Nigeria inaugurates key gas projects to increase supply by over 25 pct

STORY: Nigeria inaugurates key gas projects to increase supply by over 25 pct SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:32 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the virtual inauguration ceremony of the projects 2. various of the gas projects 3. SOUNDBITE (English): BOLA TINUBU, President of Nigeria STORYLINE: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three pivotal gas projects in an ambitious move to support the most populous African nation's energy sector and promote industrial growth. The simultaneous inauguration of the expanded AHL Gas Processing Plant, the ANOH Gas Processing Plant and the 23.3-km ANOH to Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) Custody Transfer Metering Station Gas Pipeline, all in the southeastern part of the country, was chaired virtually by Tinubu from his office in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (English): BOLA TINUBU, President of Nigeria "In practical terms, this is more gas to the power sector, more gas to industr

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

Iraq's Erbil hosts local food festival

STORY: Iraq's Erbil hosts local food festival DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:17 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of food festival 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): KHALED ISMAIL, Head of the Food Technology Department, Agriculture College, Salahaddin University-Erbil STORYLINE: Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, hosted Thursday a local food festival. It was organized by the Food Technology Department of Agriculture College of Salahaddin University-Erbil with the aim of promoting and urging local industries to support the Iraqi national economy. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): KHALED ISMAIL, Head of the Food Technology Department, Agriculture College, Salahaddin University-Erbil "We, the Food Technology Department of Agriculture College of Salahaddin University-Erbil, organized this festival of local food. Our professors and students participated in the preparation of these foods, whose numbers range between 25-30 types. The purpose of showing these local food industr

Namibia's 4th Industrial Revolution expo offers fresh hope to youth entrepreneurship

STORY: Namibia's 4th Industrial Revolution expo offers fresh hope to youth entrepreneurship DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the expoSOUNDBITE (English): FILLEMON NANGOLO, Team leader at Tololi online store STORYLINE: The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Conference began on Tuesday with an expo in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. The two-day event has turned out to be a grand stage for many young people to showcase their technological solutions and explore business opportunities. Fillemon Nangolo, a team leader at Tololi, an online store established jointly with a Chinese investor, is one of them. SOUNDBITE (English): FILLEMON NANGOLO, Team leader at Tololi online store "The 4IR Conference is quite important to us because we were given a stage on which we were able to share our business for a whole 30 minutes and tell people how they can benefit from it. After that, we were lucky enough to sit down with ex-CIO and COO of various industr