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Cape Town to Host African Energy Week From 18th -21st of October 2022

25 Janvier 2022

LIBREVILLE, January 25 (Infosplusgabon) - Africa’s premier energy event returns to Cape Town for a week of networking, deal making, and industry-advancing dialogue. Cape Town, South Africa has once again been selected as the host of the highly anticipated African Energy Week (AEW), taking place on the 18th – 21st of October 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. AEW 2022 will once again bring Africa’s energy leaders and global stakeholders together for a week of intense dialogue on the African energy sector.

ARISE IIP and FibreTrace partner to create Africa’s first fully traceable cotton supply chain

02 Décembre 2021

LIBREVILLE, December 2 (Infosplusgabon) - ARISE IIP, pan-African developer and operator of world-class industrial parks, and FibreTrace, the world leader in traceable fibre technology, announced today a new pilot program enabling spinner-to-garment traceability for ARISE IIP’s highly anticipated Republic of Benin spinning facilities at the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ).

COMIFAC Welcomes Financial Commitments Made by the International Community to Support Central African Forest Ecosystems

04 Novembre 2021

LIBREVILLE, November 4 (Infosplusgabon) - According to a press release, the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), a convergence organization specific to the ten countries in the subregion of Central Africa responsible for standardizing forest and environmental policies and coordinating conservation and sustainable forest ecosystem management efforts, has been promised $1.5B in funding to preserve Central African forest ecosystems.

Congo : African Union urged to address the threat of Congo forest logging driving extreme weather across sub-Saharan Africa

24 Octobre 2021

LIBREVILLE, October 24 (Infosplusgabon) - Industrial logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may severely disturb rainfall patterns across sub-Saharan Africa and bring about more extreme weather, including intense droughts and flash floods. In a letter sent today to the African Union, Greenpeace Africa is calling for an urgent discussion of the consequences that plans made in Kinshasa to lift its moratorium on logging would have for Congolese and African people in general.

USA : Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits up to $120 Million to Accelerate Access to COVID-19 Drug for Lower-Income Countries

20 Octobre 2021

LIBREVILLE, October 20 (Infosplusgabon) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today a commitment of up to $120 million to accelerate access to the investigational antiviral drug molnupiravir for lower-income countries as part of its COVID-19 response effort. The funding will be allocated based on consultations with partners, and will support the range of activities required to develop and manufacture generic versions of the drug, which is being developed by Merck & Co in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.