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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, Mrs. Rebecca Miano said: “The exercise started on Saturday, May 29, 2021, whereby the first hole section was drilled to 29 meters within eight hours. So far, drilling operations are running smoothly as the team moves to the next hole section. Drilling a single well takes about two months to complete. We however hope to...

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 at giving credible renewable energy to households, schools, clinics and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Kigoma Region. It’s is one of six infrastructure projects, with a cumulative value of $1.12 billion, which the AfDB has endorsed in Tanzania over the last three years. Malagarasi Hydropower Station is...

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 Breeding programme for West and Central Africa developed Nafagnon in Niger and the Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA) assessed it in Burkina Faso. The hybrid’s name means beneficial milletin Bamanankan language. It also goes by ICRISAT Millet Hybrid (ICMH) 147007. Nafagnon grows up early in...

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 forgiveness for the “crimes of German colonial rule,” German Foreign Minister – Heiko Maas told in a statement on Friday May 28th, 2021. “Our goal was and is to find a common path to genuine reconciliation in memory of the victims. This includes naming the events of the German colonial period in...