diplomacy&development

Mntu Nduvane, Chairman of Africa Oil Week Advisory Board and Green Energy Africa Summit By Mntu Nduvane, Chairman of Africa Oil Week Advisory Board and Green Energy Africa Summit.   From October 3 to 7 this year, African and global  leaders in the oil and gas sector will converge in Cape Town for Africa Oil Week. In the lead-up to the conference, the debate around Africa's use of its natural resources for its benefit is coming into sharp focus, including the conference host country - South Africa.  The country's minerals resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, recently told the National Energy Dialogue that South Africa needed an energy mix that includes renewables, gas, nuclear, coal, hydro, and battery storage – as laid out in the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. "Between now and 2030, renewable energy will receive the lion's share of the new energy generation capacity to be developed," said Mantashe. "Renewables are expected to grow by 18% of energy s...

SFD has financed 100 water projects worth — collectively — more than USD 2.7 billion. Following its participation in the ninth edition of the World Water Forum — the world's largest event on water — the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) (www.SFD.gov.sa) has called on global leaders and organizations to work together to safeguard the future of the water sector. The Fund was joined by experts and leading voices from around the world at the 2022 World Water Forum, where it spotlighted its contributions to enhancing the global water sector and underlined its commitment to empowering underserved communities to fulfil their potential. The first gathering of its kind held in sub-Saharan Africa, the forum took place from March 21 to 26 in Dakar, Senegal. It brought the international water community together to discuss global water challenges, climate change and sustainability. As part of its strategy to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SFD took part in the e...

Le Fonds a financé 100 projets dans le secteur de l’eau d’un montant collectif de 2,7 milliards de dollars.   Suite à sa participation à la neuvième édition du Forum Mondial de l'Eau - le plus grand événement mondial dédié aux enjeux de l'eau - le Fonds saoudien pour le développement (SFD) ( SFD.gov.sa ) a appelé les dirigeants et les organisations mondiales à travailler ensemble pour préserver l'avenir de l'eau. Le Fonds a été rejoint par des experts et des personnalités du monde entier lors du Forum Mondial de l'Eau 2022, où il a mis en évidence ses contributions à l'amélioration du secteur mondial de l'eau et souligné son engagement à soutenir les communautés les moins fortunées  en leur offrant les moyens nécéssaires à la réalisation de leur potentiel. Le forum, premier rassemblement du genre organisé en Afrique subsaharienne, s'est déroulé du 21 au 26 mars à Dakar, au Sénégal. L’événement a réuni la communauté internationale de l'eau pour discut...

Joshua Amponsem, Founder of the Green Africa Youth Organisation and Afri-Plastics Challenge judge By Joshua Amponsem, Founder of the  Green Africa Youth Organisation and  Afri-Plastics Challenge judge. Plastic waste in Africa is not just an urban issue, but also a rural one. Rural communities are almost always heavily dependent on natural resources, such as water and arable land, to make a living. These resources are being irrevocably contaminated with plastic waste, the impact of which is often underestimated.  Sub-Saharan Africa produces over 17 million tonnes of waste annually, with only 12% of plastic waste being recycled. The rest finds its way into landfills, streets and waterways. In rural areas, much of the plastic waste is burnt, largely because most rural areas have no rubbish collection or recycling facilities available. Plastic disposed of in this way releases toxins into the environment, killing life on land and in water, and contaminating previously fertil...

The Airband initiative supports Microsoft’s and Tizeti’s shared goal of connecting more people to the internet in a cost-efficient way. As part of its commitment to empowering more Nigerians, stimulating economic activities, and widening the broadband envelope in Africa with affordable broadband connectivity, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, Tizeti ( www.Tizeti.com ), has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to roll out high-speed Airband internet infrastructure in Oyo State. With forty percent broadband penetration in December 2021, millions of Nigerians are still excluded from the global digital economy. Through the Microsoft Airband Initiative, Tizeti and Microsoft will  leverage its low-cost wireless technologies to make it easier and cheaper for people, especially those in underserved communities, to access the internet and get connected to the digital economy. The Airband initiative supports Microsoft’s and Tizeti’s shared goal of connecting more people ...

L'initiative Airband soutient l'objectif commun de Microsoft et de Tizeti de connecter davantage de personnes à Internet de manière rentable. Dans le cadre de son engagement à autonomiser davantage de Nigérians, à stimuler les activités économiques et à élargir l'enveloppe du haut débit en Afrique avec une connectivité haut débit abordable, le fournisseur de services Internet solaire pionnier d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tizeti ( www.Tizeti.com ), s'est associé à Microsoft Corp pour déployer l'infrastructure Internet haut débit Airband dans l'État d'Oyo. Avec une pénétration du haut débit de quarante pour cent en décembre 2021, des millions de Nigérians sont toujours exclus de l'économie numérique mondiale. Grâce à l'initiative Microsoft Airband, Tizeti et Microsoft tireront parti de ses technologies sans fil à faible coût pour permettre aux personnes, en particulier celles des communautés mal desservies, d'accéder plus facilement et à moindre c...

The aligned conferences come as Africa focuses increasingly on the need to drive economic growth, improve service delivery and move millions of citizens out of poverty. Africa Oil Week (AOW) ( https://Africa-OilWeek.com ), the continent’s premium energy conference, will run in Cape Town to bring leading energy stakeholders together on the 3-7 October in Cape Town under the theme: Sustainable Growth in a Low Carbon World. Annually, Africa Oil Week attracts over 2,000 C-Suite executives, 50+ ministers and government leaders and global energy leadership to drive transaction and investment with the African oil, gas and energy sectors. Africa Oil Week will be delivered in its traditional format to advocate the sustainable development of the African upstream. In 2022 the organisers of Africa Oil Week will also deliver the summits sister event, Green Energy Africa Summit (GEA Summit) at the same time also at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The aligned conferences come a...