Africa Matters

Africa’s New Toolkit Accelerates Global Race for Renewable Energy

By Edson Baraukwa | Africa Guardian Governments, industries, and key stakeholders now have access to a new, action-oriented toolkit aimed at ensuring the global energy transition is equitable, just, and sustainable. This toolkit comes as demand for minerals critical to renewable energy is expected to nearly triple by 2030, according to a report released on Wednesday by an expert…

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Land Restoration for Environmental Care and Food Security, Re-greening Africa

By Charles Muchoki | Africa Guardian In a world where stories of disasters and escalating food insecurity dominate the headlines, it can be easy to lose hope for positive change. However, through my work on projects that support children and their communities in re-greening their environments, I’ve witnessed remarkable transformations. One of the most impactful methods contributing to this…

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A Win for Africa in the Pursuit of Fair Global Tax Discussions

By Edson Baraukwa | Africa Guardian African nations have achieved a significant milestone by securing a platform at the United Nations (UN) to engage in global tax discussions on equal terms. This development marks a critical step in addressing issues such as tax evasion, illicit financial flows, and harmful tax competition, all of which have hindered these countries from…

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Africa’s illusive unity in diversity and sustainable development

By Professor Maurice Okoli The latest political situation unfolded in Niger, the unexpected removal of democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum late July and the deepening differences in perception across Africa explicitly shows Africa’s level of political illusions and, practical reality towards attaining unity dimension in Africa. In a nutshell, Africa remains sharply divided. Tracking down the Africa’s unity propagated by…

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Starlink Internet to enter in Rwanda by February 22 and piloted in schools

Schools are among Rwandan institutions given priority to benefit from the satellite-based internet soon to be provided by billionaire Elon Musk’s high-speed satellite internet venture, Starlink, the Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire recently said, indicating that the initial plan is to pilot it in at least 500 schools. Starlink’s service is scheduled to be up and running…

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Egypt begins construction of its first nuclear power plant

Construction for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant has begun in Egypt. This is the first nuclear power plant in the country and will consist of 4 units with a generating capacity equivalent to 1200 MW per unit using generation III+ VVER-1200 reactors (pressurized water reactors). Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy gave…

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