By Virusha Subban, Partner and Head of Indirect Tax, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg On 2 November 2021, US President Joe Biden announced that three African countries would be terminated from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preference program, unless they took urgent action to meet statutory eligibility criteria by 1 January 2022. The three […]
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Africa’s Sahel, a region separating the Sahara Desert to the north and savannas to the south, is notorious for widespread poverty and persistent conflict. In fact, Western Sahel, especially Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, is the most unstable area on the continent. For years, terrorist attacks have been a frequent occurrence but recently the region […]
Energy, Mali News
How Optimized Energy Management Delivers Reliability, Efficiency and Sustainability at the Fekola Mine in Mali
Op-Ed By Luke Witmer, General Manager, Data Science, Wärtsilä Energy Storage and Optimization Since B2Gold first acquired the Fekola gold mine, located in a remote corner of southwest Mali, exploration studies revealed the deposits to be almost double the initial estimates. A recent site expansion has just been completed, and while the existing power units provide enough […]
Burkina Faso News, Energy, Green Energy, Mali News, Tanzania News
Hybrid solutions are the most effective way to deliver reliable clean power to remote off-grid mining operations in Africa
Op-ed by Tarik Sfendla, Market Development Manager, Africa chez Wärtsilä Energy Business The energy markets are undergoing a massive transformation as governments around the world transition away from fossil fuels towards the integration of renewable energy. This trend is clearly visible in the mining industry as demonstrated by recent power projects in South America and in […]
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Sidney and Bernice Clyman – African Art collection
There are many ways to collect ancient and historical pieces of art. One of the most famous ways to collect art pieces and show off your wealth is to go to an auction house. Auction houses not only have the most unique collection of items but it is also a place where an individual can […]
Energy, Green Energy, Mali News
Wärtsilä Modular Block solution to modernise power generation in a Malian gold mine
The technology group Wärtsilä announces the first order of its innovative new Wärtsilä Modular Block solution for power generation to Aggreko, a global provider of mobile, modular power, temperature control and energy services. Four Wärtsilä Modular Block enclosures with one medium-speed Wärtsilä 32 engine in each, will provide 40 MW of energy to Resolute Mining’s […]
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10 Winners of the Digital Lab Africa Pitch Competition receive R 42 000 in cash each and residence period in France
Digital Lab Africa (DLA), a springboard and incubation platform for African creatives in digital content, has announced the 10 winning projects of this year’s edition of the DLA accelerator programme. Initiated by the Embassy of France and French Institute in South Africa (IFAS), DLA is managed by the South African technology hubTshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, with support […]
Agriculture, Main, Mali News, Nigeria News, Senegal News, Zambia News
Tapping into Digital Technology Platforms to Increase Agriculture Productivity in Africa
by Johan Burger Introduction Africa is a bit of an anomaly as far as agriculture is concerned. On the one hand, it has 65% of the world’s available uncultivated arable land, and it has the potential to feed the world. However, a country such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has the […]
Burkina Faso News, Mali News, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Tech
Orange launches « Sanza », the phone which democratises access to Internet in Africa
Beginning April 2019, Orange customers in Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire will have access to a new category of smart feature phones powered by KaiOS, the operating system from KaiOS Technologies At Mobile World Congress, Orange (Orange.com) partners with KaiOS Technologies (KaiOSTech.com) and UNISOC (UNISOC.com) to launch a phone with voice recognition at $US 20 in 16 countries […]
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Investing in Africa. Unexploited transport and logistics opportunities in Africa
Improved trade and transport linkages between African countries could open up new markets for businesses. Despite recent advances, the African Development Bank (AfDB) estimates only about 11.3% of trade in Africa is intra-regional, highlighting the need for easier movement of goods, services and people across borders. According to Africa Private Equity News, an industry information service, […]
Despite the signing of a 2015 Peace Agreement, the human rights situation in Mali still remains a concern, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday. It found that more than 600 cases of human rights violations and abuses were committed between January 2016 and June 2017: an interim period established under the peace […]
A ‘crazy idea’ has resulted in the ability to grow durum wheat in the extreme heat of famine-affected Senegal, Mauritania and Mali, potentially boosting the income for 1 million farming families, and therefore winning the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security ‘Heat tolerant’ durum wheat discovery can help eradicate poverty Research wins international […]
Following the news of several new discoveries which have tripled the estimates of the nation’s Bauxite reserves, the mining prospects of Mali is poised for massive growth. The country is already a leading Gold producer being the third leading producer of gold in Sub-Saharan Africa and the output is estimated rise with mining giants such […]
Mali is the third largest gold producer in Africa and gold mining has become a mainstay of the economy with a high potential of funding economic development and poverty reduction. With the country’s improving governmental policies encouraging a more sustainable transparent and diversified mining sector, Mali has become a hotspot for foreign investment and major […]
Infrastructural hurdles – especially road accessibility, makes it very difficult to offer aid to some hard to reach communities in Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) under the management of the United Nations World Food Programme has therefore resorted to air transport as an effective means to get to these disadvantaged […]
Mobile solar containers with battery storage systems reduce energy costs by over 75% The German firm Tesvolt, which manufactures commercial storage systems, has entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement with the start-up Africa Green Tec. Tesvolt is supplying lithium storage systems for 50 solar containers with a total capacity of 3 megawatt-hours (MWh), enabling a […]
The European Union called on IGN FI in October 2012 for a project to rework Mali’s 1/200,000 scale national topographic map, create derived projects and services and modernize the Geographic Institute of Mali (IGM). This project was financed by means of the 10th EDF (European Development Funds) and had a dual objective: Creating a national […]
The European Union called on IGN FI in October 2012 for a project to rework Mali’s 1/200,000 scale national topographic map, create derived projects and services and modernize the Geographic Institute of Mali (IGM). This project was financed by means of the 10th EDF (European Development Funds) and had a dual objective: Creating a national […]
The European Union called on IGN FI in October 2012 for a project to rework Mali’s 1/200,000 scale national topographic map, create derived projects and services and modernize the Geographic Institute of Mali (IGM). This project, financed by means of the 10th EDF (European Development Funds) has a dual objective: – Creating a national reference […]
Building on the success of its program in West Africa, Stanford Seed (gsb.stanford.edu/seed/home), the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, has announced the launch of the Seed Transformation Program in East Africa (gsb.stanford.edu/seed/transformation-program/east-africa). In May, the first group of promising business leaders selected by Stanford Seed will gather in Nairobi to begin a 12-month […]
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Revitalisation of the Inter- African Coffee Organisation (IACO): Preparation of the 2017-2022 and Strategy and Institutional Review. Financing Agreement reference: 100000038 Project ID No: P-Z1-A00 017 The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO)[1] has received financing from the African Development Bank under The Nigerian Technical Cooperation Fund toward the cost of the study for Revitalization of […]
On December 2, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 and completed the fourth review of Mali’s performance under an economic program supported by a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The Board’s decision enables the disbursement of SDR 4 million (about US$5.5 million), bringing total disbursements under […]