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Africa

Africa: Loaded for Bear – Africa Oil Week Begins in Shadow of Green Energy Scramble

[ad_1] Africa Oil Week begins in Cape Town on 8 October. But the real scramble in Africa these days is for the green metals required for the energy transition. A decade or so ago, Africa Oil Week took place against the backdrop of a scramble for oil and gas in Africa. Recent discoveries at that time included Ghana's offshore Jubilee oil field in 2007 and Uganda's Albertine Graben oil deposit. Africa was seen as the growth area for oil and […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

Africa

Africa: Tiktok Users Claim a Cast Iron ‘Fish’ Can Help With a Mineral Deficiency – but It’s Not Quite That Simple

[ad_1] Iron deficiency is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies in the world. Iron deficiency is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies in the world. While eating iron-rich foods is the best way to tackle an iron deficiency, some users on social media say there's an even easier way to get more iron in your diet. According to some influencers, adding a cast iron "fish" to your meals while cooking is an easy way to boost the iron […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

Africa

Africa: A Geomagnetic Storm Has Hit Earth – a Space Scientist Explains What Causes Them

[ad_1] A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky in parts of the US during the first weekend in October. South Africa's National Space Agency (Sansa) told reporters that the storm had originated from a solar flare "that erupted from sunspot 3842 on October 3". It said this was the strongest Earth-facing solar flare recorded by Sansa in the past seven years and that the eruption briefly affected high-frequency radio communications, "resulting in a total radio blackout over the African […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

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Retiring former PM Kan calls for another change of government in Japan

[ad_1] Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan called for another change of government in the country during his retirement news conference on Tuesday. Kan, 77, a member of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, will not run in the upcoming general election for the House of Representatives. "I hope a change of government will be realized again," he said. "It is desirable for a democracy to have a change […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

Entertainment

Africa Meets Harlem and Belongó Celebrates Hispanic Heritage

[ad_1] It was a busy Afropop Sunday in Harlem on October 6. Starting at 11AM at, Arturo O'Farrill and his consummate band, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra hosted a celebration of Hispanic Heritage in New York with an opening set, and a full afternoon of performances at the Robert Frederick Smith Center in Riverside State Park. The event was a rally and celebration of the coming Casa Belongó Music and Arts Center, a coming performance and learning facility for preserving all […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Kano’s Ado Gwanja Sings for the Ladies

[ad_1] When Afropop visited Kano, Nigeria, in 2017, we met an ambitious, English-speaking student named Umar Musa Ali. He has since expressed keen interest in reporting to us about musical happenings in a region we rarely hear from. Recently, Umar interviewed a popular local singer named Ado Gwanja, celebrated in Kano as a "women's singer." If you listen to our program Hip Deep in Northern Nigeria, you will get a sense of the unique challenges popular entertainers face in this […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

Africa

Africa: WHO Calls for Action to Halt Rise in Hearing Loss in Africa

[ad_1] The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday. Hearing loss already costs the continent $27 million annually, exacting profound impact on lives and economies, according to the report, which was launched at the African Summit on Hearing Impairment in Nairobi, Kenya. Widespread hearing loss disproportionately affects poor and […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

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Ecomondo 2024: The Mattei Plan for Sustainable Development the Focus of the “Africa Green Growth Forum”

[ad_1] At Italian Exhibition Group's leading trade show for green technologies, from 5 th to 8 th November, in Rimini, Italy, focus on Africa and global environmental challenges. More than 100 African representatives and delegations from 120 foreign countries expected to attend. Only a month to go until Ecomondo 2024, Europe's beacon event for the circular and green economy, organised by IEG - Italian Exhibition Group, from 5 th to 8 th November at Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. "The […]

todayOctober 8, 2024

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