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Africa

Plane Power: How Software And Jet Engine Tech Are Helping Angola Leapfrog Into the Digital Age

May 02, 2017
Available capital isn’t the only obstacle to economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Another major hurdle is the lack of reliable electricity. In fact, large parts of the region have no power at all. This makes it hard for entrepreneurs to build businesses, create jobs and generate wealth.
But things are changing. This week, Angola, Africa’s third-largest economy, signed a deal with GE to supply the final 200 megawatts (MW) of power needed to meet the government’s goal of installing 1 gigawatt (GW) of new power generation capacity by the end of 2018.
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Energy

Clearing The Air: This Woman Is Helping South Africa’s New Coal Power Plant Reduce Emissions

Dorothy Pomerantz
February 23, 2017
People often visit South Africa to bask in the country’s sunshine, learn about its history and discover its stunning natural beauty. But just east of the capital Pretoria, amid a maze of cranes and concrete, they’d find a different sight to write home about: the Kusile Power Station, a high-efficiency, reduced-emissions coal-fired power plant that will provide electricity to 3 million South African homes when it is up and running. They would also find GE’s Nthabiseng Kubheka, who runs the construction of a critical piece of the power plant.
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Africa

The Power of Power: How Reliable Electricity Is Helping Africa's 2nd Most Populous Country Recharge Its Economy

Tomas Kellner
January 18, 2017
Brothers Flour & Biscuit Factory, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, makes cookies with evocative names like Dream Sandwich, Glory Banana and Cocktail Cream. But inside the factory, life is anything but sweet.
The capital's lack of reliable power is making it hard for the business to operate. Every time the power goes out, its machines grind to a halt. Dough gets ruined. Cookies are underbaked. These interruptions are costing the company the equivalent of thousands of dollars in wasted ingredients.
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Innovation

Finding the Next Mark Zuckerberg Is Hard Enough, But What About In Nigeria?

Mary Olushoga Awp Network
December 23, 2016

In cultures that equate success with higher education, how can you foster wider entrepreneurship? Mary Olushoga, AWP Network founder, describes how a business plan competition backfired and what the real lessons are to encourage innovation.

 

 
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Minds-Machines

This Is What We Call Data Mining: Software Is Helping This Platinum Operator Boost Production

November 16, 2016
As operations manager at a South African platinum mine, Percy French has faced huge challenges over the past few years because of volatility in commodity prices. The price of platinum has dropped in half, and at the same time the value of the South African currency, the rand, has fallen precipitously. To keep his mine profitable, French had to look for new ways to make it more efficient. He found sensors and software.
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Africa

Supporting Trade, Not Aid, In Africa

September 22, 2016
When it comes to Africa, President Obama’s mantra has always been “trade not aid.” Two years ago he put that idea into practice at the first U.S. – Africa Business Forum, which drew $33 billion in support from the government and industry to help grow the economies of Africa.
The president spoke at the forum again this week in New York during the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly to celebrate the accomplishments of past two years.
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Africa

7 Habits of Increasingly Profitable Nonprofits

Kehinde Togun
Julia Roig Partners For Democratic Change
September 16, 2016

Many nonprofits that seek additional funding navigate a complicated balancing act when providing fee-for-services. Julia Roig, president of PartnersGlobal, which supports local civic leaders in more than 50 countries, and Kehinde Togun, deputy director of the group’s Sub-Saharan Africa programs, recently scaled up support for nonprofits making this shift in West Africa.

 
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development

Getting Current: New Tech Giving More Africans Access To Electricity

Charles Feinstein World Bank
May 17, 2016

Much work remains to be done to ensure reliable electricity access for Africa's citizens. A number of complications are making it difficult to achieve this UN Sustainable Development Goal. Yet access rates are expanding in many nations, and technology and design improvements offer opportunities to make rapid leaps forward.

 
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Africa

Podcast: 6 Questions African Leaders Must Answer Now

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Distinguished Visiting Fellow Center For Global Development
Rajesh Mirchandani Vice President Of Communications And Policy Outreach Center For Global Development
May 12, 2016

Diversifying developing economies require a social compact, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, explains in a CGD podcast.

 

Cared for by her grandmother in a village in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is emphatic that her experiences as a child are what led her into a career in public service and development.

“I lived some of the issues that people are concerned about in development,” she explains in a Center for Global Development podcast.
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Africa

It Takes a Village to Power Africa: Q&A with Andrew M. Herscowitz

Andrew M Herscowitz Power Africa
March 20, 2016

Three years into the U.S. Power Africa initiative, a roadmap is in place to connect 60 million to electricity by 2030 — and empower people across the continent.

 

Africa boasts some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but its growth potential is limited by poor energy infrastructure, with only a third of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa having access to power.
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