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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Much more importantly, the reconstruction and construction of the Bonthe Water Supply Project for the initial desalinization plant on Bonthe Island is presently in advancement, Joseph Munda Sandi – Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) reveals during the signing of the contract to three construction firms. The SALWACO is plausible for bestowing access to clean, safe and free water in every part of Sierra Leone excluding Freetown. This project consequently, has come up with a bunch of glee to the natives of Bonthe Municipality, owing to the fact that the Island has driven virtually some years without pipe borne water. This endeavor has now established vastly expected employment for...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Agrorite,  a digital agrarian forum begets that, smallholder agriculturist in Africa catalog for over 70% of the edibles yielded on the African continent. The report also said that the importance of smallholder farmers in Africa could not be over-emphasized. And that, the report asserted that, for Africa to be out of food poverty, it was vital and for the continent’s countries to boost them in continuing business. In addendum, the report let out that, most smallholder planters peddled their cultivated produce at meager prices hence, leads to the involvement of middlemen and also experienced about 30-40℅ postharvest penalties as a result of dearth of progression to premium market. Similarly, the reports...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- Proflight Zambia has expanded its cargo capacity by designating some of its fleet to operate dedicated cargo flights between Lusaka and Johannesburg. The dedicated cargo flights are operating every Tuesday and Thursday throughout September. Flights depart Lusaka at 19:30 and depart Johannesburg at 23:50 and will initially be operated by the Jetstream 41 aircraft and upgraded to the CRJ where demand is high. The aircraft operating the cargo flights have all seats removed beforehand and replaced with cargo nets so cargo is carried meeting industry best practices. An experienced engineer accompanies each flight to ensure optimal loading and carriage of all cargo. Proflight Zambia Director Flight Operations Captain Josias...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame has underscored the necessity to capitalize in modern technologies as one of the fundamental road maps to lead Africa’s agricultural sector and agribusiness workouts. He was speaking during a Presidential Panel at the just-concluded African Green Growth Forum 2020, hosted by Rwanda. He noted that, agricultural exchange entails both a producer and a consumer in a relationship of buying and selling. “The goal for agricultural transformation is to get a better deal for both parties,” he said. “In Rwanda, we have been working to demonstrate that our farmers can achieve significantly higher productivity and income from agribusiness.” By so doing,...