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May was a big month for solar power announcements in Africa. Algeria endorsed a huge 4GW, five-year solar plan that will install 10 times the nation’s solar power capacity for an investment of $US3.2 billion to $US3.6 billion. Further south, there were significant developments on...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to cities, businesses and people having to adapt to a changing world. Although there are still unknowns, COVID-19 has given rise to new ways of working and living that have encouraged people to appreciate what is around them and brought...

Following South Africa’s approval of its revised Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2019), the African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org) is optimistic about investment prospects and energy sector growth in the country. “The approval of the revised IRP2019 is a breakthrough for South Africa, which has huge energy investment potential,”...

Pulse Control Systems provides the water and wastewater industry with the most state of the art water automated solutions.Water is life, and sanitation is dignity. That is our motto at Pulse Control Systems. An industry such as water and wastewater is vital to every...

Veolia Water Technologies South Africa continues to play a major role in enhancing access to water and wastewater treatment services in Africa – in a continent that has a huge water shortage gap to bridge. With 20 years of experience behind it, Veolia has deployed...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is a leading source of financing, cutting-edge research, and policy advice for development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB has joined the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in an initiative to improve infrastructure and overall...

Since inception in the early 90s in Kenya's Coastal town of Lamu, Urko Sanchez Architects has grown in leaps and bounds to become one of the most recognizable practice in Kenya and beyond. We speak to Urko Sanchez, Founder and CEO of Urko Sanchez Architects: CN: Many thanks...

Kigali is a magnificent and modern capital city of Rwanda. The city is beautiful and tech orientated, with rolling hills, ridges and lush valleys. Kigali also has a unique character, in terms of the way that the people are, and the way that the...

By Peter Tapken Increasing investments in large infrastructure and construction projects, and the rising role of building information modelling (BIM), are expected to drive the market for geospatial equipment. BIM’s close connection with spatial information makes it a familiar landscape and offers rich possibilities for...

The way we carry out Land surveying has been changing over the years thanks to emerging technologies that have made the profession much easier and efficient. A few years ago the only tools available to surveyors were; optical...