The engineering principles for creating ‘green’ buildings are both well understood and have been widely applied. Nicholas McDiarmid, asks: where to from here? “We have earned our Stars in the art of green design, literally, and while innovation...
The international building materials group Lafarge has announced that the merger of its South African and Nigerian assets has started rolling out an expansion strategy in sub-Saharan Africa that will add an additional 10 million tonnes of cement...
By Professor Eugene Cloete of the University of Stellenbosch No one can live without water. However, judging by how many South Africans waste water, one would think we have an unlimited supply of it. What many of us may not realise is that there’s...
Infrastructure spending in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow by 10% a year over the next decade, exceeding $180 billion by 2025 while maintaining its 2% share of the global infrastructure market. Nigeria and South Africa currently dominate...
