The Shippers’ Association Lagos State (SALS) has urged the incoming government to assist shippers in reducing the costs of doing business at the seaports. The president of the association, Jonathan Nicol said that high port charges have...
The European Union-funded Basse Bypass-Sabi road was recently inaugurated in the Gambia. “In the roads sector alone, the EU has financed a total of 76.5 million euros for the rehabilitation and construction of 273 kilometers of road in The Gambia,...
The South African Road Federation (SARF) has added its voice to the Transport Minister’s disappointment at the high rate of crashes and fatalities experienced during this past Easter weekend. “We have to agree that these numbers are simply...
A new R30 million cleanroom facility has been unveiled at Mintek’s Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC) in Johannesburg, which will allow for the manufacture of devices that permit the rapid diagnosis of illnesses such as malaria....
Global investments in renewable energy showed a major increase last year after two years of declines. Major expansion of solar installations in China and Japan and record investments in offshore wind projects in Europe helped propel global 2014...
Developers of proposed Konza City technopolis will use smart technology to build infrastructure under the project’s first phase. Chief executive officer of the Konza Technopolis Development Authority John Tanui said smart concepts will be...
The City of Cape Town is undertaking a R24 million rehabilitation project at the Strand and Adderley Street intersection this winter. The road surface and base above the Strand and Adderley Street concourse is at least 30 years old and has to be...
Power utility Eskom has received a $339 million (R4 billion) loan from KfW to help modernise its power grid, Germany’s state-controlled development bank said on Wednesday. KfW said in a statement that the loan will be used to connect solar and wind...
With 20 years’ experience in groundwater, Hugh Klein has joined SRK Consulting in Johannesburg as Principal Consultant in the group’s water department. Hugh has worked mainly in projects and investigations involving large diameter, deep-well...
