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Kenya's huge railway project is causing environmental damage. Here's how
Source: Mohanaaman via [[wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons]]</span>Kenya is constructing a railway line that connects the coastal port of Mombasa and the interior of the country. It is expected to...
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Ghana to fund new highway stretch with loan from Standard Chartered
Ghana's finance ministry has signed a loan agreement worth €280m with Standard Chartered to fund a new section of highway, the British bank said on Monday, 28 June.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Ecomimicry: the nature-inspired approach to design that could be the antidote...
With skyscrapers climbing ever higher and unoccupied city areas increasingly scarce, demands on urban space are increasing. Making the most out of this space requires a careful balancing act between...
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Stadio's new School of Architecture and Spatial Design centres on sustainable...
Over the years, Stadio Higher Education has carefully been growing its footprint, acquiring four private institutions - Southern Business School, Lisof, Embury and Prestige Academy - to create a...
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7 reasons why rural sanitation, wastewater management is vital for SA
We live in a digital and connected world where we can fashion medicine through genetics and send rockets into orbit like clockwork. Yet over two billion people still lack access to basic sanitation,...
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Smart buildings - your journey can start today
The global pandemic is a large, disruptive force which has impacted the commercial real estate industry and its tenancy. Widely introduced remote and work-from-home (WFH) policies have left the real...
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R15m Ga-Mopedi water project completed
The R15m Ga-Mopedi bulk water project has been completed in the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality in the Northern Cape. The project is expected to benefit 1,200 households or the population of just over...
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UN Security Council likely to meet next week on Ethiopia dam
The United Nations Security Council will likely meet next week to discuss a dispute between Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over a giant dam built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile, French UN ambassador Nicolas...
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Bakwena N4 construction project completed ahead of schedule
Image via [[https://www.facebook.com/BakwenaN1N4/photos/3587037571345652 BakwenaN1N4]]</span>Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire's (Bakwena), R582m N4 dualling project, a small portion...
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Gap in market for youth to pursue artisan careers
According to the expanded definition of unemployment, South Africa's youth unemployment rate is reported to be at an alarming figure of 74.7%. Letitia van Rensburg, training officer at the Master...
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Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam
Egypt's irrigation minister said on Monday, 5 July, he had received official notice from Ethiopia that it had begun filling the reservoir behind its giant hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian...
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Water is the foundation of the Big Four Agenda
The Big Four Agenda, announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta in late 2017, has four main pillars. Enhancing manufacturing, food security and nutrition, universal health coverage and affordable housing....
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Illegally treated timber confiscated from distributors in KZN
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specification (NRCS) inspectors have seized illegal treated timber from distributors in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, worth more than R1m and halted all...
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Water shortages in Gauteng amid pump station explosion
The City of Ekurhuleni has warned residents and businesses in various parts of the metro of water supply interruptions after a Rand Water pump exploded on Sunday, 4 July.Read more... | Send to a friend
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UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks
The United Nations called on Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on Tuesday, 6 July, to recommit to talks on the operation of a giant hydropower dam, urging them to avoid any unilateral action, a day after...
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Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed
Tunisia has proposed the UN Security Council push for a binding agreement between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the operation of a giant hydropower dam within six months, according to a draft resolution...
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Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold
Residents of Thabo Mbeki informal settlement in Philippi, Cape Town, are demanding that the provincial human settlements department fulfil a promise made three years ago to build them houses.Read...
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Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Noël N'guessan, a chemical engineer from Côte d'Ivoire, has been named the winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. N'guessan and his team designed and...
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UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal
UN Security Council members on Thursday, 8 July, backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile in...
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#MandelaDay2021: Call to action
This Mandela Month, you can align your company or brand with worthy causes that address social injustice.Read more... | Send to a friend
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