The Government has decided to impose a total travel ban for all non-citizens traveling from identified high risk countries to limit the spread of Ebola to South Africa. Unless the travel is considered absolutely essential. Aaron Motsoaledi , Health...
Amid reports that airlines are suspending flights over the Ebola outbreak the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) has allayed fears by sending out social media messages. These have assurances that “unlike infections like influenza and...
The international building materials group Lafarge has announced that the merger of its South African and Nigerian assets has started rolling out an expansion strategy in sub-Saharan Africa that will add an additional 10 million tonnes of cement...
Infrastructure spending in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow by 10% a year over the next decade, exceeding $180 billion by 2025 while maintaining its 2% share of the global infrastructure market. Nigeria and South Africa currently dominate...
The Nigerian Federal Government has banned the transportation of corpses from the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone where cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are rampant. At the same time, the Lagos State Government is...
The Nigeria Minister for Water Resources, Sarah Ochepe has appealed to the chairman of all local government councils to give priority to the provision of water and sanitation to the rural population in order to curb the spread of waterborne...
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...
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council through the Global Sanitation Fund has provided $5 million to implement Nigeria’s rural sanitation and hygiene promotion scheme. Minister of Water Resources Sarah Reng Ochekpe this week signed a...
Nigeria will receive assistance from Japan with waste management and renewable energy. Speaking in Abuja, Japanese foreign minister on environment Hideki Makihara said that Japan has observed Africa’s poor waste management system. The Daily Trust...
