Monthly Archives: July, 2012

Water & Sanitation

Nigeria, others lose $5.5b annually to poor sanitation

Nigeria and 17 other African countries lose around US$5.5 billion every year due to poor sanitation, with annual economic losses between 1 percent and...

admin - July 18, 2012

Real Estate

Pison, Zenith Bank in $9m mortgage finance deal

Lagos-based real estate financial advisory firm, Pison Housing Company (PHC), has disclosed that it is acting as mortgage loan originator and professional strategic development...

admin - July 18, 2012

Real Estate

Propertymart builds Grenadines Homes Lokogoma in Abuja

Against the backdrop of successes recorded courtesy of its highbrow “Grenadines Home Arepo” in Ogun State, bigwig property developer, the Lagos-based Messrs Propertymart Real...

admin - July 18, 2012

Sustainable Devpt

How AAP scheme is building climate change media capacity

As one of the 20 beneficiary countries to the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP), Nigerian journalists have been actively involved in a series of local...

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Human Settlement

Revitalising Nigerian cities the American way

By investing in infrastructure, security and the people, depressed cities in Nigeria can be turned around – just as examples in the United States...

admin - July 18, 2012

Human Settlement

Africa: Fresh outlook for slum management

An international body of planning and built environment experts has urged African governments and development agencies to accept the realities of existing urban conditions,...

admin - July 18, 2012

Health

Funding, innovation critical in fighting malaria -African leaders

Significant progress is being made in scaling up malaria control efforts and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), an alliance of 43 African Heads...

admin - July 18, 2012

Renewable Energy

Rio+20: OPEC’s $1b lifeline to combat energy poverty

Succour may just be around the corner for developing nations facing critical energy challenges – especially those in sub-Sahara Africa – if a landmark...

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