It was more like an exclusive gathering as Nature Hedge, publishers of Environment Africa Magazine, feted guests to a small dinner at the 2022 Sustainability, Environment and Advocacy Awards, held at the BWC Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos. Among…
Lagos Free Zone Company and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation partner on sea turtle conservation
The Lagos Free Zone Company (LFZC) is partnering with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to protect and conserve sea turtles around its operational area in Lagos State. LFZC is a free trade zone developer and management company responsible for the…
U.S. Ambassador supports Community-Based Projects throughout Sierra Leone
Ambassador Reimer congratulated the grantees and noted the important role played by the communities themselves, who are actively engaged in the planning and implementation of each project On December 07, United States Ambassador David Reimer recognized grantees who received grants…
Sai Life Sciences releases its Sustainability Report 2022
Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organization (CRO/ CDMO), today announced the release of its Sustainability Report 2022, which has been developed as per the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. With the theme ‘Organising for…
Bringing Primary Health Services Closer to Underserved People in Gombe State
Gombe State Governor, Mr Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, recently commissioned the first primary healthcare (PHC) centre, Doma PHC, at Jekadafari ward, located in Gombe Local Government Area (LGA) The big idea about Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) is that health services should…
Africa’s Advances in Maternal, Infant Mortality Face Setbacks: World Health Organisation (WHO) Report
In sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that 390 women will die in childbirth for every 100 000 live births by 2030, the Atlas 2022 reports A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality…
United Arab Emirates strongly condemns terrorist attack in Mogadishu
The UAE expresses its strong condemnation of these criminal acts and its permanent rejection of all forms of violence, extremism, and terrorism The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which…
Saving women’s lives: the time is now to defeat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and cervical cancer together
By Sergio Carmona & Princess Nono Simelela Women living with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer than those living without Women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for two out of every three new HIV infections…
African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Africa Fund for Africa approves $1 million reimbursable grant to develop bioenergy plants in Ghana and Sierra Leone
The reimbursable grant will strengthen the project’s bankability by supporting technical feasibility studies and regulatory structuring The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a reimbursable grant of $1 million to NewAfrica Impact Ltd to prepare two bioenergy plants…
African leaders call for faster industrialization during African Union Summit
Bazoum called on African countries to entrench the rule of law to catalyze the emergence of the African private sector African leaders reviewed the continent’s progress in industrialization, economic diversification, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in the…
