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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– This drive is to recognize crop types that flourish in the arid environment, offering Karamoja’s growers resilient and productive options. “In Kotido, the primary challenge has been drought. We are conducting trials with cover crops such as Canavalia and observing significant benefits, including increased moisture retention and erosion reduction. In my pilot garden, I use contour...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Koko made this disclosure ahead of the event from the 6th to the 9th of November 2023 at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island. The event…is slated to be opened by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and titled: “The Role of Ports in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).” Koko said: “Our confidence in hosting this conference in demonstration of our readiness to provide regional...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Mary Porter Peschka – Regional Director for Eastern Africa at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which serves as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, let out Africa requires $190 billion a year between now and 2030 to fund climate change mitigation criteria and another $50 billion yearly by 2050 to finance adaptation measures. “We need to inspire different...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Ato Moges Mekonen – Director of Corporate Communications at EEP told Ethiopia’s state media that in the current fiscal year, more than 2,993GW of electricity will be exported to mainly Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti. Across-the-board, in the existing fiscal year, the EEP is scheduling to earn 30 billion birr (around $538.3m) from exports, local electricity sales and services. Mekonen said that the...