Mr. Akin Pedro is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Pedro SolarPower Nigeria Limited. He is a seasoned business personality who has been in solar business for over two decades. He is a business management graduate of the Georgia State
Namibia is not only becoming a leading tourist destination worldwide but has also become a leader in innovative progress in terms of the environment management and sustainable utilisation of natural resources.
A three-day regional workshop on the London Convention and Protocol in West Africa aimed at preventing marine pollution began in Accra. Its goal was to increase awareness on the effects of waste dumping at sea.
Due to the abuse of environmental laws, the FCT Administration says it has sealed off four premises and executed 12 bench warrants, while 105 persons have also been prosecuted.
A team of experts from the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, MINEPAT, have released a report confirming that twin trawling along Cameroon's coastline has caused regrettable damage to the fish population.
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) says its attention has been drawn to the July 3, 2008 front-page publication of The News Newspaper, captioned: "FINANCE WARNS FDA AGAINST INDEBTED LOGGING COMPANIES.
An American-based international organisation, Tree For the Future, TFTF, recently donated tree planting equipment to some NGOs in the Southwest, West and Northwest Provinces worth FCFA 8 million.
With the support of MONUC's Gender Office, the DRC Gender, Family and Children Ministry from 28 June to 1 July 2008 trained the heads of the provincial Gender ministries and civil society activists from all the DRC's 11 provinces on
Concerned Okrika women have advised detractors of the first lady, Hajia Turai Yar' adua and the vice-president's wife, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan to stop antagonizing the two women and allow them to concentrate on their philanthropic and charity initiatives for
Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, has pledged to champion the cause of women when she becomes the First Lady.
Members of the ANC Women's League have gathered in Mangaung, in the Free State for their 11th elective conference from 2 July 2008. The conference ends on Sunday 6 July 2008. This year the ANC Women's League will focus on
Right Reverend Daniel Yinka-Sarfo, Anglican Bishop of Kumasi, has charged Ghanaian women to use their God-given talents to contribute meaningfully to national development.
In their bid to rally quality support for their idol club, Accra Hearts of Oak ladies has acquired a new set of musical instruments worth millions of Cedis, and has consequently outdoored the items at the club's secretariat, in Accra.
Outgoing World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative Dr. Eugene Nyarko has called on the Liberian government to place more emphasis on maternal health.
Three reports in the media in recent weeks portend grave implications that should bother the Nigerian political class. The first was the report that Angola, a brother African country, has overtaken Nigeria as the largest producer of crude oil in
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki yesterday apologised, on behalf of South Africans, to the families of the victims of xenophobic violence who were killed or displaced during attacks in May at various places around the country.
In an effort to build a professional army, 21 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) yesterday graduated from a ten-month military police (MP) training at the Edward Beyan Kesselly (EBK) Barracks outside Monrovia.
A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation led by the Anglican Archbishop of Burundi raised questions about German arms sales and about whether wars can ever solve the world's problems.
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru, has said the need to professionalise the mediating skills of traditional rulers is needed now than ever, if Nigeria is to make meanignful impact in crisis resolution.
