Tag Archives: Waste management

Ethiopia: UK Company Tasked With Converting Condo Waste Into Electricity

January 9, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The Ethiopia Power Corporation (EPPCo) has commissioned a study to supply electric power to condominium apartments from the waste that they produce. The plan envisages each condominium being able to generate its own power. Cambridge Industries Energy, a British-based waste … read more »

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UN Announces SEED Award Winners 2011

December 16, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

NAIROBI, Kenya, December 15, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — From a company that transforms groundnut shells into fuel briquettes in Gambia, to an enterprise that has developed solar ovens in Burkina Faso, to an initiative that trains and employs street … read more »

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Ghana imports 31,000 tonnes of “toxics”

June 28, 2011 by benim

Official data released by the Ghana Shippers Authority say the country imported 31,400 metric tonnes of used electrical appliances last year, representing 74.6 percent increase compared to the 2009 figure of 17,987 metric tonnes. The port of Tema handled 72 … read more »

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