"You don't negotiate with China!" I was quickly told when I started interviewing African public servants about their infrastructure deals with Beijing...
Folashade Soule 9 Jan 2019
2019 seems to be the year of an 'opening up' of Africa, whether it be opening trade borders or opening key infrastructure projects...
Lesley Squires 7 Jan 2019
Urbanisation continues to be one of the most powerful megatrends reshaping our world. It is a shift that is creating countless problems, but even more opportunities...
Elaine Jack 7 Jan 2019
The fourth Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week was held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 26-28 November...
3 Dec 2018
Encompassing swathes of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, the Omo-Turkana Basin is one of the oldest landscapes in the world that is known to have been inhabited by Homo sapiens...
Timothy Clack 29 Nov 2018
RisCura and Africa Investor have partnered to launch Africa's first infrastructure performance index in early 2019...
19 Nov 2018
The Habitat for Humanity Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter's ShelterTech Accelerator programme is making its Africa debut in Kenya...
15 Nov 2018
One of the fastest growing economies in Africa, Ethiopia, has an ambitious plan to cut a green, sustainable path to becoming a middle-income country by 2025...
Nathanial Matthews and Frank van Steenbergen 31 Oct 2018
African cities will gain a billion new residents by 2050...
Sarah Colenbrander and Ian Palmer 24 Oct 2018
In this day and age, building 'green' should be the norm rather than the exception, however, misconceptions on green building 'tax' still seem to hinder the decision...
19 Oct 2018
