….Liberian Vice President Welcomes Initiative – By: Augustine N. Myers – The William V.S. Tubman University in Harper City, Maryland County-Liberia has again added value to education, with the Harriet Tubman Centennial Architectural Design Challenge for the Institute’s Future E-Brary. The E-Brary will have four wings, with dedication to a student development center, faculty development center, information communication technology center, and the main library. Liberia’s Vice president, Joseph Nyuma Boakai described the Initiative as meaningful. “We are very proud of Tubman University, and we believe that TU is one of the universities driving Liberia’s educational system to a technical level”,... Continue Reading
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has been positively affected by the decision of the South African Department of Energy (DoE) to increase the tariff uplift for producing power during the peaking hours of the day, as they will get paid 2.7 times the agreed tariff rate. It can become an incentive to the CSP producers in the country to build plants that have at least six hours of storage. Plants with more storage have greater capacity to determine when they want to produce the power, which in turn gives the power generator greater flexibility and influence over how much revenue it... Continue Reading
By Nawa Mutumweno – Zambia’s dream to be a regional aviation may be realised, what with the ambitious project that has pumped close to $1 billion into rehabilitation and upgrading of the country’s four international airports. Information obtained from the National Airports Corporation Limited (NACL) confirms that financing amounting to that colossal figure has been made by Government to transform the four airports into world-class facilities that will appeal to the discerning tourist and business visitor alike. Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) in Lusaka gets $360 million; Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport (SMKIA) in Ndola $522 million; Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula... Continue Reading
By M C Bah Atlanta, GA-USA – The United Nation Peace Operation in Sierra Leone – UNIPSL – finally closed its golden doors on March 31, 2014 under the UN Security Council Resolution 2097. The transition from an integrated peace office to a more development oriented mission is a commendable stride for a low income nation like Sierra Leone. It is indeed a shinning victory towards human progress for every peace-loving Sierra Leonean. This impressive United Nation (UN) success story of integrated peace building mission in Sierra Leone highlight the political and social significance of the world body in its... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The Liberia WASH Consortium has broken grounds for a 3.3 Million euro Improved Sanitation and Hygiene Project in White Flowers Community, West Point Township, Montserrado County. West Point is an over populated municipality of the Liberian capital, Monrovia with a population of almost close to hundred thousand inhabitants. The Project is funded by the European Union (EU) Water Facility. The 3.3 million euro Project seeks to directly support 50,000 men, women and children to access appropriate sanitation facilities and hygiene messages and 250,000 will benefit from solid waste and drainage improvements. The Project targets... Continue Reading
