A strong carbon tax retains extra income in South Africa and encourages native corporations to scale back product emissions to enhance competitiveness in worldwide markets, and it aligns with worldwide assist for decarbonisation efforts right here. The carbon tax is a vital financial instrument in South Africa. But it’s now unsure whether or not the…
By Juan Fernando Herrera Ramos When semiconductor manufacturing and strategic expertise platforms are mentioned, the dialog is often centered on america, Taiwan, Japan, and China. But the upstream basis of those methods, the crucial minerals embedded deep in African soils, is not any much less important. As superior chip manufacturing turns into embedded in tighter…
Johannesburg – South Africa already depends on nuclear science in ways in which not often make headlines. Koeberg Nuclear Energy Station retains a part of the grid steady, whereas SAFARI-1 analysis reactor and iThemba LABS analysis centre provide isotopes that assist hospitals throughout the nation. These capabilities matter, and their future depends upon folks as…
Public finance, or how governments in any respect ranges elevate and allocate cash, is in proof in every single place you look. That pothole destroying your automobile. The well being clinic with out drugs. The dilapidated faculty. Public cash isn’t authorities cash. It’s yours, writes Kenyan finance scholar Lyla Latif in her new ebook Governing…
A brand new scramble for Africa is underway. It’s not marked by warships or colonial flags, however by battery provide chains, inexperienced transition targets, and high-level commerce delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals and uncommon earth components — the minerals powering electrical autos, renewable power methods and digital infrastructure….
IMAGE/FSC. By PATRICK MAYOYO pmayoyo@eyewitness.africa The extremely anticipated Zámba Heritage Congress, a landmark occasion that may convene international leaders and specialists to debate the way forward for Africa’s forests kicked-off this morning in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Africa in partnership with the Authorities of Kenya, the Congress goals to deal…
Dr Yemi Katerere the Government Director of the African CSOs Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA). PHOTO/FSC. By PATRICK MAYOYO pmayoyo@eyewitness.africa The price of carbon credit in Africa stays considerably decrease than in different world areas, a disparity attributed to the fragmented strategy of the continent’s 54 nations in negotiating environmental phrases. Dr Yemi Katerere, a number one…
Peter Gondo (with a microphone) a advisor at SKYPEG Consulting Ltd, talking throughout a dialogue session on the Zámba Heritage Congress in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/FSC. By PATRICK MAYOYO pmayoyo@eyewitness.africa Funding in Africa’s forests stays nicely under crucial ranges, impeding essential conservation efforts and exacerbating the dangers of deforestation, a number one forestry professional has mentioned….
Younger forestry champions in attendance on the Zámba Heritage Congress. PHOTO/FSC. By PATRICK MAYOYO pmayoyo@eyewitness.africa When delegates from throughout Africa and past gathered in Nairobi between February 10 and 12 for the inaugural Zamba Heritage Congress, the way forward for African forests felt palpably on the road. I sat via three days of debate satisfied…
The formal launch of Live54+ marks a big improvement within the maturation of Africa’s inventive industries from culturally influential however structurally fragmented enterprises right into a consolidated, investment-grade platform. Headquartered in Nairobi with coordination hubs in Dubai and Mauritius, the group unifies a number of established East and West African inventive companies beneath a single…