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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- MDXi, West Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data centre and a fully owned subsidiary of MainOne is leading the way in reducing greenhouse gas emission in its quest to promote sustainable development. The need to maintain equilibrium between human development and preservation of the environment has brought huge focus on carbon footprint and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management. Globally, a considerable number of environmentally responsible firms are becoming more mindful of their carbon footprint and the impact it has on the communities in which they operate. One of such organizations, MDXi, a primary provider of colocation and data center services to organizations across West Africa has over the years implemented...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities – Ms. Maite NkoanaMashabane, of South Africa has anticipated for women’s representatives to be listened to in the undertaking of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) treaty. She pronounced during a virtual conference on leveraging the consensus to improve women’s economic empowerment jointly coordinated by the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), a unit of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), a private sector organization. Ms. Nkoana-Mashabane remarked that, women and young people stayed among those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, accentuating the desire for a gender sensitive...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- With lots of businesses being affected by the global pandemic, mining was not left out as it saw a big decline in revenue in the 2020 fiscal year. According to data and analytics company Global Data, the pandemic had a significant impact on Africa’s operations, mainly during the early part of the second quarter of the trading year, when, at one point, more than one-quarter of the region’s gold mines were on hold owing to COVID-19 lockdowns. Despite the setback, the analysts say the future looks bright post coronavirus with West Africa’s leading Gold producers on the sub-region market Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali are expected to increase by 2.7 percent in 2021 to eight-million ounces and is expected to grow to 8.4 million...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- In completion of administration’s of Sierra Leone ambition to improve digitalized operations in Ministries, Department and Agencies, (MDAs) that would strengthen Egovernance, efficient and effective service delivery, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has aligned with Amsoft technologies – an indigenous Software Development Firm to deliver a potent Canoe Registration Web Portal and Migratory Application. The system was formulated in alliance with the ministry’s ICT department. Submitting the technology to the Management Staff of the ministry at the conference hall of the ministry on Thursday, 11th February, 2021, the Chief Executive of the fir – Momodu Deen Swarray stated...