- Global Environmental Energy Corp., has acknowledged Dr Albert Reynolds' African Initiative to deliver 1,120 Biosphere Systems to Africa.
Speaking in New York yesterday, Dr Reynolds confirmed funding of USD$90,000,000 from private donations to the Initiative, which has enabled funding of first 10 of 1,120 Biospheres. These systems are currently being manufactured for delivery to South Africa, Botswana and Cote d'Ivoire, group pointed out.
Biosphere systems operate on municipal solid waste to provide environmental cleanup, renewable electricity, clean water and sanitary health care.
Global is a fully integrated energy company whose interests include electrical power generation, oil and gas exploration and production, clean coal, and waste management technologies. Global manufactures Biospheres under contract in several countries and is currently in negotiations with additional potential manufacturing partners in Thailand, Vietnam and South Africa.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
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afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.