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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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With a functioning AfCFTA, the DRC can receive other upstream mineral inputs needed for lithium-ion batteries—such as manganese from, say, South Africa and Madagascar, copper from Zambia, graphite from Mozambique and Tanzania, phosphate from Morocco, and lithium from Zimbabwe, to name but a few.

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Flat-pack OX electric truck gets a $163 million order, expands in Africa

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The $163 million multi-year deal creates a new franchise venture called OX East Africa, and includes delivery of a fleet of OX Delivers electric trucks, along with a multi-year subscription to the companys tech platform and vehicle maintenance services as the company enhances its presence in Rwanda and expands into Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

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Tips for Solo Women Travelers

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She has since gone to Tanzania and Kenya on her own. Also, download Google Maps for your destination so you arent dependent on device connectivity to navigate. Her first solo during a gap year before college was to Nepal. Here are some tips for women on how to stay safe and enjoy their travels while going it alone.

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Once More: Can Bajaj Auto repeat its CNG success? | Autocar Professional

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The number of household connections are set to rise to 125 million over that period, from around eight million at present. “A few stand out: Egypt, Tanzania, Peru, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The government also has an ambitious plan to more than triple the number of CNG stations, from 6,000 to a staggering 17,700 by 2030. .

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

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drivers inhaled is connected to the duration drivers spend in pollution hotspots and socio-economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP). Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) set out to investigate whether the amount of PM 2.5 particles.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Connected on one side is a flexible fiber bundle, just 1 mm in diameter, with a light source and a digital CCD camera inside. On the other side of the device is a cable that can be connected to a laptop, a tablet, or a smartphone. The light source is a blue LED with a peak wavelength of 455 nm.

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