The Ugandan Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has developed a National E-waste Management Strategy to deal with what has become one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. With support from the United Nations...
Some of South Africa and Africa’s most influential businesses and policy leaders will soon gather at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg to engage in intense, collaborative sessions as we draw a road map to identify key factors for...
President Jacob Zuma has called on South Africans to take part in the Operation Clean Up for Madiba campaign to commemorate Nelson Mandela Day. The president has urged both the public and private sectors to seriously reflect on how they dispose of...
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said that, because of the close proximity of the location of shale gas exploration and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a balance needs to be ensured. The Department of Mineral Resources announced in...
The Kalkfeld settlement in Namibia, located between Otjiwarongo and Omaruru is home to about 5000 people whose lives are stuck in the pre-independence era. Apart from using bucket toilets, there are no proper houses or jobs and seemingly little is...
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) recently released the Annual Report on Water Services as part of the Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (MBI) project initiated by SALGA in 2011 in partnership with the Water Research Commission...
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) has launched a new survey to capture private sector views on the challenges of implementing infrastructure projects in Africa across the energy, water, transport and ICT sectors. The online survey,...
The second Ministerial Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa will convene at the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Rabat, Morocco from 14 to 17 October 2014. Hosted by the government of Morocco, and organised by the...
Nigerian finance company ARM’s infrastructure fund is expected to close mid-August, with the majority of the funding coming from pension funds. The fund will be the country’s first infrastructure fund to invest in transport, energy and...
