1 US Dollar = 18.3509 South African Rand

1 Icelandic Krona = 0.1255 South African Rand

1 Kazakhstan Tenge = 0.0435 South African Rand

1 Namibian Dollar = 0.9903 South African Rand

1 Israeli New Sheqel = 5.2331 South African Rand

1 Costa Rican Colon = 0.0323 South African Rand

1 British Pound Sterling = 22.7661 South African Rand

1 Omani Rial = 47.8577 South African Rand

1 Honduran Lempira = 0.7331 South African Rand

1 Australian Dollar = 11.9909 South African Rand

1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 2.5941 South African Rand

1 Hungarian Forint = 0.0568 South African Rand

1 Philippine Peso = 0.3634 South African Rand

1 Kenyan Shilling = 0.173 South African Rand

1 Latvian Lat = 30.3376 South African Rand

1 Egyptian Pound = 1.1791 South African Rand

1 Botswana Pula = 1.5111 South African Rand

1 Bulgarian Lev = 10.1639 South African Rand

1 Canadian Dollar = 13.0914 South African Rand

1 Euro = 20.1318 South African Rand

1 Mexican Peso = 0.7752 South African Rand

1 Brazilian Real = 3.2013 South African Rand

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham = 4.996 South African Rand

1 Sri Lanka Rupee = 0.0984 South African Rand

1 Algerian Dinar = 0.143 South African Rand

1 Indonesian Rupiah = 0.0012 South African Rand

1 Lithuanian Lita = 6.2149 South African Rand

1 Nigerian Naira = 0.0471 South African Rand

1 Czech Republic Koruna = 0.7302 South African Rand

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 2.6612 South African Rand

1 Japanese Yen = 0.172 South African Rand

South African Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said her department wants to address weaknesses in the process of commissioning renewable-power projects.

Kenya’s renewable energy ambitions have attracted growing attention in recent months. There has been a strong uptick in interest in the country’s wind energy potential in particular. Last year, Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum said in an investment prospectus for 2013-2016 that it plans to boost wind power generation by 630 MW as part of its target to increase electricity levels by 5,000 MW by 2016. In March, the Kenyan government also signed a financing document for the largest private investment in Kenya.

Power Africa and Trade Africa Coordinator, Andrew Herscowitz, announced on Feb. 14 during the Abuja Electricity Distribution Co.’s two-day Distribution Company Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, that the U.S. will invest US$1billion in the country through the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).

Africa’s renewable energy capacity is expected to quadruple to about 120 gigawatts by 2030 if investors dedicate “substantial flows” of funds to the region, the InternationalRenewable Energy Agency said.

South African Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said her department wants to address weaknesses in the process of commissioning renewable-power projects.

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FA licensed agent, Dr Drew Uyi, has stressed the need for African athletes and sports practitioners to embrace sports branding, saying it’s a gateway to competing at the top level and planning for life after retirement. Uyi advised African athletes to engage brand experts with a knowledge of their backgrounds, countries, cultures, inclinations and conditions,
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PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party on Saturday said that the rise in the coronavirus infection cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had frightened the general public.ANP provincial general secretary Sardar Hussain Babak in a statement said that the ground realities were completely different from the...

Eighty-three thousand to 190 000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa finds. The research, which is based on prediction modelling, looks at 47 countries in the WHO African Region with a total population of one billion. The new estimates are based on modifying the risk of transmission and disease severity by variables specific to each country in order to adjust for the unique nature of the region. The model predicts the observed slower...

Jaston Khosa was one of 600,000 men from African countries who fought for Britain. He was quietly buried on VE Day after a life of abject poverty In a crowded, Zambian slum on VE Day, a family gathered to bury one of the last veterans of Britain’s colonial army. Jaston Khosa of the Northern Rhodesia...

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The World Health Organization, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said that the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 56,000 in the past 24 hours. The UN health agency gave the update on its official Twitter account on Saturday. According to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 2,100 […]

Coronavirus: WHO releases list of African countries with highest cases, deaths

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said that there are now 60,657 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 53 countries across Africa. The health agency stated this in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Sunday morning. According to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 2,223 people in Africa, while […]

Coronavirus: Ghana overtakes Nigeria as death toll hits 2,223 in Africa

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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 3 953 South Africans have now recovered from the Covid-19 virus, which has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in the country so far.

The tally of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases reported by 53 African Union (AU) members states by Saturday stood at 57 746 confirmed cases; and 2 151 deaths.

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[SAFA] This as the country records a total of 9 420 cases, with eight more deaths, bringing the death toll to 186 as of Saturday, 9 May.