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Technip-led consortium awarded contracts worth $1.23B for the ultra-deep TEN project in Ghana

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Tullow Ghana Limited has awarded two contracts for the TEN Project, located offshore Ghana at a water depth reaching up to 2,000 meters (6,562 feet), to Technip, leader of a consortium with Subsea7. The offshore installation is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2016.

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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The team produced the first prototype in May 2016 and conducted initial tests in Germany. However, to make sure the aCar also meets all the demands placed on it on location, they shipped the vehicle to Ghana, where they tested the technology and concept under local conditions in July 2017. Otto SPANNER GmbH; Schnupp GmbH & Co.

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Zipline reaches 500,000 automated drone delivery milestone

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From Zipline’s operations in Africa delivering medical supplies to its pilot program in Arkansas delivering retail items to Walmart customers, the company has officially proven itself as a mainstay in the sector as it crosses the 500,000 delivery mark since it began deliveries in 2016. Them: Drone delivery isn’t real and can’t scale.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients. Joint biodiversity conservation activities with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Grants will be provided to NPOs and other private, non-profit organizations and groups (excluding schools) that are promoting practical projects that correspond to the theme. Grant Category.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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The IEEE Life Fellow was elected the 2016–2017 society president and 2021 Division II director. A chapter in Ghana is in the process of forming. It then took a decade until a second woman was selected to serve. Between 2010 and 2021 the society had between six and nine female voting members in leadership positions, including Ruth Dyer.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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Eni, which holds 65% of the Marine XII Block, quickly activated with the joint venture’s partners New Age (25%) and the national company SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo, 10%) the studies to ensure a rapid commercial development of these significant hydrocarbon reserves with the aim of launching a first oil production from 2016.

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