Powering up MTN’s energy hungry data centres has just received a boost with the unveiling of its first Concentrating Solar Cooling System. Launched at MTN’s head offince in Johannesburg yesterday, the system was designed by REACH...
The IMF’s April 2014 Regional Economic Outlook report, Crossing the Border, anticipates a pickup in economic growth for the Sub-Saharan Africa region. However the region still faces risks from both internal and external factors. Among them is...
Professor Jannie Maree was honoured during the 16th annual NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards to celebrate outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation. As Rand Water chair in Water Utilisation, and the team leader of the...
Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, has launched a new Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Facility in Gauteng at the iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences (iThemba LABS). This is the only AMS facility of its kind in...
Clariant has closed the sale of its water treatment business in Africa to AECI. The total value of the divestment amounts to 34 million Swiss francs (±R410 million) at closing. The transaction was subject to certain precedent conditions, as well as...
President Jacob Zuma has announced the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Service Delivery Task Team. The purpose of the Inter-Ministerial Service Delivery Task Team is to fast-track service delivery in areas where there are bottlenecks, quickly...
Fracking in the US has led to a greater reduction in carbon emissions than all the wind turbines and solar panels across the entire globe put together. This is the stark fact presented at a meeting at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg recently....
A pilot Africa Climate Technology Finance Center and Network will be established for a three-year period to support the deployment and scaling-up of both climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies. The regional centre will support...
The inaugural UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) recently concluded its five-day deliberations in Nairobi with 16 decisions and resolutions that encourage international action on major environmental issues ranging from air pollution, to plastic debris...
