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SET-listed Central Pattana (CPN) expects to attract a tremendous amount of traffic to its shopping centres during this year

All four Eskom coal-fired power stations that are currently maintaining electricity availability factors (EAF) of more than 75% are headed by women. This was highlighted by Eskom group executive: human resources Elsie Pule on Thursday. She was participating in a panel discussion at the Women in Energy breakfast at the Enlit Africa 2024 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Every time a woman took over a power station, she affirmed, the EAF shot up. Eskom, a decade ago, created a Women Advancement Programme. Over ten years, this has resulted in the proportion of women se...

In May, a UN expert group meeting in Geneva examined the progress made on UN Sustainable Development Goal 1, which calls for ending extreme poverty by 2030.

Africa has major opportunities for green economic development and could become a world-leader in it, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Service Centre for Africa director Dr Matthias Naab highlighted at the Enlit Africa 2024 conference, in Cape Town, on Wednesday. He was launching the UNDP’s Africa Green Business and Financing Report, at the International Convention Centre. Africa contained 30 of the world’s 40 most climate vulnerable countries, he pointed out. And global climate programmes were falling short of their targets.

Most people want to do something to help mitigate the effects of climate change.