Safaricom shortlisted for Ethiopia telco licence bid
Wednesday February 17 2021
Safaricom Plc CEO Peter Ndegwa with Chief Customer Officer Sylvia Mulinge (left) during the telco s 20-year celebration in Nairobi on October 27, 2020. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
By BRIAN NGUGI
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Safaricom has made it to the shortlist of six firms that have been cleared to bid for one of two Ethiopian telecoms licences that will be offered this year.
The Ethiopian Communications Authority has whittled the list down from a consortia of 12 that had expressed interest in entering the country’s telecommunications market.
Firms will be required to submit their technical and financial bids by April 5, compared with a previous deadline of March 5.
): These United Nations entities support climate science and international negotiations, respectively. The United States provides around two-fifths of the IPCC s total budget and one-fifth of the UNFCCC s. The 2021 bill maintained funding at the same level as last year, but this amount is less than the $10 million previously provided under Obama.
The US should take a fresh look at multilateral climate institutions.
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Hard work by many members of Congress ensured overall U.S. climate finance did not significantly decline during the Trump administration. But as other countries have continued to scale up their funding, the U.S. has fallen down the rankings. The Biden administration must make up for lost time by rapidly scaling up climate funding and restoring the country to a leading role.
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NuScale Power of the USA and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant - New Build Plc (KNPP-NB) have agreed to evaluate the suitability of NuScale s small modular reactor technology for deployment at the existing Kozloduy nuclear power plant site in Bulgaria. KNPP-NB is a public limited company established to commission new nuclear power capacity at the site.
How a NuScale SMR plant could look (Image: NuScale)
The Kozloduy site is home to Bulgaria s only operating nuclear power reactors. In conjunction with the Council Of Ministers recent decision to extend the capacity of the Kozloduy site, KNPP-NB is exploring the possibility of utilising advanced nuclear technology there.
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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who heads INA’s supervisory council, told a news conference that Jokowi had said the fund must be managed to avoid the fate of 1MDB. Reuters pic
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JAKARTA, Feb 16 Indonesian President Joko Widodo today named a senior banker, Ridha D.M. Wirakusumah, as the chief executive of the country’s new sovereign wealth fund, which has a target of managing US$20 billion (RM81 billion) and financing infrastructure projects.
Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, also named other professionals for posts on the board of directors of the fund, the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).
Ridha D.M. Wirakusumah.
JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday (Feb 16) announced the appointment of a senior banker, Ridha D.M. Wirakusumah, as the chief executive of the country s new sovereign wealth fund, which has a target of managing US$20 billion in funds.
Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, also named other professionals for posts on the board of directors of the fund, the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).
The INA aims to attract foreign funds as co-investors, unlike some funds set up by other countries to manage oil revenues or foreign exchange reserves.
There has been scrutiny over the governance of INA particularly in the wake of a corruption scandal and massive losses involving neighbouring Malaysia s 1MDB fund.