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Africa: Afrec Trains Africa’s Project Builders – Continental Trainings On Renewable Energy Project Planning, Development and Financing

eriinfo.com3 days ago08 mins

The African Energy Commission (AFREC) has launched a new continental training on Renewable Energy in Nairobi today aimed at helping African Union (AU) Member States turn renewable energy concepts into bankable and buildable projects while fostering peer-to-peer knowledge exchange in Africa. The inaugural session brought together 45 energy sector officials from across the continent for…

5,000-year-old wine press and evidence of religious rituals unearthed during highway construction project in Israel

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the country, according to the the Israel Antiquities Authority. The wine press, which is likewise the earliest relic of wine production in Israel, was found…

Amazon seeking South African talent for Project Kuiper

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Project Kuiper terminal on a rooftop. Image: Amazon Amazon is moving closer to establishing a physical footprint for its Project Kuiper satellite internet network in Africa, advertising for a new technical business development manager focused on acquiring and developing ground infrastructure sites across the continent. And it’s specifically indicated it’s looking for South African talent….

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Africa: Will COP30 Reenergize Nigeria’s Great Green Wall Project?

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago016 mins

Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria. In 2017, 45-year-old Jabiru Muhammed could hardly contain his excitement when the village head of Batu in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria, announced that their…

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Africa: Project Will Yield Results for Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern Africa – Researchers

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago03 mins

Addis Ababa — The regional Land, Soil and Crop Information Services project has concluded with promising results for climate-smart agriculture in Eastern Africa. At the event held today in Addis Ababa, key results and lessons learned from four years of project implementation in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda were discussed. It was learnt that Land Soil…

Africa: WHO Hands Over Life-Saving Equipment to Uganda’s Ministry of Health Under D-CARD Africa Project

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

At a small health center in rural Sembabule, a nurse recalls the heartbreak of turning away patients due to lack of basic diagnostic tools. “We could suspect hypertension or diabetes, but without the right equipment, we couldn’t confirm or act early,” she said. That reality is now changing. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) handed…

South Africa plans to restart PBMR nuclear project next year

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago03 mins

Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters South Africa expects to lift the care and maintenance status of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) by the first quarter of next year or even earlier, energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Wednesday. Once considered a global leader in the development of small modular nuclear reactors, South Africa…

Amazon triples scale of Washington nuclear project to power AI demand

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Amazon has unveiled significantly expanded plans and shared initial renderings for its advanced nuclear energy project in Washington State, its home headquarters. Read: Apple bumps entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro to M5 chip The planned facility, now officially named the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, will be built near Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station outside of Richland,…

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African Languages for AI – the Project That’s Gathering a Huge New Dataset

eriinfo.com1 month ago014 mins

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African languages are largely missing from the internet. A team of African computer scientists, linguists, language specialists and others have been working on precisely this problem for two…

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Africa: Coalition Presses UNEP Over ‘Opaque’ Used Clothing Project

eriinfo.com1 month ago06 mins

Nairobi — A high-profile coalition of second-hand clothing industry leaders, policymakers, and academic experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America has published an open letter to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), calling for greater transparency, data integrity, and inclusivity in its ongoing research on used clothing and textile circularity. The coalition — led…