Escalating unrest in communities over infrastructure issues such as the lack of water, sanitation, housing and roads is a serious indication of what people expect from government and those responsible for service delivery. Research conducted by the...
The second high level meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership was held recently, with calls from different speakers for continued efforts to ensure access to energy by Africans across the continent. The energy partnership is one of the eight...
The Zimbabwe government says it needs $27 billion to fund the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation (ZimAsset). The bulk of the money will go towards the energy, water, sanitation and social sectors. The five-year economic...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers’ (NSE) president, Ademola Olorunfemi, has raised concern over the indiscriminate drilling of bore-holes in Nigeria. According to Olorunfemi, residents are drilling their own boreholes because of the lack of...
Umvoto Africa, specialists in water, energy and earth sciences has got another boost with Richard Wonnacott, a geodesy specialist, joining the company as an Associate. The field of geodesy deals with the measurement and representation of the earth,...
President Jacob Zuma has announced that government has delivered water to 203 schools, sanitation to 226 schools, and electricity to 150 schools. This was part of the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI) which sought to...
Japanese electronics company Toshiba is purchasing a 26% stake in Indian wastewater management company UEM India. The UEM Group which specialises in providing turnkey services in water and wastewater collection, treatment and disposal facilities...
Business Modelling Associates (BMA) has been appointed as contractor for the development of an integrated Risk and Cost Modelling capability. BMA, a leading business analytics, supply chain design and solutions development firm with operations in...
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors recently approved US$228.5 million for a new push to boost water management in the Senegal River Basin and further improve the development prospects of Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal. More than 4.5...
