Industry Dynamics

The length of the 500 KV networks has increased, approximately 1.5 times what it was in 2014, according to the minister.

The Department of Energy and Mines of the Commission of the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS) is holding a discussion in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso that involves the Nigeria-Morocco pipeline project (NMGP).

The Federal Government’s earnings from the export of crude oil has recorded a rebound of 116 per cent, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries disclosed on Tuesday.

Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) Martino Melli said work is underway on a project for offering a grant worth 3 million euros to develop a number of Egypt's productive projects in the leather, marble and furniture fields.

Cocoa farmers in Ghana earn a per capita daily income of approximately USD $0.40-$0.45 from the produce. This amounts to an annual net income of USD $983.12-$2627.81 and accounts for two thirds of cocoa farmers’ household income.

The report shows Ethiopia, Malawi and Nigeria as the latest countries to plant GM crops joining South Africa, Sudan and Eswatini.

Women support the continent’s population by producing 80 per cent of its food, but gender is excluded from conversations that determine agricultural policies, while discriminatory laws and practices deprive them of their land, their rights, and their livelihoods.

At the virtual launch in Lagos, the company disclosed that the products, SmatCrows, SmatAI, SmatSat and SmatMapper are the first of its kind that will enable predicable improved crop yield for farm corporations.

In the case of Kenya, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority chair is appointed by the President according to the Energy Act of 2019. About half of the board members are government representatives.