Center (IMC) and the association for sustainable quality of living (Estidama) to give an award on fight the

One year on, the $260 million Kazungula Bridge has transformed Africa’s most unusual border crossing

Kazungula Bridge is a road and rail bridge constructed over the Zambezi River between Zambia and Botswana at Kazungula. Its completion is largely expected to divert traffic passing through Beitbridge to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi, constricting the country’s revenue base. The US$259,3 million project was mulled in August 2007 by the governments