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June 10, 2015
Accessing small grants and loans (1): United States African Development Foundation – Small businesses generate a lot of employment, improve local technology and produce many products […]
June 10, 2015
First draft of sustainable development goals exposes gaps, warn NGOs Three months before the SDGs are adopted, experts praise ambition of vision but fear methods […]
June 10, 2015
How the zero-waste economy benefits everyone – Welcome to the emerging world of the circular economy. Faced with rising prices for energy and raw materials, […]
June 10, 2015
Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer? Africa’s inequality struggle Almost one out of every two Africans survives on $1.25 a day or less, and the […]
May 27, 2015
Can Mozambique be a model for sustainable food, fuel production? by Marc Gunther What on earth is Novozymes, a $1.8-billion industrial biotechnology company headquartered in Denmark, […]
May 21, 2015
Foreign workers in Nigeria earn £160,000-plus but work a 48-hour week First Posted by Aliyu ADEKUNLE S on May 21, 2015 on community.vanguardngr.com Africa is home […]
April 20, 2015
China's monthly trade surplus hit a record $60.6bn (£40.3bn) in February, as exports grew and imports slid back.
Exports were up 48.3% year on year to $169.2bn, and imports dropped by a fifth to $108.6bn, said the country's General Administration of Customs.
The growth in exports was well ahead of analyst expectations.
China's economy grew by 7.4% in 2014, its weakest for almost a quarter of a century, and recent indicators show signs the slowdown is continuing.
April 20, 2015
9 March 2015 Last updated at 03:40 GMT Solar-powered plane Solar Impulse-2 launched successfully – A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a […]
April 20, 2015
18 February 2015 Last updated at 13:40 GMT Solar power ‘could become world’s biggest source of electricity’ – The Sun could become the world’s biggest […]