Monday, May 10th, 2010
VOLTIMUM – The 80-kilometer Gautrain Rapid Rail Link will bring high-speed commuter communications to Gauteng province, the smallest of the country’s nine provinces, but the most important economically and the most densely populated. Gauteng is the heart of the South African economy. It creates one-third of South Africa’s gross domestic product and is home to
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
SUNDAYS ZAMAN – Challenged by the limited size of the domestic market and squeezed by the increased risk of losing market share and its competitive edge in innovative technology products, Denmark has been forced to embark on a rush to find new markets, looking in particular at the fast developing Turkish economy, Danish authorities have
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – A water feature found in the Maya city of Palenque, Mexico, is the earliest known example of engineered water pressure in the new world, say researchers. “Water pressure systems were previously thought to have entered the New World with the arrival of the Spanish,” wrote researchers at Penn State University. Read More
Friday, April 30th, 2010
NAMIBIAN ECONOMIST – The first of the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations and endorsed by its global membership is to eradicate poverty and hunger, but the energy to drive the economy that creates the jobs that earns the money to buy the food and all that flows from there needs to be
Friday, March 26th, 2010
SANTIAGO TIMES – Construction experts are assessing housing and public infrastructure in the greater Metropolitan Region, after the Governor of Santiago, Fernando Echeverria, and president of the Chilean Chamber of Construction, Lorenzo Constans, signed an agreement this week. Read More
Monday, March 8th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The African Development Bank has approved its 2010-2014 agricultural sector strategy. The strategy seeks to position the bank to contribute more effectively to agriculture. It is expected to enhance the continent’s food security and reduce poverty levels while promoting conservation of natural resources. The bank’s president, Donald Kaberuka, says the strategy focuses
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – A report by the United Nations published on Monday warned that developing countries face increasing environmental and health hazards from electronic waste. The report’s release is timed to coincide with a week-long UN conference in Bali, Indonesia, on the topic which brings together officials and environmentalists from than 100 countries. Read More
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The ministry of Energy is seeking consultants to carry out studies for electricity generation from flower farms’ waste and biogas from sewerage systems. The move comes as pressure piles on Kenya to diversify to renewable energy sources as hydro power is prone to drought. Read More
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – The government has issued a warning to National Geographic TV channel for the incorrect representation of the Indian map with regard to J&K in one of its programmes. ‘World’s Deadliest Animals: Asia, Land Of Extremes’ showed a map that was “not in conformity with the outline map of India as published
Monday, December 7th, 2009
ALL AFRICA – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development bank Group (AfDB) Group, approved on 2 December 2009 in Tunis, a USD 245 million (152 million UA*) loan to finance a road sector support project in Tanzania. This funding constitutes 66% of the total
