Preview: GEO Week 2017
Discussing how earth observations help the world Earth observations touch our lives every day, from your morning coffee to your drive home from work. When you’re skiing in January or enjoying the beach in July. Whether you’re a trader on Wall Street or a farmer in Ethiopia. Open Earth observations support decisions that keep people and ecosystems healthy. They help communities manage their resources and plan for or recover from disasters. U.S. industry sectors, including the maritime, weather, agriculture, re/insurance and logistics have benefited from tools that are derived from
Extraction Spending to Increase in Sub-Saharan Africa
spending in the sub-Saharan region is projected to grow by 10% a year over the next decade – exceeding $180 billion by 2025 – while maintaining its 2% share of the global infrastructure market. Nigeria and South Africa dominate the infrastructure market, but other countries like Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania are also poised for growth. Growth prospects in most of the region’s economies look promising as they were not affected as much by the global financial crisis of 2008. A substantial increase in spending in the basic manufacturing sector is expected
World Bank to Help Fund Hydro Dams in Burundi
a chronic power deficit and regular power outages that peg back economic growth. It even has to import energy from Democratic Republic of Congo whose own infrastructure is falling apart. Two dams will produce a combined 48 megawatts (MW) of power, tiny compared to the massive 6,000 MW dam nearby Ethiopia is building but much needed in a country where just 4 percent of the 10 million population has access to electricity. "An international tender for the construction of the two dams will be launched between October and November this year, work will start in 2015 and we expect construction
February 2024
