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Digital transformation of Africa’s transport sector

Digital transformation of Africa’s transport sector is aimed at delivering solutions that will enhance efficiency and productivity. In a lecture at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, a panel including Jeff Immelt, GE Chairman and CEO,...

Water scarcity dominates 6th World Sustainability Forum

Water scarcity topped the agenda at the 6th World Sustainability Forum recently held in Cape Town. Experts in the industry said water sustainability is critical in order to meet the country’s sustainable development goals, and discussed...

Cape Town gets stricter water restrictions this week

The City of Cape Town will have stricter water restrictions implemented this week after dam levels remain at dangerously low levels. Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says South Africa’s current water situation “definitely is a...

Biogas plant showcases global solution

Residents of Feldheim, a village south of Berlin, decided to go off grid and produce their own energy from wind and sun at the local biogas plant. This made them famous around the globe. Their solution has brought visitors from around the world who...

Africa’s huge untapped renewable energy potential

Plans to increase the share that manufacturing contributes to Africa’s GDP are limited by a crippling lack of reliable and affordable electricity. But President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, explains why expanding...

There’s a war over water in Vryheid

Residents in northern KwaZulu-Natal are battling with the severe effects of the drought. The township of Bhekuzulu is sharing one borehole which often means that residents have to collect their share of water at 01:00am or else they don’t get...

Solid solution for concrete recycling

Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material, and has proven to be highly polluting, but Walter Feess, CEO at Feess Erdbau, a German firm, has developed a way of recycling old concrete from construction sites. Feess explains...