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Electronic Waste (e-Waste) has been classified as an emerging threat by the United Nations (UN), reports NaijaAgroNet.
UN through its agency Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at the occasion of World Soil Day 2018, informed NaijaAgroNet that some 50 million tones of electronic waste are generated every year.
This, they said, has made e-Waste one of the world's fastest growing pollution problems affecting the soils.
FAO also described the situation as one man's trash becoming another man's treasure in the case of electronic waste.
The agency also urged those using electronic devices to think before throwing away their old devices.
"You can donate them or recycle them," FAO experts said.
They further insisted that every man on earth could be the solution to soil pollution.
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Aurecon’s Lloyd elected into Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee - NaijaAgroNet
Lloyd Fisher-Jeffes, a Civil Engineer
with global engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon, has been
elected to the Emerging Water Leaders Steering
Committee of the International Water Association (IWA), reports NaijaAgroNet.
The election, NaijaAgroNet reports, recognised his
outstanding role in coordinating a committee of 30 Young Water Professionals as
part of the 8th International Young Water Professionals Conference (IYWPC),
held in July in Cape Town.
Fisher-Jeffes
will attend several global meetings where he will have the opportunity to
influence how the IWA engages with young water professionals and contribute to
the IWA’s current activities at an international level. Besides being able to
network with various IWA leaders and committees, he will be able to contribute to best practice frameworks while developing his competencies as a leader
and water engineer.
James Cullis, Aurecon’s Global Service
Leader for Water, says Fisher-Jeffes’
election to the IWA’s Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee is a reward for his exceptional ability as a
young professional in the water sector, as well as a future leader in the
industry.
“Lloyd did an excellent job as Chair
of the local organising committee of the IYWPC. He is not only a critical part
of our Cape Town water resources team,
but will also be a key player in the future of Aurecon’s water consultancy,”
says Cullis.
“One of the takeaways from the IYWPC
event was the urgent need for Young Water Professionals to have a seat at the
table,” says Fisher-Jeffes. “We need to be more involved in planning the future
of water infrastructure in our countries. I hope that my role as the YWP Specialist
Group Coordinator will allow me to facilitate and encourage Specialist Groups
to invite YWP’s to become involved in their initiatives,”
He also hopes his role will help
inspire other Young Water Professionals to take a more proactive role in infrastructure
planning.
“I want to motivate Young Water
Professionals to get involved in designing the solutions of the future. Water
resource planning typically has a 30-year horizon and the current generation
will either benefit from or suffer the consequences of decisions made in the
sector today. As under 35-year-olds, we will be leaders 30 years from now, so
it’s important to get involved in the decisions that will shape the
infrastructure we will be managing and operating,” says Fisher-Jeffes.
He is currently working on a project advising
the City of Cape Town on its drought response and future water resource
planning. Some of his former projects include flood studies and 2D
modelling.
“As the IWA membership includes
environmentalists, sociologists, activists, scientists and engineers, I’m
looking forward to being exposed to diverse ideas and innovative thinking on
water management. The diverse solutions
that are presented on this platform will help me broaden my competencies and
become a better water engineer,” concludes Fisher-Jeffes.
Nenye Dom/GEE
Pix: Lloyd Fisher-Jeffes
Friday, November 17, 2017
Unveiled: 3 key emerging trends for Africa
The 2017 version of Ecobank Research’s Fixed Income,
Currency and Commodities (FICC) Guidebook, has identified tripod future for the
African continent, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The Senior Public Relations Director at Ecobank group, Sherelle
Folkes, disclosed in a press statement made available to NaijaAgroNet and
listed these to include that the continent’s economy rebounding after a trying
year, just as gas has been discovered as the next oil in West Africa, whilst
the continent is evolving in Financial Technology (FinTech) leadership.
NaijaAgroNet quoted Folkes as saying that expert knowledge
and analysis on African markets for investors and businesses, was launched at
AfricaFICC, indicated a positive outlook for the continent, with three key
trends forecast to take hold during the next 12 months.
NaijaAgroNet reports that the first indicates an economic
rebound in sub-Saharan Africa driven by a recovery in the region’s economic
heavyweights, such as Nigeria and South Africa, and ongoing growth in the top
performers, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire and (more recently) Ghana.
Growth will be driven by a rise in oil production (notably
in Ghana, Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Angola), strengthening infrastructure
investment across West and East Africa, and improved weather conditions which
bode well for crops.
Strengthening economic activity, plus a moderate improvement
in oil and mineral prices, will help narrow the current account deficit, but
pressure on SSA currencies will remain.
The second emerging trend points to West Africa’s gas sector
becoming a hive of activity in 2018 from Senegal to Angola, with the
development of gas pipelines, floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platforms
and major gas field projects.
Governments in the Gulf of Guinea and across West Africa
have ramped up efforts to secure gas supply in order to boost domestic power
generation and diversify their revenues away from crude oil.
Deregulating the gas market and allowing market-driven gas
prices will be key to unlocking further gas infrastructure investment across
the region.
The third trend suggests Fintech innovation in Africa
picking up speed in 2018 buoyed by a new generation of Africans who are
‘digital natives’. The proliferation of tech hubs across Africa (notably in
South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire) will nurture the
next wave of African start-ups and help connect them with investors.
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