InstagramLinkedInE-MailXingFacebookX

Africa

South Africa’s Evolving Case to Increase Coastal Shipping – South Africa

South Africa has downsized its domestic railway freight network with the closure of many branch lines, and now long line-ups of big trucks carry coal to some of South Africa’s coal-fired power stations. So, like many other African nations, South Africa’s economy depends on truck transportation.

The increasing number of heavy trucks carrying freight over long distances has taken a toll on South Africa’s deteriorating road network while the crime rate has escalated in response to high unemployment.

The truck transportation […]

South Africa’s Evolving Case to Increase Coastal Shipping – South Africa2019-03-10T08:21:54+01:00

Africa’s first sea water solar desalination plant reaches milestone – Africa

The plant, located in Witsand, Western Cape Province, has been fully operational since December 2018, solving the water crisis in the area and providing the local population a steady water supply.

The project, co-funded by the French Treasury and the Province of the Western Cape, has been fully developed and completed in less than 18 months by Turnkey Water Solutions (TWS) and Mascara Renewable Water, together with a strong team of local consultants and contractors.

The OSMOSUN plant, designed by Mascara, is currently producing an average […]

Africa’s first sea water solar desalination plant reaches milestone – Africa2019-03-01T09:15:08+01:00

Exhibitions seek to fight food insecurity, climate change and reduce wastage

Dubbed “Hands on the Future,” the exhibitions at KICC sought to promote the pursuit of technical and vocational skills as students and instructors from various Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and various stakeholders demonstrated their capabilities.

The Standard Group PLC is one of the partners in the initiative.

(LINK).

Exhibitions seek to fight food insecurity, climate change and reduce wastage2019-02-10T15:07:44+01:00

PUWU petitions Akufo-Addo over Teshie Desalination Plant operations – Teshie – Ghana

The Public Utility Workers Union, PUWU has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to discontinue the operations of the Teshie Desalination Plant due to the cost burden on the Ghana Water Company Limited.

According to the petition sighted by Prime Business and signed by the General Secretary of PUWU of TUC GH, Micheal Adumatta Nyantakyi, the Teshie Desalination Plant has the potential to collapse the whole Ghana Water Company.

(LINK).

PUWU petitions Akufo-Addo over Teshie Desalination Plant operations – Teshie – Ghana2019-01-24T10:39:39+01:00

SA’s first solar powered desalination plant ready – Saudi Arabia

It’s the very first plant in SA and extendable in Africa which is going to produce drinkable water from sea water with solar energy only.

South Africa’s first solar-powered desalination plant is ready to start pumping water to residents of Witsand near Riversdale in the Southern Cape.

The project is a collaboration between the Western Cape and French governments.

(LINK).

SA’s first solar powered desalination plant ready – Saudi Arabia2018-12-17T08:35:09+01:00

Singapore’s Hyflux has PPP concession for Algerian desalination plant terminated – Algeria

Company says it does not agree with the action taken by Sonatrach and Algerienne des Eaux, and will “seek advice on enforcement and protection of its rights”

Hyflux, the Singapore-headquartered global developer and operator of power and water plants, announced on Tuesday that it has been served a termination notice for a sea water desalination project in Algeria.

The company said in a press statement that it received a notice of termination for its Souk Tleta Desalination Plant in the Wilaya of Tlemcen.

The […]

Singapore’s Hyflux has PPP concession for Algerian desalination plant terminated – Algeria2018-11-21T22:01:25+01:00

Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile? – Ethiopia

Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north.

This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt’s only fertile land — and testament to the country’s reliance on this fabled waterway.

(LINK).

Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile? – Ethiopia2018-10-20T13:24:48+02:00
Nach oben