29 November 2010 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), Anadarko Petroleum, Kosmos Energy, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Sabre Oil and Gas and E.O. Group announce that First Oil from the Jubilee field, offshore Ghana, is scheduled for 15 December 2010. This historic event will be celebrated at a ceremony hosted by His Excellency John Atta Mills, […]
A reminder to enter the mWomen BOP App Challenge now! There are two great prizes up for grabs in this 2 tier challenge. Create an App specifically for women on a low end device/feature phone and/or Smartphone; The prize: $10,000.00 to the winner of each tier sponsored by Vodafone Entrance to Mobile World Congress 2011 […]
Kampala: The U.S. Mission in Uganda is once again sponsoring a series of World AIDS Day events from November 17 to December 18 across Uganda. All Ugandans are invited to participate. These large community events will include a quiz show with the theme “Everybody wins when we know the facts about HIV and AIDS.” The […]
CNN International and MultiChoice this week officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Awards. The winners of these prestigious annual Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2011. Tony Maddox, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CNN International, said: The CNN MultiChoice African […]
In 2001, the Congress of the United States of America established the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (the Ambassador’s Fund) as a tool through which the people of the United States could help less developed countries to preserve their cultural heritage. Through the Ambassador’s Fund, American embassies around the globe are helping eligible countries to […]
Hundreds of millions of people across the world will receive daily updates on the latest international efforts to tackle climate change thanks to an innovative media support programme. The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) has awarded 35 journalists from across the developing world with fellowships to Mexico to provide vital coverage of the annual Conference […]
Kawempe South Member of Parliament Sebuliba Mutumba has called on cabinet to quickly pass the bio-technology and bio-safety policy to protect farmers produce in Uganda. The call follows researchers concerns over the delay in passing the bill which may put the county agricultural produce at risk. In 2009 the Uganda National Council for Science and […]
News Release A key water resource that will grow in importance as climate change takes hold is currently going largely unmeasured — with big implications for poor communities in developing nations, says research published today (15 November 2010). The International Institute for Environment and Development’s study shows that hundreds of millions of urban people in […]
Research published today shows that developed nations are failing to keep the promise they made last year to provide adequate finance to help the world’s poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. The paper — published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) — includes a five-point plan to enable developed […]
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced the Mercury-1 exploration well offshore Sierra Leone encountered approximately 135 net feet of oil pay in two Cretaceous-age fan systems. Mercury is the company’s second deepwater test in the Sierra Leone-Liberian Basin and was drilled to a total depth of approximately 15,950 feet in about 5,250 feet of […]