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Airtel Kenya has partnered with ePharmacy platform, MyDawa, so that subscribers can have easy and fast access to their medication.
According to
Gadgets Africa, Airtel subscribers will be able to log on to the MyDawa app or website without incurring additional data charges. They will also be able to use Airtel Money to pay for medicine, health, wellness, personal care and other essential items.
“This is a great partnership that will increase the access to healthcare products in Kenya. We are happy to partner with Airtel, one of the top telecommunications service providers in the country, to ensure that their subscribers are able to access quality medical products in a convenient and affordable way,” says Tony Wood, MD of MyDawa.
Article by Amanda Jasi
AS PART of its 2021–22 Budget, the Australian Government is investing up to A$600m (US$464.3m) to allow energy generation company Snowy Hydro to construct a 660 MW gas power turbine in Kurri Kurri, Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW).
Though the Government has touted benefits such as job creation, reducing energy prices, and emissions reductions, opposition has cast doubt on the purported economic benefits, and has commented on the lack of need for additional gas power and its detriments to a lower-carbon future.
The planned gas power plant would help Australia to deliver its target of 1,000 MW of new dispatchable energy set in September, created in response to the coming closure of the 2,000 MW Liddell power station in 2023. Together, energy company EnergyAustralia’s 316 MW Tallawarra B open cycle gas plant and the Kurri Kurri plant are expected to shore up affordability, security, and reliability of electricity. Tallawarra B is expected by summer 2023
Morrisonâs gas fired power play sparks investment warnings
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Australiaâs power industry has hit out at the Morrison governmentâs plan for a taxpayer-funded gas-fired generator, describing it as an unnecessary market intervention that risks derailing vital future investments needed to transition the energy grid.
On Wednesday, Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor gave a go-ahead to the Commonwealth-owned Snowy Hydro to build a $600 million, 660 megawatt generator in NSWâs Hunter Valley to supply on-demand energy into the grid when gaps in power supply emerge.