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Sustainable Cement? IITs & Global Institutions Find Way to Cut CO2 Emission By 40%
A collaboration of global institutes and IITs has found that Limestone Calcined Clay Cement, or LC3, is a sustainable alternative that cuts CO2 emissions by 40% and is significantly cheaper to produce.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Apple Asks Suppliers to Shift AirPods, Beats Production to India
Apple is asking suppliers to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India for the first time, in a win for the South Asia nation as it attempts to rise in the global supply chain.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- manufacturing
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Precise Consult to Manufacture 250,000 Solar Home Systems Locally in Ethiopia
This initiative will allow the distribution of kits for the productive use of solar energy, particularly in the agricultural sector.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy access, housing, manufacturing, solar
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Ghana Secures US $24.9 Million for Agric-Mechanisation Plant
It will be executed by Action Construction Equipment (ACE) Limited of India with an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- manufacturing
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Africa is Getting its First Full-Service Vaccine Facility
The new vaccine facility, dubbed Madiba (Manufacturing in Africa for Disease Immunisation and Building Autonomy) will be built in Diamniadio.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- manufacturing, vaccines
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PepsiCo Invests in Plant in India
PepsiCo India has unveiled plans to invest nearly $24 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, in Uttar Pradesh.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Spark+ Invests US $4 Million in BURN to Accelerate Its Multi-Country Expansion Across Africa
The Fund’s investment will enable BURN to meaningfully increase the capacity of its manufacturing facility in Nairobi.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coca-Cola is Discontinuing Honest Tea
Coca-Cola cut Tab, Odwalla, and Zico coconut water. Now, Honest Tea is getting axed.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Global
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