Open Extended ReactionsWhen Nigeria and Cameroon won back-to-back men's Olympic football gold medals in 1996 and 2000, it felt as though Africa was finally primed to start competing at the business end of major tournaments. Here's all you need to know about Africa's chances in the men's football tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games. Morocco wideman Abde Ezzalzouli may be one of the stars of the 2024 Olympic football tournament. Olympic pedigree: While Nigeria and Cameroon reached the pinnacle of Olympic football, Egypt are the continent's most consistent qualifiers, having reached the tournament on 14 previous occasions (two of which were withdrawals). He's already been capped by the senior team, and should be a joy to watch at the Games.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 07:26 UTC
South African digital payments service provider Peach Payments has acquired customer software development firm Operativa as a going concern, in the first such deal since it closed a US$31 million funding round, led by the Apis Growth Fund II, last year. Founded in Cape Town in 2012, Peach Payments provides a complete toolkit to help businesses accept, manage and disburse payments through web and mobile. Operativa has worked with Peach Payments since 2022, building and maintaining a number of the company’s payments systems and solutions that have paved the way for Peach Payments’ rapid expansion, including integrating additional payment methods such as Apple Pay, and onboarding new merchants and banking partners. Bringing Operativa’s specialised skills and developers in-house allows Peach Payments to deliver on its growth strategy more quickly and efficiently, said said Rahul Jain, CEO and co-founder of Peach Payments. “We have always really enjoyed working with Peach Payments.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 06:43 UTC
Danish shipping company Norden has entered into an agreement to acquire Norwegian dry bulk operator Norlat Shipping, which specialises in the shipment of forest products and other bulk commodities, with main trading routes from Northern Europe to North Africa and North America. Norden Chief Executive Officer Jan Rindbo said the acquisition will allow Norden to reinforce its growing position within projects and parcelling, enabling the company to offer customers with fully flexible solutions as a global provider of ocean-based freight services for bulk and project cargo of all sizes. Privately owned Norlat was founded in 1986 and has since developed a core business focusing on the shipment of sawn timber from Baltic and Continental ports to North Africa and North America. The company has offices in Sarpsborg and Bergen in Norway and in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, from where the company’s eight employees operate the asset light business, based on chartered vessels with four to five monthly shipments on predominately Handysize ships.
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July 23, 2024 06:30 UTC
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Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 04:45 UTC
UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched Monday. In 2023, around 630,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses, a significant decline from the 2.1 million deaths in 2004. He said UNAIDS has been asking the manufacturer to make it available at lower cost to low and middle-income countries. Núñez said there have also been seven cases where people with HIV who were treated for leukemia emerged with no sign of the HIV virus in their system. It has allowed many countries to increase the number of people with HIV to receive treatment.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 04:29 UTC
A common thread that binds these works is how the foreign gaze offered a more private view of the then-Indian life. An ongoing exhibition comprising 103 works with 85 on display, ‘Destination India: Foreign Artists In India 1857-1947’, by DAG explores this lively representation of India, through the eyes of 39 foreign artists from 12 countries. “This is the first exhibition to demonstrate that a major branch of Orientalist painting was devoted to India (and not confined to just North Africa and West Asia). Landmark exhibitions that have focused on the genre of such paintings in the past, including ‘The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting’ (2008) at London’s Tate Gallery, do not mention India. The Indian chapter of Orientalist paintings has hardly been explored so this exhibit breaks new ground,” says Ashish Anand, CEO & MD, DAG.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 04:13 UTC
Cooking fuelThe Kanyadhiang Briquettes Nyale Community-based Organisation (CBO) is turning the hyacinth into briquettes that can be used as a source of energy for cooking. This, in turn, combats deforestation and climate change, as the use of water hyacinth to produce cooking fuel is an alternative to the use of charcoal. “I got skills on how to make the cooking fuel from my daughter, who is a teacher. Ms Adhiambo says the water hyacinth dries for four to six days, depending on the intensity of the sun. Group member Denish Ochieng says the logo will be placed on branded bags that will be used to market the cooking fuel.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 02:05 UTC
