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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone-  The South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced the merger of Central Energy Fund (CEF) subsidiaries iGas, PetroSA and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF). The unification will be active from April 1st, 2021 and the new firm will be dubbed the South African National Petroleum Company. The consolidation, steered by the rivalry of carrying out a new company that has a...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- Tanzania’s State power utility firm will supply 70 megawatts of electricity to power first phase of the standard gauge railway (SGR), will start operations in the coming months. Energy Minister Medard Kalemani said, construction of power lines between Dar es Salaam (Kinyerezi) and Morogoro (Kingorwira) were completed. Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (Tanesco) was ready to power Tanzania Railways...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Allied Air of Nigeria, begets a Boeing 737-800 freighter jet, greatly to the pleasure of the Minister of Aviation – Hadi Sirika and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, amongst others. Specifically, the recent accession plops the IATA authorized cargo airline on top other freight operators on the African continent. The airline is similarly the first cargo airline in Africa to...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- The Secretary General for AfCFTA Secretariat, Wamkele Mene is expected to headline the maiden Africa Private Sector Summit for this year slated for March 8 to March 12, organizers of the summit have announced. The five day event is primarily meant to fashion out strategies to improve the ease of doing business in Africa and is under the auspices of UK based business advisory group Wealth Masters, with the event...