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 E K Farms has acquired over 100 hectares of land, and is now seeking investors to set up a biogas plant on the land. As Africa faces rising energy tariffs and becomes more aware of the dangers of traditional fuel and the greenhouse effect, the demand for more cost efficient biogas is increasi . . .

 The US consul general to Nigeria, Jeffry Hawkins, revealed this recently during a meeting with the state governor Adams Oshiomhole. Hawkins said the US$250mn fertiliser plant was being planned by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation of the US government. Hawkins revealed, “We ar . . .

 Baobab Equity Management (Pty) Ltd is a Namibian owned company that was awarded an Exploration Prospecting Licence (EPL) to explore for phosphorites off the shores of Namibia in 2010. The company appointed a South African based geological expert to perform a preliminary desktop review of the d . . .

 Zambian International Trade & Investment Centre (ZITIC) seeks potential investors and joint venture partners are sought for new mining exploration projects in Zambia.   An exploration licence has already been obtained from the authorities for copper, gold and other minerals in North-Wes . . .

 The facility is earmarked to be an aluminium alloy manufacturing factory to provide products to both the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and after-sale markets, locally and internationally. Negotiations are already underway to export the product to the United Kingdom (Wofrace and Dyman . . .