AFP Zebra and antelope look on as clouds of white steam twist into the air at Hell’s Gate, where Kenya’s dream of providing cheap, renewable electricity is becoming a reality. Just over a third of the 45 million people who live in Kenya have electricity, and power cuts are frequent across the network, even in the capital Nairobi. But Africa’s ...

DPA A new breed of farmer is appearing in Singapore. They are using high-tech and high-yield methods to transform their work from back-breaking labour into lucrative businesses. From running indoor vertical vegetable farms that grow crops in stacked layers, to raising fitter fish that are robust against aquatic diseases, farmers here are finding ways to overcome the limitations of traditional ...

WAM Despite the falling oil price and geopolitical instability, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) remain an attractive investment destination for high net-worth individuals (HNWIs), a report said, adding that 76 per cent prefer to keep their assets close to home. However, there is a clear element of caution lingering amongst investors, according to the 2016 GCC Wealth ...

Emirates Business Shams 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant has marked its three successful years of operation. The plant, which occupies 2.5 square kilometres and has a power generating capacity of 100 megawatts, is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region. Shams 1, which takes its name from the Arabic word for ‘sun’, is ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has launched its ‘Shine a light on Climate Action’ campaign, to raise awareness on the dangers of the increasing effects of climate change. The campaign was launched by DEWA in preparation for Earth Hour 2016, and supports the Green Economy for Sustainable Development Initiative, launched by Vice President and Prime ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Middle East’s leading finance comparison website, compareit4me.com, has launched the region’s first car insurance comparison portal, giving car owners in the UAE a chance to save thousands of dirhams on their insurance. The portal allows users to get instant prices from online leading insurers. Better yet, for the first time in the UAE, users have ...

Emirates Business During the 21st Dubai International Pharmaceuticals and Technologies Conference and Exhibition (DUPHAT), HE Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Policy and Licensing of the Ministry of Health & Prevention and Vice Chairman for Supreme National Drug Registration and Pricing Committee, has underscored the UAE’s status as one of the leading global hubs for major international ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has revealed that more than 2,000 entries and 42 portfolios have been shortlisted for the ninth edition of the Emirates Photography Competition, one of the most important professional photography competitions in the world. Winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony to be held in ...

London’s future status as the financial capital of Europe is a key factor in the debate about whether the UK should leave the European Union. It would be a mistake for either side of the argument to underestimate quite how aggressively London’s competitors would attempt to wrest trading revenue away from the UK capital should the June 23 referendum vote ...

Economic reforms are much like New Year’s diet resolutions: easily announced and easily forgotten. So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the pronouncements that have emerged from China’s National People’s Congress — pledges to slash overcapacity, open up the financial system, accept lower growth — echo unfulfilled promises from previous Party gatherings. Still, China prides itself on being different. The ...