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Energy poverty and under-five mortality in Nigeria: Is there a link?
By: In On Africa IOA 23rd October 2014 Energy poverty (2) is a prominent socio-economic concern in Nigeria and has been described by Horton as “a hugely neglected determinant of human... →
Daily podcast – September 12, 2014
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 12th September 2014 Making headlines: President Jacob Zuma says he can review the Public Protector's findings. The IMF says Ebola has affected economic growth in West... →
Nepad, USAID deal seeks to add impetus to Africa Power implementation
By: Terence Creamer 11th September 2014 The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) Agency have signed a memorandum of understanding with USAID outlining new... →
NEPAD and USAID to accelerate implementation of President Barack Obama’s ‘Power Africa’ Initiative
10th September 2014 WHAT: A briefing to media by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency and the U.S. Agency for International... →
SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, to the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (29/10/2013)
29th October 2013 Let me begin by extending my deepest gratitude, that of my wife and indeed of the entire South African delegation, for the invitation to undertake... →
Rethinking the ‘nuclear option’: Why Africa should steer clear
By: In On Africa IOA 24th October 2013 Nuclear energy has triggered a highly contentious debate across the globe, and Africa is no exception. Japan’s triple disaster, with the meltdown... →
Power Africa and leapfrogging self-defeating development
By: In On Africa IOA 17th October 2013 Africa is rising, and that rise demands more power. But of 1.3 billion people globally who have no access to electricity,(2) 550 million are people... →
WEC: Statement by the World Energy Council, global multi-energy organisation, report confirms global abundance of energy resources (16/10/2013)
16th October 2013 There is a greater abundance of energy resources in the world today than at any other time, and, if properly managed, the reserves are sufficient... →