The majority of new HIV infections last year occurred in countries outside sub-Saharan Africa for the first time. African countries have made swift progress in tackling the virus, with the number of infections in sub-Saharan Africa 56% lower than in 2010, a new report from UNAids said. “For the first time in the history of the HIV pandemic, more new infections are occurring outside sub-Saharan Africa than in sub-Saharan Africa. There were 1.3 million new HIV infections and 630,000 Aids-related deaths, including 76,000 children. Sub-Saharan Africa remains home to almost half of people living with HIV who have no treatment.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 01:09 UTC
Of the 39.9 million people living with HIV globally, 9.3 million are still not receiving life-saving treatment and as a result, one person dies from AIDS every minute. The report, entitled The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads, explains that this is because there are still inequalities not being addressed. “The new data UNAIDS released earlier today shows that success or failure will be determined by the actions taken this year,” UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, said in a news release. A survey of 42 countries revealed that almost half of people with HIV report some sort of discrimination. The UNAIDS calculated that 20% of HIV resources should be used for HIV prevention, but only 2.6% of global HIV spending in 2023 went towards interventions.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 23, 2024 01:05 UTC
Twenty hectares of land has been secured for the construction of a 20MW solar power plant in the northern part of the Volta Region in Ghana. Power cuts continue to plague the electricity sector in GhanaThe country’s inadequate and inconsistent electricity supply often causes widespread blackouts and power cuts. FAQs on solar energy in GhanaDoes Ghana have solar panels? According to Statista, as of 2022, existing solar power generation resources in Ghana had a total installed capacity of 112MW, including embedded generation facilities. According to data by the International Energy Agency, solar power accounted for less than 1%.
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July 22, 2024 23:32 UTC
The Argentina - Brazil HVDC interconnection, owned by Cien/Endesa Group, demonstrates the advantages of the modular HVDC back-to-back interconnection concept in a project designed to encourage cross-border energy trading between the two countries. Hitachi Energy's capacitor commutated converter (CCC)-type HVDC converter technology made it possible to avoid building a synchronous compensator plant at Garabi. Each of the two 1,100 MW phases of the Garabi back-to-back station is divided into two blocks of 550 MW each. Garabi HVDC converter station upgradeThe Garabi HVDC converter station will be upgraded with advanced MACH™ control and protection system, extending the life of the world’s most powerful system of its kind. This HVDC converter station is a back-to-back system which utilizes the sophisticated, digital controllability of an HVDC system to precisely manage the flow and properties of the electricity supply, providing many benefits for grid control and stability.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 22, 2024 23:05 UTC
While financial details were not disclosed by either club, British media reported that Marseille have agreed to pay around 16 million pounds ($21 million) for the 28-year-old, who has a year left on his contract with Spurs, if they opt to make the move permanent. The Danish international has made 184 appearances and scored 10 goals for the North London club. He joined Spurs in 2020 after a four-year spell at Southampton, having previously played for Bayern Munich.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 22, 2024 21:26 UTC
The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass, one of several areas in Mali’s north and centre where jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are waging a violent insurgency. Armed assailants opened fire on villagers working their fields on Sunday evening, Bankass Mayor Moulaye Guindo said via telephone.
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July 22, 2024 21:25 UTC
For the first time, the majority of new HIV infections occurred outside sub-Saharan Africa last year. The report highlights the progress made in sub-Saharan Africa, where new infections have decreased by 56% since 2010. This could exacerbate the disparities in access to treatment, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where almost half of people living with HIV are not receiving treatment. However, she noted that infections outside sub-Saharan Africa may be more challenging to address, particularly among marginalized groups. Urgent action is needed to address the disparities in access to treatment and to protect the human rights of marginalised groups.
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July 22, 2024 21:16 UTC
Fei Chen, CEO of LiqTech International, commented, "Water shortage is becoming an increasingly important topic for industrial applications across the globe. I am pleased with the progress LiqTech and NESR are making to expand our proprietary, next-generation water treatment technology to the Middle East region." LiqTech currently has one full-scale commercial test unit for produced water in operation in the Middle East region that was deployed in May 2022 by a major oil and gas operator in the Middle East. About LiqTech International, Inc.LiqTech International, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is a high-tech filtration technology company that provides state-of-the-art ceramic silicon carbide filtration technologies for gas and liquid purification. LiqTech's silicon carbide membranes are designed to be used in the most challenging purification applications, and its silicon carbide filters are used to control diesel exhaust soot emissions.
Source:The North Africa Journal
July 22, 2024 21:01 UTC