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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has started drilling the first geothermal well for Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP) company, setting in motion Phase II of Ksh.7.6 billion contract. The company has so far drilled 29 metres against a possible maximum of 3,000 metres, further entrenching KenGen’s foothold in the Horn of Africa as a leader in geothermal energy production. KenGen Managing Director and CEO,...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The grant sought at establishing the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant and an evacuation transmission line and expanding 4,250 rural electrification connections. The grant comprises a $120 million sovereign loan from AfDB and $20 million from the Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF). AGTF is a facility financed by the People’s Bank of China and administered by AfDB. The project intends for...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Ratified by the administration of Burkina Faso, the single-cross hybrid also suited the first of its kind to be approved in West and Central Africa (WCA). Nafagnon harvests as much as 45% loftier than popular variety Misari-1. It is more protected to downy mildew and has higher silage profit potential. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics’s (ICRISAT) Pearl Millet...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- More than 100 years and more after the vices perpetrated by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally acknowledged the monstrosities inflicted against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups as genocide. The Cable News Network (CNN) published. Germany will subsidize Namibia and the offspring of the victims with €1.1 billion for reconstruction and development and beg for...