Successful African airlines like Ethiopia Airlines, Kenya Airways and South Africa Airways (SAA) are trying to take over the lucrative West African air transport market long dominated by Nigerian airlines. To actualise this objective, the airlines...
East Africa is said to have one of the highest surface cargo transport costs in the world, up to 70 per cent more than in the United States and Europe, and surprisingly, up to 30 per cent higher than in Southern Sudan, Africa’s newest nation,...
Thirteen women from the Presbyterian Church of East Africa have been confirmed dead after the bus they were travelling in was crashed into by a truck in Tanga, Tanzania. The group of women from Kenya were travelling to a church meeting in the...
Greenpeace’s latest and most environmentally friendly ship, the Rainbow Warrior has arrived on South African shores. The ship arrived at the Cape Town’s V & A Waterfront ahead of schedule on Friday due to extreme weather conditions. The Rainbow...
A short film made for my GCSE Citizenship course work; giving an insight into what goes on inside your average local recycling plant.
The negative impact of waste on the environment and on people’s health is of on-going concern. Poor waste management places significant, and at times overwhelming, pressure on the capability of municipalities to manage waste. In order to address...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa published the Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IIWTMP) of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) in terms of Regulation 11(4) of the...
The merger between the two engineering and design consultancies, WSP Group PLC and GENIVAR Inc., was finalised on 1 August 2012 creating a world-class professional services firm with combined revenues of £1.1 billion (C$1.8 billion) and...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is pulling out all the stops this year in preparation for what is anticipated to be their biggest and most comprehensive waste conference to date; WasteCon2012, which is set to take place...
Renewable Energy World Africa has announced the pre-show guide and programme for this year’s inaugural conference and exhibition. Global Technology for Local Solutions is the theme of the event, which is co-located with POWER-GEN Africa and takes...
