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Grand infrastructure projects aren't a magic bullet for industrial development - insights from Ghana and Kenya

Grand infrastructure projects aren't a magic bullet for industrial development - insights from Ghana and KenyaSeth Schindler and Tom Gillespie

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

By Virusha Subban 2 Feb 2023

Chinese workers on Africa's infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes

Chinese workers on Africa's infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes

By Pippa Morgan and Andrea Ghiselli 12 Jan 2023

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Namibia to host virtual 2021 Africa Water and Sanitation Week

Namibia to host virtual 2021 Africa Water and Sanitation Week

19 Nov 2021

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

Yixian Sun 4 Oct 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

Source: ©Jason Ross

How the private sector is shaping the future of Lake Chad and the Congo Basin

Nidhi Nagabhatla & Ramazan Caner Sayan 25 Jun 2021

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

27 May 2021

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

Sindy Peters 14 Apr 2021

People walking next to traffic in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren't walkable

Seth Asare Okyere, Daniel Oviedo, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Mariajose Nieto & Michihiro Kita 29 Mar 2021

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Roger Gocking 24 Mar 2021

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule 9 Nov 2020

How the Grand Renaissance Dam might spark basin-wide water cooperation

How the Grand Renaissance Dam might spark basin-wide water cooperation

Ashok Swain 3 Aug 2020

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi receives Great Road Builder Award

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi receives Great Road Builder Award

15 Jul 2020

Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) negotiations resume

Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) negotiations resume

7 Jul 2020

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

How smart water solutions could help solve Africa's water challenges

How smart water solutions could help solve Africa's water challenges

29 May 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

African infrastructure investment exceeded $100bn in 2018

African infrastructure investment exceeded $100bn in 2018

18 Nov 2019

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

Seth Schindler and Juan Miguel Kanai 1 Nov 2019

Panic over water in South Africa's economic hub is misplaced

Panic over water in South Africa's economic hub is misplaced

Mike Muller 28 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Ai African Infrastructure Investment Awards shortlist released

Ai African Infrastructure Investment Awards shortlist released

6 Aug 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Kate Stubbs 12 Jul 2019

Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer

Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer

Festival Godwin Boateng 27 Jun 2019

3 trends energising Africa's power sectors

Paul Grota 11 Jun 2019

Water security research expenditure not reflecting scarcity reality

Water security research expenditure not reflecting scarcity reality

Alicestine October 21 May 2019

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China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

Yixian Sun 4 Oct 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

Source: ©Jason Ross

How the private sector is shaping the future of Lake Chad and the Congo Basin

Nidhi Nagabhatla & Ramazan Caner Sayan 25 Jun 2021

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

27 May 2021

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

Sindy Peters 14 Apr 2021

People walking next to traffic in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren't walkable

Seth Asare Okyere, Daniel Oviedo, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Mariajose Nieto & Michihiro Kita 29 Mar 2021

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Roger Gocking 24 Mar 2021

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule 9 Nov 2020

How the Grand Renaissance Dam might spark basin-wide water cooperation

How the Grand Renaissance Dam might spark basin-wide water cooperation

Ashok Swain 3 Aug 2020

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi receives Great Road Builder Award

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi receives Great Road Builder Award

15 Jul 2020

Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) negotiations resume

Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) negotiations resume

7 Jul 2020

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

How smart water solutions could help solve Africa's water challenges

How smart water solutions could help solve Africa's water challenges

29 May 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

African infrastructure investment exceeded $100bn in 2018

African infrastructure investment exceeded $100bn in 2018

18 Nov 2019

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

Seth Schindler and Juan Miguel Kanai 1 Nov 2019

Panic over water in South Africa's economic hub is misplaced

Panic over water in South Africa's economic hub is misplaced

Mike Muller 28 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Ai African Infrastructure Investment Awards shortlist released

Ai African Infrastructure Investment Awards shortlist released

6 Aug 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Kate Stubbs 12 Jul 2019

Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer

Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer

Festival Godwin Boateng 27 Jun 2019

3 trends energising Africa's power sectors

Paul Grota 11 Jun 2019

Water security research expenditure not reflecting scarcity reality

Water security research expenditure not reflecting scarcity reality

Alicestine October 21 May 2019

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

20 May 2019

Sanitation innovation - a key to Africa's development strategy

Sanitation innovation - a key to Africa's development strategy

Dhesigen Naidoo 15 May 2019

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

13 May 2019

Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities

Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities

Finbarr Toesland 3 May 2019

Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

Gerald Gondo 4 Apr 2019

Copper was part of the deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines. Shutterstock

The DRC and China's Sicomines: why future deals should be different

Andoni Maiza Larrarte & Gloria Claudio-Quiroga 3 Apr 2019

Delivering on climate resilience in Africa

Delivering on climate resilience in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 15 Mar 2019

How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning

How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning

Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña, Joseph Mutale, Mathaios Panteli, and Pierluigi Mancarella 14 Mar 2019

Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability

Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability

Danette Breitenbach 13 Mar 2019

#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

16 Jan 2019

How to negotiate infrastructure deals with China: four things African governments need to get right

Folashade Soule 9 Jan 2019