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Egypt will benefit from floating nuclear plant

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

By Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Tororo Solar North Limited, is a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) established to develop, build, operate and maintain a 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Eastern Uganda.

Red Rocket secures funding for Virginia Solar project

2 May 2024

Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul

Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul

16 Apr 2021

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

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

Sindy Peters 14 Apr 2021

Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize

Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize

13 Apr 2021

How women are locked out of Nigeria's construction industry

How women are locked out of Nigeria's construction industry

Richard Jimoh, Amina Nna Adamu, Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi and Paul A. Bajere 12 Apr 2021

Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility

Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility

9 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

John Deere to expand construction brand into 18 new countries in Africa

24 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

World's first space hotel set to open in 2027

World's first space hotel set to open in 2027

17 Mar 2021

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

15 Mar 2021

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Sam Jones 9 Mar 2021

Many African countries had a surprise manufacturing surge in 2010s - it bodes well for the years ahead

Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse and Kunal Sen 2 Mar 2021

Morphosis completes Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco

Morphosis completes Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco

25 Feb 2021

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021

MIT Architecture announces upcoming online public programme

MIT Architecture announces upcoming online public programme

18 Feb 2021

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

16 Feb 2021

Nigeria's president approves set up of $2.6bn infrastructure firm

Nigeria's president approves set up of $2.6bn infrastructure firm

Felix Onuah 16 Feb 2021

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

10 Feb 2021

Teddy Daka appointed co-CEO of Zutari

Teddy Daka appointed co-CEO of Zutari

2 Feb 2021

Egypt to construct Cairo Eye, largest wheel in Africa

Egypt to construct Cairo Eye, largest wheel in Africa

25 Jan 2021

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Festival Godwin Boateng 25 Jan 2021

Why a sustainable sewerage system in Kenya is vital in urban development

Why a sustainable sewerage system in Kenya is vital in urban development

Simon Thomas 21 Jan 2021

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

18 Jan 2021

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Chidi Nzeadibe et al. 13 Jan 2021

10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021

10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021

4 Jan 2021

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Norman Day 4 Jan 2021

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Simon Thomas 31 Dec 2020

AfDB approves funding for medium-scale independent power producers in SSA

AfDB approves funding for medium-scale independent power producers in SSA

21 Dec 2020

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Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul

Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul

16 Apr 2021

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

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

Sindy Peters 14 Apr 2021

Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize

Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize

13 Apr 2021

How women are locked out of Nigeria's construction industry

How women are locked out of Nigeria's construction industry

Richard Jimoh, Amina Nna Adamu, Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi and Paul A. Bajere 12 Apr 2021

Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility

Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility

9 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

John Deere to expand construction brand into 18 new countries in Africa

24 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

World's first space hotel set to open in 2027

World's first space hotel set to open in 2027

17 Mar 2021

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

15 Mar 2021

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Sam Jones 9 Mar 2021

Many African countries had a surprise manufacturing surge in 2010s - it bodes well for the years ahead

Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse and Kunal Sen 2 Mar 2021

Morphosis completes Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco

Morphosis completes Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco

25 Feb 2021

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021

MIT Architecture announces upcoming online public programme

MIT Architecture announces upcoming online public programme

18 Feb 2021

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

16 Feb 2021

Nigeria's president approves set up of $2.6bn infrastructure firm

Nigeria's president approves set up of $2.6bn infrastructure firm

Felix Onuah 16 Feb 2021

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

10 Feb 2021

Teddy Daka appointed co-CEO of Zutari

Teddy Daka appointed co-CEO of Zutari

2 Feb 2021

Egypt to construct Cairo Eye, largest wheel in Africa

Egypt to construct Cairo Eye, largest wheel in Africa

25 Jan 2021

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Festival Godwin Boateng 25 Jan 2021

Why a sustainable sewerage system in Kenya is vital in urban development

Why a sustainable sewerage system in Kenya is vital in urban development

Simon Thomas 21 Jan 2021

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

18 Jan 2021

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Chidi Nzeadibe et al. 13 Jan 2021

10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021

10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021

4 Jan 2021

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Norman Day 4 Jan 2021

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Simon Thomas 31 Dec 2020

AfDB approves funding for medium-scale independent power producers in SSA

AfDB approves funding for medium-scale independent power producers in SSA

21 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity.com 18 Dec 2020

Kenya builds its way to 2030 goals

Kenya builds its way to 2030 goals

11 Dec 2020

First phase completion

First phase complete on Entebbe research clinic

10 Dec 2020

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

3 Dec 2020

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

2 Dec 2020

Adjaye Associates reveals design for Edo Museum of West African Art

Adjaye Associates reveals design for Edo Museum of West African Art

18 Nov 2020

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

Roberto Minunno, Greg Morrison, Richard L. Gruner, Timothy Michael O'Grady 12 Nov 2020

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

Egypt to invest E£136.4bn in urban development

Egypt to invest E£136.4bn in urban development

6 Nov 2020

David Adjaye, Aston Martin collaborate on architect's first NY skyscraper

David Adjaye, Aston Martin collaborate on architect's first NY skyscraper

4 Nov 2020

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