Changes are afoot in East Africa as the region strives towards making the flow of freight form the ports into the hinterland more efficient. Trade Mark East Africa whose aim is growing prosperity in East Africa through trade sent the following...
The Infrastructure Development Act signed by President Jacob Zuma on 30 May aims to speed up and improve the delivery and implementation of social and economic infrastructure and to maximise the developmental impact. It also establishes the...
The Nairobi City County government has objected to the Kenyan national governments’ 0.5 % charge levied on construction, arguing that it will scare away investors. In a letter addressed to Charity Ngilu, the Cabinet Secretary for lands, housing and...
The Department of Energy (DoE) will ensure a maximum level of alignment between the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans of the department. “The next five years is about moving South Africa forward towards...
You see them on the highways daily and now you can also see them in starring roles in a Hollywood blockbuster movie as Western Star and Freightliner make their presence felt in Hollywood blockbuster style. Daimler Trucks hosted customers at a...
Support is growing for the proposed second phase of the Northwest Rail project linking Zambia directly with Angola. The current project for the first phase of NWR comprises a new 290 kilometre railway from Chingola in the old Copperbelt, running...
Finding cross border payments challenging? Then the Cross-Border Payments & Remittances Conference taking place at Emperors Palace between 16 and 17 July is the place to be. The conference will take delegates through the challenges and business...
The next Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative (MCLI) and Mozambique Community Network (MCNet) Stakeholder Meeting takes place in Komatipoort on 7 July. This meeting will deal with issues currently being experienced by the operators and will include...
Five new toll roads in Mozambique look set to be operational before the end of the year. Affected are the Matola/Boane, Marracuene/Lindela, Vanduzi/Changara, Nampula/Nacala and Monapo/Ilha de Moçambiques roads. Cadmiel Muthemba, from the Mozambique...
