by PD Lawton 22 May 2022
Since the presidency of Thabo Mbeki, plans have been periodically put forward to increase South Africa`s nuclear output. At present Africa`s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, supplies electricity to Cape Town (and the surrounding region), a city of … Read the rest
A kettle boiled twice a day by a family in Britain uses 5x as much electricity as a person in Mali uses per year
An Ethiopian takes 87x longer to consume 150kW hours of electricity than someone in the United Kingdom
A Tanzanian takes 8 years to consume as much … Read the rest
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“Curbing natural gas investments in Africa will do little to limit carbon emissions globally but much to hurt the continent’s economic prospects. Right now, Africa is starved for energy: excluding South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa’s one billion people have the power generation capacity of … Read the rest
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A nuclear power plant
March 12, 2021
It is essential that African nations advance their plans to build nuclear plants as part of their … Read the rest
Source: Schiller Institute
7 March 2022
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In light of the … Read the rest
Transport costs within the continent are some of the highest in the world because of the chronic infrastructure deficit. That MAKES POVERTY !
Source:The New Africa Channel
16 Jan 2022
Railway development in Africa: 9 most … Read the rest
“The group in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday December 31st noted that the continental railway connectivity project remains the most critical and potentially impactful project that African leaders accepted as the most potent route to jumpstart the recovery and development of African economy.”
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Source: Rising Tide Foundation
28 Dec 2021
In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Africa Agenda editor in chief PD Lawton takes you through a definitive history of Africa with a look to the future. PD introduces ancient African renaissance traditions that … Read the rest
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November 15, 2021
Please watch my 45 minute presentation to the Special Session on Africa, at the ICG 16 in Qingdao, China, on October 25, 2021, entitled: “… Read the rest
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“They are using so called environmental concerns to deny African nations the right to eliminate poverty and have access to 1,500 watts of electricity 24 hours a day-7 days a week, like Western nations. Western nations developed because they had access to … Read the rest