By admin on September 3, 2010
- Vesten er i ferd med å miste dominansen i Afrika. Kina, India og Brasil tar over, sier Norfund-sjef Kjell Roland. Han ønsker økte private norske investeringer i Afrika.
Afrika er antagelig den mest lønnsomme verdensdelen å investere i. Det har kineserne skjønt, og det er det på tide at også norske private investorer forstår. Det mener Kjell Roland, sjefen i Norfund, Norges investeringsfond for utviklingsland.
Under Norfunds sommerkonferanse i Oslo i dag vil han påvise hvordan vestlige lands innflytelse i Afrika sør for Sahara er blitt svekket, mens investeringsvillige land som Kina, India og Brasil kommer inn i stedet.
- Vesten er ikke lenger den samme rollemodellen for Afrika, sier Roland i et intervju med Aftenposten.
Bistanden fra vestlige land som er preget av finanskrisen kan bli svekket med så mye som 25 prosent. De afrikanske landene handler i økende grad med Kina, India, Russland og Brasil.
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Posted in Aftenposten | Tagged Aftenposten, Arts and Entertainment, Asia, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Norfund, norway, Oslo
By admin on September 1, 2010
Growing trade, finance, and investment with other developing countries is opportunity to diversify production, acquire technology, and develop regional markets, study notes
Africa should take steps to ensure that its growing economic interactions with large developing countries, including China, India, and Brazil, result in economic diversification rather than simply the sale of African commodities and raw materials — the traditional pattern of the continent´s relations with the industrialized North, an UNCTAD report recommends. Continue reading “South-South cooperation offers new opportunities for transforming African economies, report says”
Posted in News | Tagged Africa, Brazil, Business and Economy, China-Africa Cooperation, Developing country, Development aid, Economic development, Sub-Saharan Africa
By admin on September 1, 2010
Africa’s abundance of sunshine makes it a potentially major player in the production of solar energy. The clean technology can help curb climate change as well as offer the continent a chance to fight poverty.
Africa is often associated with scarcity, whether it’s of food, education or wealth. But there’s one thing that the continent has in plentiful supply: sunshine.
Today, scientists, environmentalists and aid workers all agree that solar-powered energy has the potential to transform Africa and help lift it out of poverty.
Continue reading “Africa taps solar energy for a brighter future”
Posted in Innovation | Tagged Electricity generation, Energy, Energy development, International Energy Agency, Renewable, Solar, Solar energy, Solar thermal energy
By admin on September 1, 2010
By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world.
Instead of physically trapping bacteria as most existing filters do, the new filter lets them flow on through with the water. But by the time the pathogens have passed through, they have also passed on, because the device kills them with an electrical field that runs through the highly conductive “nano-coated” cotton. Continue reading “High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost”
Posted in Innovation | Tagged Carbon nanotube, Drinking water, Electric field, Electricity, Escherichia coli, Materials science, Sarah Heilshorn, Water purification
By admin on August 24, 2010
- De rike naturressursene i Afrika appellerer til norske bedrifter. De ser likhetstrekk mellom Norge og landene i Afrika. Og i flere afrikanske land er utviklingen kommet over en terskel som nå gjør landene attraktive for investeringer fra utlandet på en helt annen måte enn tidligere, mener Norges ambassadør i Angola, Jon Vea.
230 bedrifter møtte i går ambassadører og andre i den norske utenrikstjenesten for å kartlegge mulighetene for å etablere seg i utlandet.
Det er en økning på nærmere 50 prosent i forhold til tilsvarende arrangement i fjor.
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Posted in Aftenposten, Business | Tagged Abroad, Africa, Angola, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Journalist, south africa, South Africa under apartheid
By admin on August 19, 2010
ICTP-supported school brings cutting-edge physics to sub-Saharan Africa
This August, students and scientists from African countries will get the rare opportunity to learn about innovative physics experiments, accelerators and technology on their own continent.
The first African School of Physics will take place 1-21 August at the National Institute of Theoretical Physics in Stellenbosch, South Africa. ICTP, along with 12 other international institutions, is supporting the School. Continue reading “First African School of Physics”
Posted in Innovation | Tagged CERN, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab, France, Geneva, Large Hadron Collider, Particle physics, Physics
By admin on August 19, 2010
Africa should follow China’s lead, and foster solar innovation, production and demand, says UN-Habitat’s Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka.
There are many reasons why Africa should turn to solar power to meet its energy needs. The continent receives an average of 6kWh of solar energy per square metre every day.
In the face of climate change, Africa is also under increasing pressure to find low-carbon alternatives to traditional fuels. Continue reading “Africa: Time to go solar”
Posted in Innovation | Tagged Business, Energy, Photovoltaics, Renewable, Renewable energy, Solar, Solar power, Technology
By admin on August 19, 2010
Also needed are appropriate policies and regulations to spur development of innovative mobile phone-based applications
The fast-growing use of cell phones in Africa — where many people lack the basic human necessities — has made headlines worldwide the past few years. The surprising boom has led to widespread speculation that cell phones could potentially transform the impoverished continent.
But new research by economists Isaac M. Mbiti and Jenny C. Aker has found that cell phones — while a useful and powerful tool for many people in Africa — cannot drive economic development on their own. Continue reading “Africa cell phone boom beneficial — but schools, roads, power, water remain critical needs”
Posted in Innovation | Tagged Africa, Economic Development in Africa, Isaac M. Mbiti, Mobile phone, Nigeria, south africa, Southern Methodist University, Sub-Saharan Africa
By admin on August 19, 2010
TCM is a unique test and research facility for capture and storage of CO2 currently under construction at Mongstad, on the west coast of Norway. When completed, TCM will have a capacity for handling 100 000 tons of CO2. The ambition is to develop, test and qualify new CO2 capture technologies, and reduce the risks and costs related to the capturing and storing of CO2. Continue reading “SASOL new partner in TCM Mongstad”
Posted in Business | Tagged Carbon capture and storage, Carbon footprint, Coal, Environment, Gassnova, Greenhouse gas, SASOL, Technology
By admin on August 19, 2010
Norway has already provided NOK 31 million for the drought victims, and these funds have been channelled through the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), CARE and the World Food Programme (WFP). The Government has now decided to provide an additional NOK 19 million for the WFP’s efforts in the area. This means that Norway’s contribution to the victims of the crisis in eastern Sahel amounts to NOK 50 million. Continue reading “Norway’s support to drought victims in eastern Sahel increased to NOK 50 million”
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