The pan-African financial services Group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has continued to grow and expand in the continent with the opening of its Gabon affiliate; UBA Gabon, on Monday, November 16, 2009.
Public Private Partnership Africa Conference provides a platform for all stake holders to promote infrastructure development, examine challenges and opportunities in the infrastructure: energy, transport and water sectors in Africa.
Nineteen-year-old Beauty Phillips clutches her emaciated baby tightly to her chest. At seven months, Inga suffers from malnutrition.
The African Development Bank is hosting a meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) in Tunis on 28 November, which will be attended by numerous African VIPs.
"If agriculture is so important in Africa, why is so little being done about it?" This brainteaser from the African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, set the tone for an AfDB-IFAD High Level Partnership Meeting which is reviewing a Joint Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa, held on Friday 20 November 2009 in Tunis.
IN ORDER to manage a looming water crisis, SA must use water more efficiently and rely on additional supply sources, according to a report released yesterday by the World Bank and McKinsey & Co .
A Water Indaba in the Western Cape is to help develop an action plan to fast track water service delivery in the province, among others.
Water experts are concerned about the high rate of urbanisation which has resulted in 162 million people living in slums in Africa.
When Obed Mumba first came to the Zambian copper mining town of Ndola in search of work, it was still known reverently as "Ku kalale" - the land of the white man. In the decades since, he has witnessed his Kabushi township outgrow the limited dreams of its planners.
Sanitation coverage of Ethiopia has made progressive achievement reaching 54.8% in the current year from11.5% in 2003, the Federal Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed.
73% of the population of the country do not have modern toilet facilities, the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) by the Nigeria Population Commission (NPopC), has shown. The survey shows that only 27% of Nigerians have an improved toilet facilities as people who do not have either defecate outside or have toilet facilities that do not meet the laid down requirements.
IN INDIA, farmers pump water from as far as 500m underground to irrigate their crops. It's a reflection of the parlous state of India's water infrastructure, which has been allowed to run down over the past few decades. Pumping the water up from the aquifer is highly energy intensive, using something like a third of the electricity India generates.
Imagine life without a toilet. Imagine the mess. Imagine the disease. This is why Hon Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has called on Ghanains to treat the discussion of toilets as "serious business."
Since time immemorial, the people in the Adenta Municipality have never enjoyed a constant supply of water, despite the fact that the area houses thousands of workers who contribute to the development and growth of the country.
Local government chairmen in Oyo state have assured people at the grassroots level of having access to potable water.
