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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. The team devoted special attention to three rapidly developing Sub-Saharan countries: Ethiopia, Ghana and Rwanda. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Fisher et al.

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EV Floodgates Open In Ethiopia After Gov’t Exempts All EVs From VAT, Surtax, & Excise Tax

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Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance exempted all electric vehicles from VAT, surtax, and excise tax! They went further to exempt completely knocked-down kits from customs duty tax. A year ago, the Ethiopian government introduced some incentives to catalyze the adoption of electric vehicles.

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All EVs In Ethiopia Now Exempted From VAT, Surtax, & Excise Tax

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A number of countries in Africa depend on fossil fuel imports to meet their energy requirements in the transport sector. These fossil fuel imports constitute a good chunk of the total import bill, draining the countries of the much needed and scarce foreign currency. We have looked at a few of these countries recently. Examples […].

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Who’s Leading the Shift Away from Internal Combustion Engine Automobiles?

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billion package of tax breaks over four years to incentivize Chinese citizens to buy EVs and other greener cars. [Ed. People with battery EVs in Sweden pay the least road tax and are exempt from ownership tax for five years. Ethiopia originally set a goal to have 150,000 electric cars on the roads by 2030.