The private sector will play an important role in meeting East Africa’s electricity demand over the next few years. East African countries will have to dramatically increase their electricity generation capacity to keep up. A new analysis from...
With the 2014 presidential elections approaching, the National Development Plan (NDP) could take a backseat during the ANC’s election campaign. Control Risks sub-Saharan Africa analyst Simiso Velempini says the NDP has been a second consideration...
Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom says South Africa is committed to building stronger cooperation in science, technology and innovation with the BRICS member states. Speaking recently at the opening of the first BRICS [Brazil, Russia,...
The National Development Plan of the Angolan government has prioritised outcomes of the main projects in the energy and water sector by 2017. This was announced by the minister of Former Combatants and Motherland Veterans, Kundi Paihama, when...
A super computing platform could help develop solutions for water and sanitation problems in Africa. IBM will be bringing its super computing platform Watson to Africa, where it will help researchers develop commercially-viable solutions in key...
A plan has been put in place to solve water problems in the North West. North West Premier Thandi Modise announced the water project implementation plan while addressing residents of the Majakaneng community at the weekend. Residents in Majakaneng...
Addressing the African Union last month, SA president Jacob Zuma noted that regional trade levels were dependent on addressing infrastructure backlogs. Findings by the World Bank, released in their ‘South African Economic update’ last week reveal...
The South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA) has appointed its 20th oil company leader to chair the industry association. Bonang Mohale, Chairman of Shell South Africa, has been elected chairman of SAPIA for 2014 succeeding Christian...
The pharmaceutical industry’s first dedicated, temperature controlled sea freight consolidation service to southern Africa is now in operation. It is a partnership between Imperial Health Sciences (part of the Imperial Logistics group) and global...
