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

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Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

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

Pippa Morgan and Andrea Ghiselli 12 Jan 2023

Desalination may be key to averting global water shortage, but it will take time

Desalination may be key to averting global water shortage, but it will take time

Kiran Tota-Maharaj 2 Sep 2022

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Lesley Wentworth and Deon Cloete 31 Aug 2022

South Africa doesn't need new cities: it needs to focus on fixing what it's got

South Africa doesn't need new cities: it needs to focus on fixing what it's got

Philip Harrison and Alison Todes 15 Aug 2022

7th Regional Conference for Africa to focus on smart, safe and resilient roads

7th Regional Conference for Africa to focus on smart, safe and resilient roads

14 Jun 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Bate Felix 22 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Teddy Daka 28 Feb 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Sindy Peters 3 Dec 2021

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

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

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

Mozambique launches construction of $1bn power plant, transmission line

Mozambique launches construction of $1bn power plant, transmission line

1 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.
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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

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