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Day: <span>19 November 2024</span>

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Local bakeries and homes flourish under Benin’s new urban electricity project

Local bakeries and homes flourish under Benin’s new urban electricity project

The bustling sound of dough kneading fills the air at Pierre Gbenou Tito Dossou’s bakery in Okoun-Sèmè, Benin, as the once energy-starved business now hums along smoothly. Orders for bread, croissants, and chocolate pastries are met on time, a feat Dossou attributes to a newly stable power supply. “I struggled with electricity shortages for over...

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Rest in peace, Jean-Jacques Cornish, Africa miss you already

Rest in peace, Jean-Jacques Cornish, Africa miss you already

Veteran journalist, newsman and former newspaper editor Jean-Jacques Cornish passed away on Wednesday evening. He had been a regular guest on CapeTalk for our weekly Africa Report and Podcast Party with Gareth Cliff, where he always began with a warm ‘Bonjour mon ami!’. While doing African Report across different media houses, Mr Cornish was also...

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