Power women driving health & safety
Women forge ahead on level playing field Mining, construction, manufacturing and health and safety were once male dominated sectors. But the women heading the SafetySA business units serving these
Algorithms are designing better buildings
Sberbank Technopark in Russia by Zaha Hadid Architects. Zaha Hadid Architects When giant blobs began appearing on city skylines around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s, it marked…
Mitigating Covid-19 risks in constructing wind farms
As South Africa enters Level 3 lockdown, sectors across the country, including wind power construction teams, are facing more stringent health and safety regulations than ever before, due to the
US $5.5m renewable energy projects to be developed in Mozambique
GridX Africa Development (GridX) has finalised a binding agreement with Ncondezi Energy Limited for the development of US $5.5m renewable energy projects in Mozambique that include a pipeline of solar…
Nigeria launches construction of the US$5.3B Ibadan-Kano railway
The construction of the Ibadan-Kano railway will commence early in 2020 according to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi who was on an inspection tour of the project. The US$5.3billion…
Morocco to construct Africa’s highest wind tower
Morocco is set to construct tallest wind tower in the African continent, measuring 144 metres high. Spanish technology signed a deal with Nabrawind for the development. The company’s self-erecting steel…
South Africa to build the first plastic road in Africa
South Africa is set to construct the first plastic road in Africa in Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape, with an aim of solving waste plastic epidemic. Horatio Hendricks, Mayor…
US $400m Road project linking Ethiopia to Somaliland’s Berbera Port kicks off
The government of Somaliland and Ethiopia have launched a US $400m road project that will link Ethiopia’s border town of Togochale to Berbera Port in Somaliland. Speaking during the launch…
DRC signs US $14bn deal for the Inga 3 dam project
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a deal with the Chinese and Spanish partners for the construction of the US $14bn Inga 3 hydroelectric dam project. The consortium…
Africa’s longest suspension bridge opens to the public
The Maputo–Katembe Bridge in Mozambique, Africa’s longest suspension bridge that cost whopping US $750m has officially been opened to traffic. Financed by China and built by China Road and Bridge…